buyer B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈbaɪ.ɚ/ UK /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Homophones byre /ˈbaɪɚ/ Freq #6806 Meanings 1 noun A person who buys something. Every person who walks through the door is a potential buyer. 2 noun A person whose job is to choose and order goods for a shop or company. The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock more vegetarian foods. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who buys something. purchaservendee 2 noun · a person whose job is to... purchasing agent Word family Forms buyers Derived forms buyershipcattle-buyergumbuyerhomebuyerhousebuyeribuyermultibuyernonbuyerpanic-buyer Appears in Phrases (1) See all home buyer a person purchasing a house or other home Noun + noun Proverbs (2) See all Let the buyer beware The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one Etymology From buy + -er. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # buyer **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbaɪ.ɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 6806 ## Meanings 1. A person who buys something. 2. A person whose job is to choose and order goods for a shop or company. ## Examples - Every person who walks through the door is a potential buyer. - The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock more vegetarian foods. ## Synonyms - purchaser - vendee ## Derived Forms - buyership - cattle-buyer - gumbuyer - homebuyer - housebuyer - ibuyer - multibuyer - nonbuyer - panic-buyer ## Etymology From buy + -er. ## Topics - People & Society markdown