Thesaurus Dictionary
Synonyms and antonyms of People who own shops or sell specific things in American Thesaurus
People who own shops or sell specific things
bookseller (noun)
butcher (noun)
someone whose job is to sell meat and sometimes also to kill animals for meat. The store they work in is called a butcher’s shop.
confectioner (noun)
someone whose job is to make or sell candy and chocolates
druggist (noun)
American someone who prepares and sells medicines. The place where they work is a druggist’s or a drugstore. The usual British word is chemist.
fishmonger (noun)
florist (noun)
someone whose job is to arrange and sell flowers. The store they work in is also called a florist.
greengrocer (noun)
mainly British someone whose job is to sell fruit and vegetables in a store called a greengrocer’s
grocer (noun)
someone whose job is to sell food and other goods for the home in a small store. The store they work in is called a grocer, grocery, or grocery store.
insurance agent (noun)
ironmonger (noun)
newsagent (noun)
British a newsdealer
newsdealer (noun)
American someone whose job is to sell newspapers and magazines. The British word is newsagent.
news vendor (noun)
someone who sells newspapers, especially on the street
nurseryman (noun)
pawnbroker (noun)
someone whose job is to lend money to people in exchange for a valuable object that they can sell if the person does not return the money. The place they work in is called a pawnshop.
pharmacist (noun)
someone whose job is to prepare medicines for sale in a store or in a hospital. A pharmacist’s store is called a pharmacy.
stationer (noun)
someone whose job is to sell stationery
ticket tout (noun)
British a scalper
vintner (noun)
formal someone whose job is to sell wine. A more usual word is wine merchant.