PEDLARS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

peddlers

noun

variants also pedlars

plural of peddler

as in vendors

one who sells things outdoors the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps

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Recent Examples of peddlers But as the January date approached, Atkin and Jammi’s research showed that intermediaries were still sending money to prominent peddlers of election conspiracies like Dan Bongino and Tucker Carlson. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 May 2026 Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026 Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026 The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026 Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025 The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The shooting occurred during Bite of Seattle, an annual festival with food vendors and live music held at the Seattle Center.

— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 July 2026
The Bite of Seattle Festival features hundreds of local vendors and live music performances, drawing 350,000 guests over three days, its website says.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of vendors

Noun

Contending teams often part with depth or top prospects — two things both the A’s and Giants, as sellers, will likely be looking for in their potential deals — in exchange for immediate help.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Ahead of that, the fragile ceasefire – don’t call it ‘peace’ - sent sellers into the global oil market.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of sellers

Noun

Card authorizations clear within minutes, Pastore said, and the company mines that stream continuously to track consumer spending for economists, banks and merchants.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Instead of paying for separate vendors and tools, merchants earn a share of the opt-in revenue, turning standard return operations into a new source of income.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of merchants

Noun

The peanut hawkers at sports venues over a century ago wouldn’t recognize the diversity of food—or seating types—in today’s modern stadium.

— Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
There will be huge crowds in the Battery and Downtown Thursday for the Knicks parade and afterwards some will be interested in going to Liberty and Ellis, making easy prey for the hawkers.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026

Definition of hawkers

Noun

The fact that none of that advice could ever help someone find real intimacy or success isn’t a problem for the manosphere hucksters, because those achievements would be bad for the business model.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.

— Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of hucksters

Noun

And while there are still comic artists and writers at small tables signing and sketching, and dealers selling original art out of binders in crates, a good chunk of the space is occupied by media and toy companies, trying to outdo one another.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Auction executives and dealers say the explosive rebound in the art market, following nearly three years of declines, is being driven largely by the massive wealth creation from the artificial intelligence boom, IPOs and rising stocks.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026

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