BUYER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who buys

Synonyms:

buyer; emptor; purchaser; vendee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("buyer" is a kind of...):

client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buyer"):

customer agent (a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale)

home buyer (someone buying a house)

orderer (someone who places an order to buy)

Derivation:

buy (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)