Synonyms and Antonyms of con

synonym (synonym of con)

antonym (antonym of con)

  • (noun.communication)
    pro
    an argument in favor of a proposal (noun.communication)
     

hypernym (con IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison (noun.person)
    captive, prisoner
    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war (noun.person)
     
  • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
    cheat, rig, swindle
    the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)
     
  • an argument opposed to a proposal (noun.communication)
    argument, statement
    a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true (noun.communication)
     
  • commit to memory; learn by heart (verb.cognition)
    hit the books, study
    learn by reading books (verb.cognition)
     
  • deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
    cheat, chisel, rip off
    deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF con relation)

  • a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison (noun.person)
    lifer
    a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    trusty
    a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges (noun.person)
     
  • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
    sting operation
    a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) (noun.act)
     
  • commit to memory; learn by heart (verb.cognition)
    alternate, understudy
    be an understudy or alternate for a role (verb.cognition)
     
  • deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
    short, short-change
    cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from con)

synonym antonym hypernym hyponym derivation convict inmate yard bird bunco bunco game bunko pro cheat rig argument statement captive prisoner sting operation lifer trusty alternate short short-change bunco flim-flam fob convict memory committal to memory
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. convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird . bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting . bunco, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize . learn, memorise, memorize . pro . captive, prisoner . cheat, rig, swindle . argument, statement . hit the books, study . cheat, chisel, rip off . lifer . trusty . sting operation . alternate, understudy . short, short-change . convict . bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize . flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick . memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity . committal to memory, memorisation, memorization . memory, remembering . memory . memoriser, memorizer . exploitation, using, victimisation, victimization . cozenage, scam . bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting . cheat, rig, swindle . chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler


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