Synonyms of shopkeepers

shopkeepers

noun

plural of shopkeeper

as in merchants

someone who owns or manages a shop or store

Related Words

• merchants
• retailers
• storekeepers
• sellers
• vendors
• traders
• businessmen
• entrepreneurs
• dealers
• buyers
• traffickers
• purchasers
• tradesmen
• marketers
• peddlers
• hawkers
• merchandisers
• wholesalers
• suppliers
• distributors
• monopolists
• enterprisers
• middlemen
• hucksters
• providers
• purveyors
• hustlers
• jobbers
• provisioners
• engrossers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shopkeepers

This convergence of people drew other economic activity, creating niches for shopkeepers, doctors, and lawyers. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 June 2026

Additionally, the past few years have not been easy for many brick-and-mortar shops as business has pivoted toward online shopping and rapid-delivery services, and some shopkeepers oppose the incursion of the parklets into their storefronts and street parking. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

Many were hardware merchants, shopkeepers, even doctors who had bought an early automobile to make house calls and decided to try selling a few more on the side, taking a good horse for $100 trade-in value and moving a couple of Fords a year. — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

There is the Basilica of Saint Mary of Minerva, and children playing ball, shopkeepers chatting on the doorstep of their stores, flushed tourists dragging their suitcases all around. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Many of the shopkeepers my family relied on every week were either Tamil or Muslim. — Eranda Jayawickreme, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026

Known as the January protests, Iranian shopkeepers, university students and other civilians took to the streets demanding for change. — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 23 Mar. 2026

Protests broke out first in Tehran’s bazaars, as merchants and shopkeepers took to the streets in anger. — Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Feb. 2026

On my most recent trip, the stalls’ shopkeepers—a new mother and an older woman sitting under an umbrella in the beating sun—were happy to discuss the migrant problem. — Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026