Synonyms of retailer

retailer

noun

as in distributor

a person or business that sells things directly to customers for their own use

The company is a leading retailer of women's clothing.

Related Words

• distributor
• vendor
• wholesaler
• seller
• reseller
• discounter
• exporter
• merchant
• dealer
• trader
• e-tailer
• jobber
• broker
• merchandiser
• concessionaire
• auctioneer
• salesman
• tradesman
• fence
• salesperson
• peddler
• bootlegger
• trafficker
• smuggler
• scalper
• salesclerk
• saleswoman
• fencer
• hawker
• huckster
• black marketer
• shopgirl
• hustler
• haggler
• horse trader
• chapman
• bargainer
• palterer

Dissimilar Words

• consumer
• user
• purchaser
• buyer
• end user

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of retailer

Nancy Trautz-Awot, horticulturist at Burpee, a nursery and online retailer selling flowers, vegetables, fruits, and tree plants and seeds, as well as gardening accessories. — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026

Expect other big-box retailers with long browse times — home goods, sporting goods, warehouse clubs — to test similar rooms, particularly ones tied to a membership tier. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

The retailer has expanded the space by 140 percent, taking over an area formerly dedicated to tableware, crockery and small home furnishings. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Especially for legacy retailers with decades old technology still in use, the unforeseen, unwanted impacts of new software can be devastating. — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

The drone strikes followed separate attacks on the retailer's warehouses in central Russia four days earlier, killing eight people, according to Russian authorities. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Several Russian retailers complained that Wildberries’ terms of service had recently been changed to state that the e-retailer bears no liability for damage resulting from drone attacks. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 July 2026