shopper

shopper
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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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