Meanings
nounsupplier (plural suppliers)
plural suppliers
- One who supplies; a provider.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly) - ball gamesSomeone who assists (sets up) a goal.
Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Italic*plēō
- Latinpleō
- Latinsupplēre
- Old Frenchsouploier
- Middle Englishsupplien
- Englishsupply
- Englishsupplier
Translations
Arabic مُزَوِّد, مُزَوِّدَة
- مُزَوِّد (muzawwid)one who supplies, a provider
- مُزَوِّدَة (muzawwida)one who supplies, a provider
- مُوَرِّد (muwarrid)one who supplies, a provider
- مُوَرِّدَة (muwarrida)one who supplies, a provider
Bulgarian доста́вчик, доста́вчица
- доста́вчик (dostávčik)one who supplies, a provider
- доста́вчица (dostávčica)one who supplies, a provider
- снабди́тел (snabdítel)one who supplies, a provider
- снабди́телка (snabdítelka)one who supplies, a provider
Catalan proveïdor
- proveïdorone who supplies, a provider
Chinese Mandarin 供應商 /供应商, 供應者 /供应者
- 供應商 /供应商 (gōngyìngshāng)one who supplies, a provider
- 供應者 /供应者 (gōngyìngzhě)one who supplies, a provider
- 提供者 (tígōngzhě)one who supplies, a provider
Czech dodavatel, dodavatelka
- dodavatelone who supplies, a provider
- dodavatelkaone who supplies, a provider
Danish leverandør
- leverandørone who supplies, a provider
Dutch leverancier
- leverancierone who supplies, a provider
Esperanto provizanto
- provizantoone who supplies, a provider
Estonian tarnija
- tarnijaone who supplies, a provider
Finnish hankkija, toimittaja
- hankkijaone who supplies, a provider
- toimittajaone who supplies, a provider
French fournisseur, fournisseuse
- fournisseurone who supplies, a provider
- fournisseuseone who supplies, a provider
German Lieferant, Lieferantin
- Lieferantone who supplies, a provider
- Lieferantinone who supplies, a provider
- Zuliefererone who supplies, a provider
- Zuliefererinone who supplies, a provider
- Versorgerone who supplies, a provider
- Versorgerinone who supplies, a provider
Greek προμηθευτής
- προμηθευτής (promitheftís)one who supplies, a provider
Hindi प्रदायक, सप्लायर
- प्रदायक (pradāyak)one who supplies, a provider
- सप्लायर (saplāyar)one who supplies, a provider
- संभरक (sambhrak)one who supplies, a provider
Hungarian beszállító, szállító
- beszállítóone who supplies, a provider
- szállítóone who supplies, a provider
- szolgáltatóone who supplies, a provider
- ellátóone who supplies, a provider
Italian fornitore, fornitrice
- fornitoreone who supplies, a provider
- fornitriceone who supplies, a provider
- venditoreone who supplies, a provider
- venditriceone who supplies, a provider
Japanese サプライヤー, 供給者
- サプライヤー (sapuraiyā)one who supplies, a provider
- 供給者 (kyōkyūsha)one who supplies, a provider
- 仕入れ先 (shiiresaki)one who supplies, a provider
Korean 공급자
- 공급자 (gonggeupja)one who supplies, a provider
Latin praebitor
- praebitorone who supplies, a provider
Latvian piegādātājs
- piegādātājsone who supplies, a provider
Lithuanian tiekėjas, tiekėja
- tiekėjasone who supplies, a provider
- tiekėjaone who supplies, a provider
Norwegian Bokmål leverandør
- leverandørone who supplies, a provider
Persian رساننده, تأمین کننده
- رساننده (rasânande)one who supplies, a provider
- تأمین کننده (ta'min konande)one who supplies, a provider
Polish dostawca, dostawczyni
- dostawcaone who supplies, a provider
- dostawczynione who supplies, a provider
Portuguese fornecedor, fornecedora
- fornecedorone who supplies, a provider
- fornecedoraone who supplies, a provider
Romanian furnizor, furnizoare
- furnizorone who supplies, a provider
- furnizoareone who supplies, a provider
Russian поставщи́к, поставщи́ца
- поставщи́к (postavščík)one who supplies, a provider
- поставщи́ца (postavščíca)one who supplies, a provider
Slovak dodávateľ, dodávateľka
- dodávateľone who supplies, a provider
- dodávateľkaone who supplies, a provider
Spanish proveedor, proveedora
- proveedorone who supplies, a provider
- proveedoraone who supplies, a provider
- abastecedorone who supplies, a provider
- suministradorone who supplies, a provider
- subministrador (desus.)one who supplies, a provider
Swedish leverantör
- leverantörone who supplies, a provider
Tagalog tagatustos
- tagatustosone who supplies, a provider
Thai ผู้ให้, ผู้ผลิต
- ผู้ให้ (pûu-hâi)one who supplies, a provider
- ผู้ผลิต (pûu-pà-lìt)one who supplies, a provider
Turkish tedarikçi
- tedarikçione who supplies, a provider
Ukrainian постача́льник, постача́льниця
- постача́льник (postačálʹnyk)one who supplies, a provider
- постача́льниця (postačálʹnycja)one who supplies, a provider
Urdu سَپْلائِر
- سَپْلائِر (saplāyar)one who supplies, a provider
Vietnamese người cung cấp, người tiếp tế
- người cung cấpone who supplies, a provider
- người tiếp tếone who supplies, a provider
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with supplier
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Cite this entry
APA
supplier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplier
MLA
“supplier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supplier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplier.
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