merchants

NOUN

person who sells goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broker dealer exporter operator retailer seller shipper shopkeeper trader trafficker vendor wholesaler

STRONG

businessperson consigner handler jobber marketer salesperson sender storekeeper tycoon

WEAK

tradesperson

Antonyms

STRONGEST

customer

WEAK

buyer

Example Sentences

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The company, which sells payment-processing, mobile-banking and other services to both merchants and financial clients, announced Monday morning that Lyons is departing to become CEO of Truist Financial.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

Fiserv said Takis Georgakopoulos, previously co-president of the provider of fintech services to banks, credit unions and merchants, immediately succeeds Lyons as CEO and as a member of the Milwaukee, Wis., company’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Many merchants, restaurateurs and hoteliers along 66 now say that their summer customers are mostly travelers from abroad, especially Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Historically, monarchs had a court of advisers, diplomats and merchants who jockeyed for proximity to limitless power.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Late in the evening the merchants of the bazaar hear him weeping in the rear alcove, as they shutter their stalls.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri