Thesaurus results for SALESPERSONS

salespeople

noun

variants also salespersons

plural of salesperson

as in salesmen

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom

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Recent Examples of salespeople The profession with the most open job ads was retail salespersons, with 1,616. —

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 In 2025, a staggering 623,000 people claimed to be home health and personal assistants, making it by far the biggest occupation in the state, far outstripping retail salespersons, nurses or cashiers and waitresses. —

Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salespeople

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Noun

In May, Hendy had gone all the way to Pocatello, Idaho, and back, 649 miles each way, while making a series of stops to scrutinize the route and line up crack salesmen as guides.

— Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
The next year, the A-Team members were Elliman’s highest-grossing salesmen.

— James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026