noun
Meaning 1
A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conman, con, bristler, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, chiseler, con artist, confidence artist, confidence trickster, flimflammer, grifter, lugger, magsman, mountebank, saltimbanco, sharpster, sharker, shark-gull, slicker, smooth operator, spiv, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, gabber, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon, shammer, Spanish athlete, swindler, swike, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard
Antonyms: none provided