Synonyms for trickster
Definitions
- n. 1
One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
A skilled trickster knows how to outsmart their enemies with ease.
- n. 2
Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
Related words
- Word family
- trick
- Phrases
- confidence trickster
Forms
- Plural
- tricksters → deceivers, cheaters, swindlers, frauds…
Example sentences
- fraud Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
- cheater Sami knew the whole time that Layla was a cheater.
- deceiver The truth is, he is nothing other than a deceiver.
- swindler She went so far as to say that he was a swindler.
- rogue Those rogue rebels do not deserve to roam the Earth.
- prankster To whom are you speaking, prankster?
By length
- 5 letters
- fraud1, cheat1, sneak1, rogue1
- 6 letters
- jockey2, hoaxer, trepan
- 7 letters
- cheater2, sharper2, slicker2, shyster2, tricker
- 8 letters
- magician3, imposter3, deceiver, swindler3, beguiler, fakester
- 9 letters
- prankster2, charlatan3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jockey2 = 2 syllables).