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consumer

/kənˈsjuːmə/ UK
/kənˈʃuːmə/ UK
/kənˈsumɚ/ Canada, US
/kənˈsjʉːmə/ Australia

Rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)

noun consumers

One who, or that which, consumes. But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual. This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
Opposite: producer
broadly The consumer base of a product, service or business. Our consumers are upwardly mobile and middle-class.
An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
Opposite: producer

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: user, customer, client, agent, commodity, consumerism, buyer, retail, purchaser, purchasing, market, excise, spending, shopping, efficiency, use

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noun person purchasing goods

Español	consumidor
한국어	소비자 sobija
日本語	消費者 shōhisha
中文	消費者 /消费者 xiāofèizhě
हिन्दी	उपभोक्ता upbhoktā, ग्राहक grāhak, भोक्ता bhoktā
Português	consumidor
Français	consommateur, consommatrice
Deutsch	Konsument, Konsumentin, Verbraucher, Verbraucherin, Endverbraucher, Endverbraucherin
Italiano	consumatore, consumatrice
Ελληνικά	καταναλωτής katanalotís
Română	consumator, consumatoare
Русский	потреби́тель potrebítelʹ, потреби́тельница potrebítelʹnica
Tiếng Việt	người tiêu dùng, người tiêu thụ
العربية	مُسْتَهْلِك mustahlik, مُسْتَنْفِد mustanfid
עברית	צַרְכָן tsarkhán, צרכנית tsarkhanít

noun that or who which consumes

中文	消費者 /消费者 xiāofèizhě, 消耗者 xiāohào zhě
हिन्दी	उपभोक्ता upbhoktā, भोक्ता bhoktā, भक्षक bhakṣak

noun type of organism

한국어	소비자 sobija
中文	消費者 /消费者 xiāofèizhě

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@misc{consumer_2026,
  title = {consumer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consumer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}