Synonyms of conned

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verb (1)

past tense of con

1

as in learned

to commit to memory

usually candidates con their entire campaign speech, right down to the jokes they supposedly ad-lib

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learned
• studied
• memorized
• knew
• remembered
• understood
• retained
• recalled
• got
• grasped
• accepted
• thought (of)
• apprehended
• absorbed
• recollected
• comprehended
• digested
• relived
• minded
• reminisced (about)
• harked back (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgot
• ignored
• disregarded
• neglected
• unlearned
• passed over
• overlooked
• slighted
• misremembered
• disremembered
• slurred (over)
• overpassed

2

as in scanned

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)

seemed to be conning his face for any sign of uncertainty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scanned
• examined
• surveyed
• reviewed
• inspected
• viewed
• watched
• audited
• scrutinized
• went over
• analyzed
• checked (out)
• oversaw
• investigated
• explored
• overlooked
• noticed
• studied
• dissected
• combed
• perused
• probed
• observed
• researched
• parsed
• classified
• plumbed
• categorized
• pored (over)
• delved (into)
• picked over
• resurveyed
• reinspected
• re-reviewed
• rereviewed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• glanced (at or over)
• skimmed

conned

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verb (2)

past tense of con

1

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

a fly-by-night operator who had conned hundreds of would-be homeowners out of their hard-earned money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheated
• hustled
• stung
• plucked
• squeezed
• screwed
• stuck
• tricked
• swindled
• deceived
• suckered
• defrauded
• bilked
• rooked
• beat
• did
• fleeced
• victimized
• flimflammed
• shortchanged
• fooled
• diddled
• stiffed
• bled
• cozened
• mulcted
• exploited
• shorted
• reamed
• fiddled
• euchred
• hosed
• betrayed
• skinned
• gaffed
• shook down
• nobbled
• ripped off
• skunked
• chiseled
• chiselled
• extorted
• did in
• duped
• choused
• wrenched
• thimblerigged
• gulled
• took for a ride
• took to the cleaners
• sold a bill of goods to
• gouged
• overcharged
• clipped
• nicked
• milked
• wrung
• soaked
• wrested
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• bitched
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

2

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricked
• deceived
• fooled
• duped
• misled
• hoodwinked
• suckered
• gulled
• snookered
• bamboozled
• kidded
• hornswoggled
• teased
• deluded
• burnt
• humbugged
• cheated
• bluffed
• misinformed
• hoaxed
• beguiled
• cozened
• buffaloed
• misguided
• strung along
• stung
• sucked in
• caught
• juggled
• spoofed
• snowed
• gaffed
• had
• burned
• had on
• gammoned
• took in
• faked out
• swindled
• did a number on
• defrauded
• led one up the garden path
• pulled one's leg
• led one down the garden path
• rooked
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• fleeced
• stuck
• shortchanged
• put on
• mulcted
• diddled
• hustled
• flimflammed
• euchred
• bled
• skinned
• chiselled
• chiseled
• squeezed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• revealed
• undeceived
• uncovered
• told
• unmasked
• debunked
• disclosed
• showed up
• divulged
• disillusioned
• unveiled
• disabused
• disenchanted
• uncloaked

conned

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verb (3)

past tense of conn

as in steered

to operate or control the course of

there was white-knuckle tension as the captain conned the gunboat through the mine-infested harbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steered
• piloted
• navigated
• hijacked
• highjacked
• helmed
• commandeered