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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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Quiroz, the daughter of local merchants and a former director of Uruapan’s family services agency, joined Manzo’s team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The large man in blue overalls is contracted to the UAE-based Atlas Agri, one of the biggest of 44 registered merchants and contractors in the southern African country.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The fight between banks and merchants over the credit-card fees that power your rewards cards is going local, opening the door to a future where your card only works in some states.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"Only in a peaceful world can we, as merchants, expand our trade to every corner of the globe."

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

His fellow merchants had abandoned him, and his best friend had paid a fortune to hire the murder god of an accidental religion—Cid, who had been my first love.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri