Synonyms for dealer
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Salesman — one who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman
salesman, drug dealer, peddler US, pedlar UK, pusher informal
Other
broker, distributor, retailer, shop keeper, gallery, jobber, principal, provisioner
Definitions
- n. 1
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!
- n. 2
A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
Related words
- Word family
- dealership
- Phrases
- drug dealer art dealer scrap dealer wheeler dealer dealer board
Forms
- Plural
- dealers → merchants, traders, mongers, traffickers…
Example sentences
- merchant A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.
- trader Sami began a lucrative career as a diamond trader.
- tradesman The tradesman has the same religion all over the world.
- trafficker Andrew Tate brags about being a sex trafficker.
- salesman The salesman demonstrated how to use the machine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dealer | falling | |
| merchant | falling | |
| trader | rising | |
| tradesman | falling | |
| trafficker | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- broker2, trader2, pusher2, monger2, jobber2, pedlar
- 7 letters
- gallery3, peddler2
- 8 letters
- merchant2, retailer3, salesman2
- 9 letters
- principal3, tradesman, bargainer3
- 10 letters
- trafficker3
- 11 letters
- distributor4, provisioner
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (broker2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- concessionnaire