Synonyms for con
kɒncon

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1. 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 bird

   Antonyms:
   pro

2. convict, 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, flimflam

   Antonyms:
   pro

3. bunco, 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, bite

   Antonyms:
   pro

4. victimize, 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 from

   Antonyms:
   pro

5. memorize, 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, hear

   Antonyms:
   pro

6. conadverb

   in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

   "much was written pro and con"

   Antonyms:
   pro

Matched Categories

1. • Argument
   • Prisoner

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1. converb

   Synonyms:
   study, fix in the mind, commit to memory, learn by heart, con over

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1. List of paraphrases for "con":

   scam, with, rip-off, bcr

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1. Joe Biden:

   The last thing the Democrats should be doing is playing Trump's game and trying to con the American people to think this is easy. There's nothing easy about it.

2. David Pilgrim:

   Most politicians have some con artist in them, but worse is the con artist who has some politician in him.

3. John Cho:

   Fans saved Star Trek back in the day and they sort of invented fandom and invented conventions, fan conventions so it seems poetic that we end up here on the 50th anniversary so to bring it straight to the fans who have given us our lives and our livelihood, comic Con is the ultimate playground for someone that's a fan boy or girl.

4. Will Smith:

   Studios make the decision that if they're going to Comic-Con, they have to bring their A-game, if you don't come with something that's going to get people excited, it could actually backfire ... It's not cheap to make a splash at Comic-Con.

5. A.E. Samaan:

   Aléjate, si puedes. Volverás con el hambre a flor de piel.