Synonyms for con-man
- noun
Most common
confidence man crook grifter swindler confidence artist mountebank
All synonyms
Noun
confidence man, swindler, grifter, crook, confidence artist, mountebank, shark-gull dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A confidence trickster.
Related words
- Other spellings
- con man conman
Forms
- Plural
- con-men → swindlers, grifters, crooks, mountebanks…
Example sentences
- crook One crook plus one crook is equal to zero crooks.
- grifter Oli London is a completely empty, soulless grifter.
- swindler She went so far as to say that he was a swindler.
By length
- 5 letters
- crook1
- 7 letters
- grifter
- 8 letters
- swindler3
- 10 letters
- mountebank
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swindler3 = 3 syllables).