Word Type

Noun

The word "salesman" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

car show front door shop toy store

Capable Of

book appointments close sale deal cars fool customer get fired offer deal offer discount offer good deal part from money pester people price car price merchandise price out new car push products sell flowers sell products service account show cars on lot trade car trade cars travel often traveling country with wares traveling to chicago work potential customer

Coordinate Terms

saleswoman

Derived Terms

door-to-door salesman inside salesman nonsalesman salesmanish salesmanlike salesmanly salesmanship snake oil salesman suede-shoe salesman supersalesman supersalesmanship telesalesman travelling salesman travelling salesman problem unsalesmanlike

Derived From

sale sales

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adult male man sales rep sales representative salesperson seller vendor

Type Of (IsA)

salesperson seller vendor

Not Desires

angry customers

Related Terms

job man saleswoman sell shop store

Similar Terms

salesperson seller

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.