Meaning & use
impulsive shopper
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who buys things suddenly because they feel like it, without planning or thinking carefully first.
Grammar: Countable; use 'an impulsive shopper' or 'impulsive shoppers' for more than one.
Patterns
- be an impulsive shopper
- impulsive shoppers buy something
- a target for impulsive shoppers
Stores put candy near the checkout because impulsive shoppers grab it at the last minute.
She is an impulsive shopper and often regrets what she buys online late at night.
Advertisers study impulsive shoppers to understand what makes them click 'buy now'.
Word forms
| plural | impulsive shoppers |
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Common combinations
- an impulsive shopper buys
- An impulsive shopper buys first and thinks later.
- target impulsive shoppers
- Online ads are designed to target impulsive shoppers.
- a classic impulsive shopper
- He is a classic impulsive shopper: he never makes a list.
- impulsive shopper behavior
- The study looked at impulsive shopper behavior during sales.
Synonyms and how they differ
- compulsive shopper
- A compulsive shopper feels unable to stop shopping, which is stronger and often medical, while an impulsive shopper simply acts quickly without planning.
- spender
- A spender spends money freely in general, not only in sudden unplanned moments.
Opposites
Word family
- impulse buy noun
- Something bought suddenly without planning.
- impulse buying noun
- The act of buying things suddenly without planning.
- impulsively adverb
- In a sudden way, without thinking first.
Commonly confused: impulsive shopper or impulsive?
impulsive shopper vs impulsive
Impulsive is the adjective describing the person or action; impulsive shopper is the full noun phrase for the person.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'impulsive shopper' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase is a countable noun phrase, so it needs an article and works as a subject or complement: 'an impulsive shopper'. Option 2 is missing a verb, option 3 uses the phrase as a verb, and option 4 uses 'goes' with a noun phrase incorrectly.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “impulsive shopper”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.