consumer
Pluralconsumers
- 1Someone who buys things or services to use, not to sell. It can also mean all such buyers together.
Like someone at a store who pays cash and walks out with what they need.
Every consumer wants to get good value for their money.
As a consumer, she always reads reviews before buying anything.
UsageOften used before another word: consumer goods, consumer prices.
Oppositesupplier
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- 2A person or thing that uses something up.
Like a fire that uses up wood to keep burning.
A growing city is a big consumer of water and power.
The new engine is a heavy consumer of fuel.
UsageUsually with of: a big consumer of water.
Similaruser
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- 3A living thing that eats other living things to get energy.
Like an animal that must eat plants or other animals to live, instead of making its own food.
A rabbit is a consumer because it eats grass and plants.
Every consumer in the food chain depends on other living things for energy.
Oppositeproducer
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Origin
It comes from the word "consume" plus the ending "-er."
Checked 7 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Consumer is formed from consume plus the suffix -er. en.wiktionary.org