consumer
noun
[ kənˈsjuːmə ]
• a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
• "understanding what motivates consumers is more crucial than ever"
Similar:
purchaser,
buyer,
customer,
shopper,
user,
end user,
client,
patron,
the public,
the market,
the clientele,
• a person or thing that eats or uses something.
• "Scandinavians are the largest consumers of rye"
• an organism that derives the organic compounds and energy it needs from the consumption of other organisms; a heterotroph.
• "consumers can't make their own food, so they have to consume other organisms for energy"
