Customer
Customer noun - A person who buys a product or uses a service from a business.
Usage example: the store greatly values its regular customers
Shopkeeper is an antonym for customer.
Nearby Words: custom, customable
Shopkeeper
Shopkeeper noun - A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
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Synonyms for Shopkeeper
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Both words in one sentence
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Jesse, after terrorising a shopkeeper and a customer, says that he knew what he was doing but was completely unable to stop himself.
Source: Film / Paranormal Activity -
First, Ronnie Corbett's shopkeeper thinks Ronnie Barker's customer has asked for four candles, instead of fork handles.
Source: Who's on First? - This is the whole point of the sketch; the shopkeeper's providing Lame Excuses, the customer knows the shopkeeper's providing Lame Excuses, the shopkeeper knows that the customer knows, and so on.
Source: Lame Excuse
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Shopkeeper and Customer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/customer/shopkeeper
Customer & Shopkeeper. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/customer/shopkeeper>.
Shopkeeper or Customer. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/customer/shopkeeper.
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