CON: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CON?

Need another word that means the same as “con”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “con” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Con” are: learn, memorise, memorize, bunco, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, cheat, trick, fleece, dupe, deceive, exploit, squeeze, milk, bleed, convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting, deception, racket, bit of sharp practice, fraud

Con as a Noun

Definitions of "Con" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “con” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.
• A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
• A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
• An argument opposed to a proposal.

Synonyms of "Con" as a noun (20 Words)

bit of sharp practice	A small piece or quantity of something.
bunco	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. A bunco artist.
bunco game	A single play of a sport or other contest.
bunko	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
bunko game	A contest with rules to determine a winner.
con game	A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
confidence game	A feeling of trust (in someone or something.
confidence trick	Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
convict	A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint.
deception	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. A range of elaborate deceptions.
flimflam	A confidence trick. Pseudo intellectual flimflam.
fraud	Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. He was convicted of fraud.
hustle	A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. The hustles being used to avoid the draft.
inmate	A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated. Inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
racket	A snowshoe resembling a racket. A squash racket.
sting	A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect s stinger into skin. She smiled to take the sting out of her words.
swindle	A fraudulent scheme or action. He is mixed up in a 10 million insurance swindle.
trick	A clever or particular way of doing something. The trick is to put one ski forward and kneel.
yard bird	A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel.
yardbird	A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.

Usage Examples of "Con" as a noun

• The Charter is a glossy public relations con.
• A con artist.

Con as a Verb

Definitions of "Con" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “con” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Deprive of by deceit.
• Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.
• Commit to memory; learn by heart.

Synonyms of "Con" as a verb (24 Words)

bleed	Lose blood from one’s body. Some casualties were left to bleed to death.
bunco	Deprive of by deceit. He didn t propose to be buncoed without a fight.
cheat	Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud. She always cheats at cards.
deceive	Be sexually unfaithful to (one’s regular partner. The area may seem to offer nothing of interest but don t be deceived.
defraud	Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds.
dupe	Deceive; trick. The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone.
exploit	Benefit unfairly from the work of (someone), typically by overworking or underpaying them. 500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology.
fleece	Cover as if with a fleece. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds.
goldbrick	Avoid (one’s assigned duties.
hornswoggle	Deprive of by deceit. The day would soon arrive when Peter would see he d been well and truly hornswoggled.
learn	Commit to memory learn by heart. I learned that they had eaten already.
memorise	Commit to memory; learn by heart.
memorize	Commit to memory; learn by heart. He memorized thousands of verses.
milk	Take milk from female mammals. I am milking this for all it s worth.
mulct	Take money or possessions from (someone) by fraudulent means. No government dared propose to mulct the taxpayer for such a purpose.
nobble	Seize or accost (someone. Nobble the race horses.
rook	Deprive of by deceit. That lawyer rooked me out of it.
scam	Deprive of by deceit. A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings.
short-change	Deprive of by deceit.
squeeze	Squeeze someone tightly in your arms usually with fondness. He found a hole in the hedge and squeezed his way through.
swindle	Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions. A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds.
trick	Cunningly deceive or outwit. Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards.
victimize	Make a victim of. They are victimized by racism or discriminatory barriers.

Usage Examples of "Con" as a verb

• She was jailed for conning her aunt out of £500,000.
• I conned him into giving me your home number.

Associations of "Con" (30 Words)

centrist	Having moderate political views or policies. A centrist politician.
cozen	Trick or deceive. He was able to cozen a profit.
damage	Inflict damage upon. How much is the damage.
deceive	Be sexually unfaithful to (one’s regular partner. The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house.
deception	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. A range of elaborate deceptions.
defect	An imperfection in a bodily system. Genetic defects.
defraud	Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds.
delude	Be false to; be dishonest with. Too many theorists have deluded the public.
demerit	A fault or disadvantage. Ten demerits and he loses his privileges.
disadvantage	Put at a disadvantage hinder harm. The pension scheme tends to disadvantage women.
downside	The negative aspect of something otherwise regarded as good or desirable. A magazine feature on the downside of fashion modelling.
drawback	A feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem. He pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan.
failing	A flaw or weak point. Received failing grades.
fault	Of a rock formation be broken by a fault or faults. They built it right over a geological fault.
harm	Cause or do harm to. These pills won t harm your system.
hoodwink	Conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun.
illusion	An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. Stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of various wood grain textures.
inadequacy	Inability to deal with a situation or with life. The inadequacy of unemployment benefits.
injury	Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. All escaped without serious injury.
memorize	Commit to memory; learn by heart. He memorized thousands of verses.
misconceive	Interpret in the wrong way. Some academic latinists did misconceive Pound s poem in that way.
misunderstanding	Putting the wrong interpretation on. There must be some misunderstanding I don t have a sister.
no	Quantifier used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. We have no bananas.
party	Have or participate in a party. An old party has been coming in to clean.
perfidious	Deceitful and untrustworthy. The perfidious Judas.
shortcoming	A failing or deficiency. He is so forthright about his shortcomings it s hard to chastise him.
swindle	Deprive of by deceit. He is mixed up in a 10 million insurance swindle.
thaumaturgy	Any art that invokes supernatural powers. He attracts people by his thaumaturgy.
treacherous	Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. Memory is particularly treacherous.
treachery	An act of deliberate betrayal. Many died because of his treachery.