auctioneer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˌɔkʃəˈnɪr/ UK /ˌɔːkʃəˈnɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who conducts sales by auction

The auctioneer's gavel fell, and the painting changed hands for a fortune.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who conducts sales... seller salesman vendor crier

Opposites

buyer bidder

Word family

Derived forms auctioneering

Related forms auctionauctionable

Etymology

From auction + -eer. Auction comes from Latin auctio ('an increasing, public sale'), from augere ('to increase').

auctio Latin augere Latin *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# auctioneer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɔkʃəˈnɪr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɔːkʃəˈnɪə/

## Meanings
1. a person who conducts sales by auction

## Examples
- The auctioneer's gavel fell, and the painting changed hands for a fortune.

## Synonyms
- seller
- salesman
- vendor
- crier

## Antonyms
- buyer
- bidder

## Derived Forms
- auctioneering

## Related Forms
- auction
- auctionable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: auctio
- Root: augere
- Root: *h₂ewg-
- Affix: -eer - one who is concerned with

## Etymology
From auction + -eer. Auction comes from Latin auctio ('an increasing, public sale'), from augere ('to increase').

## AI Etymology
Auctioneer is a noun meaning "a person who conducts sales by auction". Historically, it is from auction + -eer. Auction comes from Latin auctio ('an increasing, public sale'), from augere ('to increase'). The visible construction is part of the etymology: auctioneer is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The modern meaning, "a person who conducts sales by auction", follows the base word through the added English ending. The historical chain links Latin auctio, Latin augere, and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Close English family members include auctioneering, auction, and auctionable.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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