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consumer

con·sum·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh n-soo-mer]
    • /kənˈsu mər/
    • /kənˈsjuːmə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-soo-mer]
    • /kənˈsu mər/

Definitions of consumer word

  • countable noun consumer A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services. 3
  • noun consumer a person who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal needs 3
  • noun consumer a person or thing that consumes 3
  • noun consumer an organism, esp an animal, within a community that feeds upon plants or other animals 3
  • noun consumer a person or thing that consumes; specif., a person who buys goods or services for personal needs and not for resale or to use in the production of other goods for resale 3
  • noun consumer a person or thing that consumes. 1

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Origin of consumer

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425 for earlier sense “squanderer,” 1525-35 for current senses; Middle English; see consume, -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Consumer

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

consumer popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

consumer usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for consumer

noun consumer

  • customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
  • buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.
  • user — the exercise of a right to the enjoyment of property.
  • shopper — a person who shops.
  • purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.

Antonyms for consumer

noun consumer

  • seller — a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
  • merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • marketer — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.

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