finagler

noun

Definition of finaglernext
as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finagler
  1. dodger
  2. cheat
  3. shark
  4. confidence man
  5. sharper
Noun
  • The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of dodger
Noun
  • The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This guy has the infinite money cheat behind him and is very dangerous.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • Action films have proven to be massively successful for Netflix, which has been minting hits with titles such as crime thriller The Rip, sci-fi flick War Machine, survival thriller Apex, and shark pic Thrash, just this year alone.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Instagram caption speculates the albino shark was somewhere between eight and nine feet long.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of shark
Noun
  • Musk reframes the story of the tech titan as the 21st century reincarnation of the confidence man.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The image could be a tintype from a late-Victorian play about a confidence man who preys on wealthy young widows.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Definition of confidence man
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Definition of sharper
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“Finagler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finagler. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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