Synonyms of supplier

supplier

noun

as in distributor

a person or company that supplies goods or services

paper suppliers

They are the biggest supplier of books in the area.

Related Words

• distributor
• retailer
• seller
• provider
• merchant
• buyer
• dealer
• purveyor
• vendor
• trader
• purchaser
• trafficker
• entrepreneur
• businessman
• marketer
• provisioner
• tradesman
• merchandiser
• wholesaler
• peddler
• storekeeper
• shopkeeper
• hawker
• huckster
• monopolist
• enterpriser
• middleman
• hustler
• jobber
• engrosser

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supplier

Ukraine and Russia are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food that developing nations rely on. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Miami String also makes its own cellos and basses at a workshop in Romania, a longtime supplier that Winters took over after the owners ran into financial trouble, and imports them into the United States. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

The goal is to capture more of the value chain, and the jobs that come with it, rather than remain suppliers of raw inputs for other countries’ industries. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Corporations can assess how a project can expand regional participation, particularly looking at its supplier pipeline and procurement processes. — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The Dutch government sees local manufacturing as a way to strengthen its domestic defense industry and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Take the 20 questions a buyer would ask before choosing a supplier in your category, put them to the main assistants every month, and record how often the brand is named and which sources the answers cite. — Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

In the sweeping farmlands near the Central Coast, a seed supplier that cultivates peppers, vegetables and fruit was hit with more than two dozen pesticide safety violations, some of them serious offenses that caused health or environmental hazards. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Among primary suppliers for Europe, export volumes from nations like Russia and Saudi Arabia have declined sharply compared to early year levels. — CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026