shopper
- nounADJECTIVE▪ average▪
what the average shopper spends her money on
▪ frequent (AmE), regular (esp. BrE)▪ local▪ disabled, elderly (both esp. BrE)▪ late-night, morning, Saturday, weekend▪ Christmas, festive (BrE), holiday (AmE)▪ last-minute▪last-minute shoppers on Christmas Eve
▪ city-centre (BrE), downtown (AmE), town-centre (BrE)▪ personal (= sb you pay to do your shopping)▪ mystery, secret (= person who pretends to be a customer) (AmE)▪A mystery shopper visits each branch every two weeks.
▪ Internet, online, Web▪ grocery (AmE), mall (AmE), supermarket (esp. BrE)▪We are a nation of supermarket shoppers.
▪ savvy, smart (both esp. AmE)▪A savvy shopper can purchase the gem for about €2 000 per carat.
▪ compulsive, frantic, frenzied▪ serious▪If you're a serious shopper, this is the credit card for you.
▪ happy▪ fellow▪I observed my fellow shoppers rushing from store to store.
… OF SHOPPERS▪ crowds, throngs▪The cheap deals brought out big crowds of shoppers.
VERB + SHOPPER▪ be crowded with, be filled with, be packed with, be thronged with▪The street was thronged with shoppers.
▪ attract, draw, encourage, lure, persuade, tempt▪special offers designed to tempt shoppers
▪ deter (esp. BrE), discourage, drive away, put off (esp. BrE)SHOPPER + VERB▪ rush▪Shoppers rushed to catch the sales.
PHRASES▪ attractive to shoppers▪Window displays are intended to be attractive to shoppers.
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Shopper — Shop per, n. One who shops. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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