100 Other Words for “Client”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Account	Customer relationship or record.
2.	Account holder	Person owning an account.
3.	Acquirer	One who obtains goods or services.
4.	Addressee	Person addressed in communication.
5.	Advisee	Person receiving professional advice.
6.	Affiliate	Associated party in a relationship.
7.	Applicant	Person requesting consideration or service.
8.	Assisted party	Person receiving help or support.
9.	Attendee	Person present at an event.
10.	Audience member	Person watching or listening.
11.	Backer	Supporter providing funds or help.
12.	Beneficiary	Person who receives benefits.
13.	Buyer	Person who purchases goods.
14.	Caller	Person who contacts by phone.
15.	Case	Individual matter being handled.
16.	Complainant	Person lodging a complaint.
17.	Consumer	End user of goods or services.
18.	Contact	Person to communicate with.
19.	Contracting party	Party bound by a contract.
20.	Correspondent	Person exchanging messages.
21.	Counselee	Person receiving counseling.
22.	Customer	Person who buys from a business.
23.	Customer of record	Officially registered customer.
24.	Deal partner	Party involved in a deal.
25.	Debtor	Person who owes money.
26.	Delegate	Representative acting for another.
27.	Depositor	Person placing funds on deposit.
28.	End user	Ultimate user of a product.
29.	Enrollee	Person enrolled in a program.
30.	Entity served	Organization receiving services.
31.	Escortee	Person being escorted.
32.	Exam taker	Person taking an exam.
33.	Family	Household served by an agency.
34.	Fan	Enthusiastic supporter or follower.
35.	Guest	Person hosted or accommodated.
36.	Hire	Person hired for services.
37.	Hospital patient	Person receiving hospital care.
38.	Hot lead	Highly interested prospective buyer.
39.	Inbound prospect	Prospect who initiated contact.
40.	Insured	Person covered by insurance.
41.	Interested party	Person with a stake in outcome.
42.	Invitee	Person invited to attend.
43.	Job seeker	Person seeking employment.
44.	Key account	High-value customer account.
45.	Lead	Potential customer contact.
46.	Lessee	Person renting under a lease.
47.	Licensee	Person granted a license.
48.	Line-of-business user	Business user of a system.
49.	Loan applicant	Person applying for a loan.
50.	Loan customer	Person receiving a loan product.
51.	Mailing list member	Person on a mailing list.
52.	Member	Person belonging to a group.
53.	Mortgage borrower	Person borrowing for a mortgage.
54.	New account	Recently opened customer account.
55.	New patient	First-time patient in a practice.
56.	Occupant	Person residing in a property.
57.	Orderer	Person placing an order.
58.	Organization served	Organization receiving assistance.
59.	Participant	Person taking part in something.
60.	Partner	Collaborating business party.
61.	Patron	Regular customer or supporter.
62.	Payee	Person to whom payment is made.
63.	Payer	Person who pays for services.
64.	Policyholder	Person holding an insurance policy.
65.	Potential customer	Person who may buy.
66.	Practitioner’s patient	Person under a practitioner’s care.
67.	Principal	Person represented by an agent.
68.	Prospect	Potential buyer or customer.
69.	Purchaser	Person who buys something.
70.	Recipient	Person who receives something.
71.	Registrant	Person who registers for something.
72.	Renter	Person renting property or goods.
73.	Requestor	Person making a request.
74.	Resident	Person living in a place.
75.	Retainer account	Account paying in advance.
76.	Service user	Person using a service.
77.	Shopper	Person browsing or buying goods.
78.	Signer	Person who signs an agreement.
79.	Stakeholder	Person affected by an outcome.
80.	Subscriber	Person paying for ongoing access.
81.	Supporter	Person giving support.
82.	Tenant	Person renting a property.
83.	Ticket holder	Person holding an event ticket.
84.	Trade customer	Business customer in a trade.
85.	Transferee	Person receiving a transfer.
86.	Trial user	Person using a trial version.
87.	Trust beneficiary	Person benefiting from a trust.
88.	Trustor	Person creating a trust.
89.	User	Person who uses a product.
90.	VIP guest	Very important guest or customer.
91.	Visitor	Person visiting a place or site.
92.	Voter	Person casting a vote.
93.	Warranty claimant	Person making a warranty claim.
94.	Web user	Person using a website.
95.	Wholesale buyer	Buyer purchasing in bulk.
96.	Workshop participant	Person attending a workshop.
97.	Worshipper	Person attending religious services.
98.	X-ray patient	Person receiving X-ray imaging.
99.	Yearly subscriber	Subscriber billed annually.
100.	Youth participant	Young person in a program.