Thesaurus:confidence trickster

Thesaurus

confidence trickster

English

Noun

Sense: one who defrauds someone after winning their trust

Synonyms

• bristler (obsolete)
• bunco artist
• bunco-steerer (US slang)
• chiseler
• con artist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• confidence artist
• confidence trickster
• conman
• flimflammer
• grifter
• lugger
• magsman
• mountebank
• saltimbanco
• sharpster
• sharker (archaic)
• shark-gull (obsolete)
• slicker
• smooth operator (idomatic)
• spiv

Hyponyms

• autem gogler (thieves' cant)
• con woman
• paperhanger (slang)

Hypernyms

• criminal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deceiver    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fraudster    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thief    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:deceive
• Thesaurus:fraudster
• Thesaurus:dupe