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
• got
• recalled
• accepted
• grasped
• recollected
• apprehended
• relived
• absorbed
• digested
• comprehended
• minded
• harked back (to)
• reminisced (about)
• thought (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• skimmed
• glanced (at or over)

• missed
• skimmed
• glanced (at or over)

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
• swindled
• tricked
• did
• deceived
• suckered
• stuck
• defrauded
• bilked
• rooked
• fleeced
• beat
• victimized
• fooled
• diddled
• shortchanged
• stiffed
• cozened
• mulcted
• exploited
• bled
• flimflammed
• shorted
• reamed
• betrayed
• fiddled
• hosed
• skinned
• gaffed
• shook down
• skunked
• ripped off
• nobbled
• euchred
• duped
• extorted
• chiseled
• gulled
• did in
• wrenched
• thimblerigged
• choused
• took for a ride
• sold a bill of goods to
• took to the cleaners
• overcharged
• gouged
• nicked
• milked
• chiselled
• bamboozled
• wrung
• soaked
• clipped
• wrested
• bitched
• double-crossed
• 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
• fooled
• deceived
• duped
• hoodwinked
• suckered
• misled
• gulled
• snookered
• bamboozled
• deluded
• kidded
• cheated
• teased
• humbugged
• bluffed
• beguiled
• misinformed
• hoaxed
• cozened
• hornswoggled
• buffaloed
• misguided
• caught
• strung along
• stung
• had
• spoofed
• sucked in
• juggled
• snowed
• gaffed
• burned
• had on
• gammoned
• swindled
• burnt
• took in
• faked out
• defrauded
• rooked
• led one up the garden path
• fleeced
• did a number on
• pulled one's leg
• led one down the garden path
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• shortchanged
• diddled
• mulcted
• stuck
• hustled
• put on
• flimflammed
• euchred
• bled
• skinned
• chiseled
• squeezed
• chiselled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• hijacked
• navigated
• highjacked
• commandeered
• helmed