Thesaurus:confidence trickster
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: one who defrauds someone after winning their trust
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- bristler (obsolete)
- bunco artist
- bunco-steerer (US slang)
- chiseler
- con artist [⇒ thesaurus]
- confidence artist
- confidence trickster
- conman
- flimflammer
- grifter
- lugger
- magsman
- mountebank
- saltimbanco
- sharpster
- sharker (archaic)
- shark-gull (obsolete)
- slicker
- smooth operator (idomatic)
- spiv
Hyponyms
[edit]- autem gogler (thieves' cant)
- con woman
- paperhanger (slang)