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cheater

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Synonyms and Antonyms of cheater

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

Gambling casinos have very elaborate means of detecting cheaters.

Synonyms of cheater

bilk, bilker, cheat, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, finagler, hoaxer, scammer, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster

Words Related to cheater

double-crosser, double-dealer

bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, ringer, sham

adventurer, fox, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer

plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker

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