CONSUMER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONSUMER?

Need another word that means the same as “consumer”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “consumer” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Consumer” are: purchaser, buyer, customer, shopper

Consumer as a Noun

Definitions of "Consumer" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “consumer” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person or thing that eats or uses something.
• An organism that derives the organic compounds and energy it needs from the consumption of other organisms; a heterotroph.
• A person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
• A person who uses goods or services.

Synonyms of "Consumer" as a noun (4 Words)

buyer	A person employed to select and purchase stock or materials for a large retail or manufacturing business.
customer	A person of a specified kind with whom one has to deal. He s a tough customer.
purchaser	A person who buys something; a buyer. One of the club s prospective purchasers.
shopper	A commercial agent who shops at the competitor’s store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her. A commercial centre thronged with shoppers.

Usage Examples of "Consumer" as a noun

• Understanding what motivates consumers is more crucial than ever.
• Scandinavians are the largest consumers of rye.
• Consumers can't make their own food, so they have to consume other organisms for energy.
• Recession-hit consumers are being lured by cheap prices.
• Consumer demand.

Associations of "Consumer" (30 Words)

advertiser	A person or company that advertises a product, service, or event. Kids hate it when advertisers try too hard to target them on their level.
automat	A cafeteria in which food and drink were obtained from slot machines.
boycott	Refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with. An advert urges consumers to boycott the firm s coffee.
cost	The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold. We are able to cover the cost of the event.
coupon	Of a consumer collect and use coupons or vouchers offering discounts on goods or services. He had a big beaming smile on his coupon.
disbursement	The act of spending or disbursing money. The bill includes unpaid professional disbursements.
discount	Deduct an amount from (the usual price of something. I never discount these books they sell like hot cakes.
expenditure	The act of consuming something. Cuts in public expenditure.
expense	Offset an item of expenditure as an expense against taxable income. Conference rooms were equipped at great expense.
grocery	Items of food sold in a grocery or supermarket. The grocery store included a meat market.
marketable	Fit to be offered for sale. The marketable surplus.
marketer	A person or company that advertises or promotes something. A leading manufacturer and marketer of medical products.
marketing	The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money. The Western arts of marketing and distribution.
marketplace	An open space where a market is or was formerly held. The quaint cobbled marketplace.
merchandise	Promote or publicize (an idea or person. A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised.
outlay	An amount of money spent on something. A modest outlay on local advertising.
price	Ascertain or learn the price of. The cattle thief has a price on his head.
purchaser	A person who buys something; a buyer. One of the club s prospective purchasers.
receipt	Report the receipt of. Families in receipt of supplementary benefit.
retailer	A person who relates the details of a story or incident to others. The big supermarkets have forced many independent retailers out of business.
sale	A quantity or amount sold. I got some great bargains at their annual sale.
salesperson	A person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited.
seller	A person who sells something. The book became the biggest seller in the history of royal publishing.
selling	The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.
shopper	A person who is shopping. A commercial centre thronged with shoppers.
spending	The act of spending or disbursing money.
store	A supply of something available for future use. Cupboards for medical stores.
taxation	Government income due to taxation. A taxation system.
vend	Sell (something. There was a man vending sticky cakes and ices.
vendor	A person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street. An Italian ice cream vendor.