| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells goods |
| Synonyms: | broker, businessperson, consigner, dealer, exporter, handler, jobber, marketer, operator, retailer, salesperson, seller, sender, shipper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, vendor, wholesaler |
| Antonyms: | buyer, customer |
| Main Entry: | broker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial expert |
| Synonyms: | agent, business person, dealer, entrepreneur, factor, financier, go-between, interagent, interceder, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, merchant, middleperson, negotiator, stockbroker |
| Main Entry: | businessperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional working person |
| Synonyms: | baron, big wheel, big-time operator, businessman, businesswoman, capitalist, career person, dealer, employer, entrepreneur, executive, financier, franchiser, gray flannel suit, industrialist, manager, merchandiser, merchant, operator, organization person, small potatoes, storekeeper, suit*, the bacon, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, wheeler-dealer, working woman |
| Main Entry: | dealer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business owner |
| Synonyms: | banker, bursar, businessperson, chandler, changer, dispenser, marketer, merchandiser, merchant, retailer, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, vendor, wholesaler |
| Antonyms: | customer |
| Main Entry: | financier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who lends money, advises |
| Synonyms: | Santa Claus, backer, banker, bankroller, broker, businessperson, capitalist, entrepreneur, fat cat, grubstaker, manipulator, merchant, money, money lender, moneybags, operator, person who writes the checks, rich person, speculator, sponsor, staker, stockbroker, tycoon, usurer |
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
| Synonyms: | VIP, aristocrat, bigwig, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon |
| Notes: | a magnate is a very wealthy, influential, or powerful person or businessperson, while a magnet is a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
| Antonyms: | lowly |
| Main Entry: | seller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gives object in exchange for money |
| Synonyms: | agent, auctioneer, businessperson, dealer, marketer, merchant, peddler, representative, retailer, sales help, salesperson, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, vendor |
| Antonyms: | buyer |
| Main Entry: | storekeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shopkeeper |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, grocer, merchant, proprietor, retailer, salesperson, seller, store owner, vendor, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | vendor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sells wares |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, dealer, hawker, huckster, merchant, outcrier, peddler, pitcher, traveler, traveling salesperson |
| Antonyms: | customer |