Synonyms for swindler
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fraudster
con-man, fraudster, trickster, deceiver, shyster, charlatan, grifter informal US, cheat, fraud, cheater, knave, rogue, angler, defrauder, chiseler informal US, chiseller UK, gouger, scammer slang, sharper dated, slicker slang
Other
imposter, confidence man, confidence artist, sly-boots, rook, blackleg, cozener, pickpenny
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Forms
- Plural
- swindlers → con-men, fraudsters, tricksters, deceivers…
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A swindler is one who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- deceiver The truth is, he is nothing other than a deceiver.
By length
- 4 letters
- rook1
- 5 letters
- fraud1, cheat1, rogue1, crook1, knave1, scamp
- 6 letters
- angler2, gouger2
- 7 letters
- villain2, cheater2, sharper2, scammer2, grifter, slicker2, shyster2, cozener
- 8 letters
- imposter3, deceiver, blackleg, chiseler
- 9 letters
- trickster2, scoundrel2, charlatan3, fraudster2, defrauder, chiseller, pickpenny
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angler2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- arnaqueur