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Synonyms for gouger

Most common

grifter swindler chiseler US defrauder gurrier

All synonyms

Noun

1. Scammer

grifter, swindler, chiseler US, chiseller UK, defrauder, scammer slang

Other

gurrier, bowsy informal IE

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Someone who gouges.

Related words

Phrases
sidehill gouger

Forms

Plural
gougers → grifters, swindlers, chiselers, 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
gougerfalling
griftersteady
swindlersteady
chiselerfalling
defraudersteady

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

By length

5 letters
bowsy
7 letters
scammer2, grifter, gurrier
8 letters
swindler3, chiseler
9 letters
chiseller, defrauder

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scammer2 = 2 syllables).