salespeople

[seylz-pee-puhl] / ˈseɪlzˌpi pəl /

NOUN

salesman/woman

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clerk

STRONG

businessperson dealer peddler rep salesclerk salesgirl saleslady seller vendor

WEAK

sales assistant sales rep sales representative store clerk traveling salesperson

Antonyms

STRONG

customer

Example Sentences

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But those cases all involved human decisions -- executives, salespeople or engineers who made choices and cut corners.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Palantir CEO Alex Karp touted the company’s “ staggering growth” despite “a hiring discipline that is too rare in the software industry today,” highlighting that it only has 70 salespeople.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Stanley espoused an evangelical capitalism that focused on its employees’ personal growth; it recommended salespeople read Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The ruling is good news for the 470,000 insurance salespeople that the Labor Department estimates are working in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The salespeople seemed friendlier there and didn't shout us down anytime we touched something.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals