con
English Thesaurus
1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sting operation, |
| definition | : | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) (noun.act) |
2. an argument opposed to a proposal (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | argument, statement, |
| definition | : | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true (noun.communication) |
3. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | captive, prisoner, |
| definition | : | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lifer, |
| definition | : | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | trusty, |
| definition | : | a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges (noun.person) |
4. commit to memory; learn by heart (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | alternate, understudy, |
| definition | : | be an understudy or alternate for a role (verb.cognition) |
5. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | short, short-change, |
| definition | : | cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social) |
6. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
| derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
| definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
7. an argument opposed to a proposal (noun.communication)
| antonym | : | pro, |
| definition | : | an argument in favor of a proposal (noun.communication) |
8. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison (noun.person)
| derivation | : | convict, |
| definition | : | find or declare guilty (verb.communication) |
9. commit to memory; learn by heart (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | memory, remembering, |
| definition | : | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | memory, |
| definition | : | something that is remembered (noun.cognition) |
10. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
11. in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc. (adv.all)
| antonym | : | pro, |
| definition | : | in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. (adv.all) |
12. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act)
| derivation | : | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, |
| definition | : | deprive of by deceit (verb.social) |
13. an argument opposed to a proposal (noun.communication)
| antonym | : | pro, |
| definition | : | an argument in favor of a proposal (noun.communication) |
14. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison (noun.person)
| derivation | : | convict, |
| definition | : | find or declare guilty (verb.communication) |
15. commit to memory; learn by heart (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | memory, remembering, |
| definition | : | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | memory, |
| definition | : | something that is remembered (noun.cognition) |
16. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
17. in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc. (adv.all)
| antonym | : | pro, |
| definition | : | in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. (adv.all) |
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