con - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Synonyms

• bunco
• bunco game
• bunko
• bunko game
• con
• con game
• confidence game
• confidence trick
• flimflam
• hustle
• sting

More generic

• cheat
• rig
• swindle

More specific

• sting operation

Noun

an argument opposed to a proposal

Synonyms

• con

More generic

• argument
• statement

Opposite / Antonyms

• pro

Noun

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Synonyms

• con
• convict
• inmate
• yard bird
• yardbird

More generic

• captive
• prisoner

More specific

• lifer
• trusty

Verb

commit to memory; learn by heart

Synonyms

• con
• learn
• memorise
• memorize

More generic

• hit the books
• study

More specific

• alternate
• understudy

Verb

deprive of by deceit

Synonyms

• bunco
• con
• defraud
• diddle
• goldbrick
• hornswoggle
• mulct
• nobble
• rook
• scam
• short-change
• swindle
• victimize

More generic

• cheat
• chisel
• rip off

More specific

• short
• short-change

in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

Synonyms

• con

Opposite / Antonyms

• pro

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