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Synonyms for confidence artist

  • noun

Most common

confidence man fraud con con-man sneak slicker swindler shyster

All synonyms

Noun

confidence man, fraud, con-man, con, sneak, slicker, swindler, shyster, sly-boots, fakester rare

Definitions

  1. n. 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.

    That greedy con artist would swindle you at any cost.

Related words

Is a kind of
deceiver
Other spellings
con artist

Example sentences

  • fraud Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
  • con Sami doesn't want an ex-con working at his office.
  • sneak We have to sneak in there and steal that computer.
  • slicker Do you think a city-slicker like Tom would be happy living on a farm?

By length

3 letters
con1
5 letters
fraud1, sneak1
7 letters
slicker2, shyster2
8 letters
swindler3, fakester

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slicker2 = 2 syllables).