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cheat
Synonyms and Antonyms of cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue
fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer
plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker
blackleg, cardsharp (or cardsharper)
cheat
Synonyms and Antonyms of cheat
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to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
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to be sexually unfaithful
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to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
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to rob by the use of trickery or threats
beat, bilk, bleed, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
Synonym Discussion of cheat
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- cheated me out of a dollar
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- always able to cozen her grandfather out of a few dollars
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- defrauded of her inheritance by an unscrupulous lawyer
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- swindled of their savings by con artists
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