Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun peddler
2 senses of peddler
Sense 1
peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman -- (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))
=> seller, marketer, vender, vendor, trafficker -- (someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money)
Sense 2
pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker -- (an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs)
=> dealer -- (a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods")
=> criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor -- (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)