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Synonyms for chiseler

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

grifter swindler gouger defrauder

All synonyms

Noun

1. Swindler

swindler, grifter, gouger, defrauder, scammer slang

Other

spiv UK IE, sharper dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who uses a chisel for carving.

Related words

Other spellings
chiseller UK

Forms

Plural
chiselers → swindlers, grifters, gougers, defrauders…

Example sentences

  • grifter Oli London is a completely empty, soulless grifter.
  • swindler She went so far as to say that he was a swindler.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chiselerfalling
griftersteady
swindlersteady
gougerfalling
defraudersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
spiv
6 letters
gouger2
7 letters
sharper2, scammer2, grifter
8 letters
swindler3
9 letters
defrauder

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gouger2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
ciseleur