window-shopper

noun

Definition of window-shoppernext
as in buyer

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  1. buyer
  2. browser
  3. shopper
  4. purchaser
  5. prospect
  6. correspondent
  7. end user
  8. consumer
Noun
  • ActionHeat leans into buyer education and category explanation content.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Have a real estate attorney review your contract, confirm the buyer’s default, and properly send the demand.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of buyer
Noun
  • Your browser or email app may display its actual destination.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Most artists feature between one and five tracks, all playable in your web browser as these short clips.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of browser
Noun
  • Glance functions like a personal shopper, remembering the users’ preferences, scouring the web for good deals on the right looks and circling back to offer up virtual try-ons and get the green light before making the purchase.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In stores, digital screens and flexible inventory will open new ways to connect context, location and shopper behavior.
    — Radoslav Nedelchev, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of shopper
Noun
  • Only Wolstencroft knew that Daunt had by then spent two years trying to line up a purchaser for Waterstones, which operated some three hundred stores.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia is the world’s top purchaser of American weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of purchaser
Noun
  • In addition to having space for free agents, the club will also likely protect a few prospects who are otherwise eligible for the Rule 5 Draft.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Read Nellie Andreeva’s excellent report on his career and prospects here.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of prospect
Noun
  • Wu plays Katie Buranek, a war correspondent for the fictional Voltstreem News.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Illustration by Jeffrey Smith On June 4, 1952, Ernest Hemingway stood at his typewriter at Finca Vigía, his home outside Havana, and wrote to one of his favorite correspondents, Harvey Breit, of the Times Book Review.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • Furthermore, energy cost fluctuations pass entirely to the end user.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This type of intentional innovation starts with understanding where the real pain points are, then building solutions or offerings around the problems that actually matter to the end user.
    — Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of end user
Noun
  • The American consumer, who accounts for about 70% of GDP, continues to buy stuff, but many are stressed by energy prices, wage stagnation, rising interest rates, and an affordability crisis in everything from health care to housing.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Meta has long been criticized for its data privacy practices, and on Wednesday, a New Mexico judge ordered the company to pay $25 billion for violating the state’s consumer protection laws.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumer
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“Window-shopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window-shopper. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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