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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• glanced (at or over)
• skimmed

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• navigated
• hijacked
• helmed
• commandeered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conned

Verb

When Stapley was 10, her mother lost her life’s savings after being conned by a couple posing as investors. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

The centerpiece of his recent column is a list of quarterly rate increases after reform passed, presented as proof consumers were conned. — David Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026

One of Sharma's gangster associates tells Keefe that once Sharma realized he'd been conned, there was no way Zac was leaving the apartment alive. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026

Nationwide, scammers in 2024 conned Americans for $119 billion, an amount similar in size to the economy of New Hampshire, according to the report. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026

Women who could be trampled by men, conned, deceived. — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

What makes this case different is that key backers of the measure got conned, too. — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026

Dakota Root, who was conned into depositing $1,200 into a crypto ATM at a Circle K in Indiana, said the experience changed his perception of the neighborhood store. — Curt Devine, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025

So there's some serious temptation to fall back to old habits when they're critter-napped by a new crew called the Bad Girls and conned into stealing an experimental rocket. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025