businesspeople

[biz-nis-pee-puhl] / ˈbɪz nɪsˌpi pəl /

NOUN

professional working person

Synonyms

STRONG

baron businessman businesswoman capitalist dealer employer entrepreneur executive financier industrialist manager merchandiser merchant operator storekeeper suit trafficker tycoon

WEAK

big wheel big-time operator career person franchiser gray flannel suit organization person small potatoes the bacon tradesperson wheeler-dealer working woman

Antonyms

STRONG

customer

Example Sentences

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They're great businesspeople - that's why they've done so well for all these years, so I'm fascinated to see what the future holds and how it works for Josh Allen.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Department of Justice in January charged former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao in an alleged bribery scheme involving local businesspeople David Trung Duong and Andy Hung Duong.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

The House Oversight Committee last week released thousands of documents from their Epstein investigation, including emails that mentioned Trump and other prominent politicians and businesspeople.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

In the short term, war would disrupt trade, blocking imports of food and energy without which Japan couldn’t survive, and placing tens of thousands of Japanese visitors, students and businesspeople in Taiwan at risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Besides, the game of name tag was about to come full circle: By the early 1980s, a group of businesspeople decided that the name Sing Sing might attract tourists.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover