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

Need another word that means the same as “merchant”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “merchant” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Merchant” are: merchandiser, trader, dealer, trafficker, wholesaler, broker, agent, seller, buyer, buyer and seller, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, vendor, retailer, shopkeeper, tradesman, distributor, representative, commercial traveller, marketer, marketeer, pedlar, hawker, commercial

Merchant as a Noun

Definitions of "Merchant" as a noun

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

• A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
• (in historical contexts) a person involved in trade or commerce.
• A retail trader.
• A person who has a liking for a particular activity.
• A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.
• A person who deals in something unpleasant.

Synonyms of "Merchant" as a noun (24 Words)

agent	Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau. There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents to combat infections.
broker	A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. The centralized lenders operate through brokers.
buyer	A person employed to select and purchase stock or materials for a large retail or manufacturing business.
buyer and seller	A person who buys.
commercial traveller	A commercially sponsored ad on radio or television.
dealer	Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold. A brash young dealer arrived on the dealing floor.
distributor	A company that markets merchandise. A sports goods distributor.
hawker	A person who travels about selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting. Hawkers and costermongers pushed their little handcarts crying Bread Fish and Meat pies.
marketeer	A person who sells goods or services in a market. In the US libertarians are free marketeers to the bone.
marketer	A person or company that advertises or promotes something. A leading manufacturer and marketer of medical products.
merchandiser	A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
pedlar	A person who goes from place to place selling small items. The visit of the pedlar to Irish country houses was a very special event in the lives of children in the 1950s.
representative	A delegate who attends a conference, negotiations, etc., so as to represent the interests of another person or group. A sales representative for Norwich Union.
retailer	A person who relates the details of a story or incident to others. As a writer I see myself as a retailer of Big Ideas.
salesman	A man salesperson. An insurance salesman.
salesperson	A salesman or saleswoman (used as a neutral alternative).
saleswoman	A woman whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products. A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help.
seller	Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money. The book became the biggest seller in the history of royal publishing.
shopkeeper	The owner and manager of a shop.
trader	A merchant ship.
tradesman	A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
trafficker	Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money. A convicted drug trafficker.
vendor	The seller in a sale, especially of property. An Italian ice cream vendor.
wholesaler	Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers. The largest pharmaceuticals wholesaler in the country.

Usage Examples of "Merchant" as a noun

• A tea merchant.
• The credit cards are accepted by 10 million merchants worldwide.
• Prosperous merchants and clothiers had established a middle class.
• A builders' merchant.
• A merchant of death.
• His driver was no speed merchant.

Merchant as an Adjective

Definitions of "Merchant" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “merchant” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce.
• (of ships, sailors, or shipping activity) involved with commerce rather than military activity.

Synonyms of "Merchant" as an adjective (1 Word)

commercial

Of or relating to commercialism. A commercial agreement.

Usage Examples of "Merchant" as an adjective

• A merchant seaman.
• The growth of the merchant classes.

Associations of "Merchant" (30 Words)

automat	A cafeteria where food is served from machines.
clothier	A merchant who sells men’s clothing.
commerce	Sexual intercourse. The changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
discount	A percentage deducted from the face value of a bill of exchange or promissory note when it changes hands before the due date. We introduced a standard level of discount for everyone.
fishmonger	A person or shop that sells fish for food.
furrier	A person who prepares or deals in furs. I came across a very classy furrier s in Nottingham.
huckster	Promote or sell (something, typically a product of questionable value. He was huckstering a video.
market	A stock market. The UK market remained in recession.
marketer	A person or company that advertises or promotes something. A leading manufacturer and marketer of medical products.
marketplace	The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. The changing demands of the global marketplace.
mart	An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. A liquor mart.
miller	A person who owns or works in a corn mill.
outsell	Sell or be sold in greater quantities than. This salesman outsells his colleagues.
peddle	Sell (an illegal drug or stolen item. He peddled printing materials around the country.
purchaser	A person who buys something; a buyer. One of the club s prospective purchasers.
salesman	A man salesperson. An insurance salesman.
salesperson	A salesman or saleswoman (used as a neutral alternative).
sell	Sell all of one s property possessions or assets. This magazine of yours won t sell.
seller	Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money. Street sellers of newspapers flowers etc.
shopkeeper	A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
store	Retain or enter (information) for future electronic retrieval. A well stocked village store.
subcontractor	A firm or person that carries out work for a company as part of a larger project.
tailor	Style and tailor in a certain fashion. He was wearing a sports coat which had obviously been tailored in London.
trader	A merchant ship.
undersell	Sell cheaper than one’s competition. We can equal or undersell mail order.
vend	Offer (small items) for sale, either from a stall or from a slot machine. There was a man vending sticky cakes and ices.
vendor	The seller in a sale, especially of property. An Italian ice cream vendor.
vintage	Wine. A vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure.
vintner	Someone who makes wine.
wholesale	At a wholesale price. The manufacturer s wholesale price.