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Synonyms for con
kɒncon
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Princeton's WordNet
connoun
an argument opposed to a proposal
Synonyms:
sting, yardbird, flimflam, bunko game, bunko, convict, inmate, gyp, bunco, con game, confidence trick, confidence game, hustle, bunco game, yard birdAntonyms:
proconvict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflamAntonyms:
probunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, insect bite, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, stir, fuss, flurry, stinging, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, yard bird, bustle, bunco game, pang, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflam, biteAntonyms:
provictimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonyms:
rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, goldbrick, swindle, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, defraud, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink fromAntonyms:
promemorize, memorise, con, learnadverb
commit to memory; learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
Synonyms:
rook, check, nobble, victimize, gip, read, goldbrick, swindle, memorise, get word, take, diddle, study, gyp, determine, see, find out, defraud, hornswoggle, instruct, teach, get a line, bunco, get wind, short-change, pick up, memorize, ascertain, acquire, watch, learn, larn, scam, discover, mulct, hearAntonyms:
proconadverb
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
"much was written pro and con"
Antonyms:
pro
Dictionary of English Synonymes
converb
Synonyms:
study, fix in the mind, commit to memory, learn by heart, con over
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #13 | with | |
| #64 | see | |
| #180 | read | |
| #246 | take | |
| #272 | check | |
| #424 | learn | |
| #508 | study | |
| #516 | play | |
| #746 | short | |
| #871 | watch | |
| #1475 | abstract | |
| #1736 | hear | |
| #1914 | determine | |
| #2529 | con | |
| #2897 | toy | |
| #2995 | discover | |
| #3806 | teach | |
| #4499 | lift | |
| #5613 | hook | |
| #6810 | acquire | |
| #8848 | bite | |
| #10284 | stir | |
| #11065 | scam | |
| #14457 | sting | |
| #16203 | sneak | |
| #16226 | inpatient | |
| #16326 | snatch | |
| #16414 | cabbage | |
| #17127 | pinch | |
| #17298 | inmate | |
| #18731 | fiddle | |
| #18963 | hustle | |
| #19451 | instruct | |
| #19866 | ascertain | |
| #20188 | ado | |
| #20976 | fuss | |
| #29024 | convict | |
| #33386 | pang | |
| #33601 | memorize | |
| #34994 | bcr | |
| #35156 | flurry | |
| #35780 | rook | |
| #37262 | bustle | |
| #37632 | kidnap | |
| #38462 | swipe | |
| #40176 | stinging | |
| #42454 | gip | |
| #49972 | defraud | |
| #58296 | swindle | |
| #68256 | shirk | |
| #72473 | diddle | |
| #74450 | memorise | |
| #87124 | abduct | |
| #90338 | bunko | |
| #96993 | snarf | |
| #113787 | gyp | |
| #138234 | bunco | |
| #164852 | victimize | |
| #175036 | larn | |
| #175419 | yardbird | |
| #176519 | filch | |
| #199693 | pilfer |
How to use con in a sentence?
Finally, with months-long therapy sessions, I figured out all the stuff I’d stuff down my whole life, the first memory I had was being molested by my uncle. I was beaten and rap by an ex-con on heroin when I was 22. My great-grandfather was a mass murderer, and after his son became my grandfather, my grandmother murdered him.
Como mi mejor amigo alisha fernandes dice ... se puede luchar con su familia y estar a kilómetros de distancia de ellos. Pero al final del día. Son todo lo que tienes.
Just received word that [energy company Con Edison] will be shutting down the gas in the immediate area along Fox Street between Intervale Ave Tiffany Street, with temperatures dropping, we will continue to monitor to ensure a restoration of gas once it is safe to do so.
The people who argue that you should be up( on the air) will say,' Well, TV and digital eyeballs are way up because people are trapped at home and very worried,' and the con side will say,' Well, what are you going to say ?'.
He’s a con man who’s taking advantage of people's fears and anxieties about the future, portraying himself as some sort of strong guy, he’s not a strong guy. He’s never faced real adversity before.
Translations for con
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- يستهلكArabic
- престъпникBulgarian
- ošidit, proti, záporCzech
- conDanish
- reinlegen, Con, Kontra, Bauernfängerei, austricksen, betrügenGerman
- ξεγελώ, ενάντιος, απατεωνιά, μείον, μειονέκτημα, κατάδικος, απάτη, πληνGreek
- timar, estafar, engañar, estafa, contraSpanish
- کنPersian
- vedättää, ohjata laivaa, huijata, haittapuoli, rangaistusvanki, petos, haitta, vanki, huijausFinnish
- inconvénient, duper, arnaque, contre, inconvénients, escroquer, taulard, ConFrench
- चोरHindi
- con, kontraHungarian
- menipuIndonesian
- contro, carceratoItalian
- ConHebrew
- コンJapanese
- 범죄자Korean
- conLatin
- con, bedriegen, fraude, een veroordeelde crimineel, nadeel, voor- en nadelen, een veroordeelde, fraudeurDutch
- lureNorwegian
- konPolish
- vigarista, contraPortuguese
- conRomanian
- мошенничество, против, плутовство, контраргумент, надувательство, обмануть, преступница, [[довод]] [[против]], надуть, управлять, обманывать, жульничество, преступник, недостаток, вести, надуватьRussian
- luraSwedish
- ஏமாற்றுபவன்Tamil
- కాన్Telugu
- แย้งThai
- aleyhteTurkish
- КонUkrainian
- conUrdu
- ConVietnamese
- מיטYiddish
- CONChinese
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