consumer

noun

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.

One who, or that which, consumes.

(ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Roots

sumosum- · Latin · take up

Synonyms for consumer

shoppern usern buyern purchasern vendeen

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Where does consumer come from?

The word consumer breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root sum-, from Latin sumo (“take up”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.