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con
noun (2)Synonyms of con (Entry 2 of 4)
- the explanation was so plausible that I never suspected it was all a con to make off with my car
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con
verb (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of con (Entry 3 of 4)
- usually candidates con their entire campaign speech, right down to the jokes they supposedly ad-lib
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- hark back (to),
- mind
- [chiefly dialect],
- recall,
- recollect,
- relive,
- remember,
- reminisce (about),
- retain,
- think (of)
- accept,
- apprehend,
- comprehend,
- get,
- grasp,
- know,
- understand
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- seemed to be conning his face for any sign of uncertainty
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con
verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of con (Entry 4 of 4)
- a fly-by-night operator who had conned hundreds of would-be homeowners out of their hard-earned money
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- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- 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
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- tried to con me into thinking that he had actually won the lottery
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“Con.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/con. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of con was in the 13th century
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