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Synonyms for peddler

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

solicitor hawker monger huckster dealer drug dealer vendor pitchman

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Hawker — an itinerant seller of small goods

hawker, huckster, monger, solicitor, colporteur, chapman dated

2. Drug dealer

drug dealer, dealer, drug trafficker, pusher

Other

vendor, pitchman, drummer, coster, higgler, packman dated, cadger dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An itinerant seller of small goods.

  2. n. 2

    A drug dealer.

Related words

Word family
peddle
Other spellings
pedlar UK

Forms

Plural
peddlers → hawkers, hucksters, mongers, solicitors…

Example sentences

  • solicitor I think she'll be successful as a solicitor.
  • hawker Being a hawker means being annoying for everyone.
  • monger To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
  • huckster Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.
  • dealer My decision was based on a dealer recommendation.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
peddlersteady
solicitorfalling
hawkersteady
mongersteady
huckstersteady
dealerfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
dealer2, vendor2, pusher2, hawker2, monger2, coster2, cadger
7 letters
chapman2, drummer2, packman2, higgler
8 letters
huckster2, pitchman2
9 letters
solicitor4
10 letters
colporteur

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dealer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
colporteur
Español
buhonero
Deutsch
Hausierer