Synonyms of salesman

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən 

as in clerk

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store

a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clerk
• salesperson
• salesclerk
• salespeople
• saleswoman
• salesgirl
• saleslady
• shopgirl
• pitchman
• floorwalker
• pitchwoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salesman

Then, in 1851, an American lock salesman, Alfred Charles Hobbs, who worked for the lockmakers Day & Newell, managed to pick it. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Its original owner and namesake was a salesman at Marshall Field & Company, a department store in downtown Chicago. — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026

Using a flashback structure, the movie traces Chanel’s rise from humble beginnings — the daughter of a laundrywoman and itinerant salesman — to one of the wealthiest and most influential women of her time. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026

Keyt’s father ran a flooring and furnishing company, which Flynn had worked for as a salesman for about three or four years, Keyt said. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026