consumer

Meaning

1. One who, or that which, consumes.
2. Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
3. (broadly) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
4. An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Opposite of

producer

Synonyms

user

customer

buyer

client

purchaser

shopper

load

master

patron

prodigal

purchasers

spender

spendthrift

users

end customer

enduser

consumers

final consumer

accepter

customer subscriber

account debtor

destroyer

eater

employer

expender

Translations

consommateur

consumatore

Verbraucher

consumidor

consument

consumidor

Konsument

καταναλωτής

verbruiker

gebruiker

tüketici

consumidor

utente

usager

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsjuːmə/

Etymology

From consume + -er.