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
• plumbed
• categorized
• pored (over)
• delved (into)
• picked over
• resurveyed
• reinspected
• re-reviewed
• 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
• stung
• plucked
• squeezed
• screwed
• stuck
• tricked
• swindled
• deceived
• suckered
• defrauded
• bilked
• rooked
• beat
• did
• fleeced
• victimized
• flimflammed
• shortchanged
• fooled
• diddled
• stiffed
• bled
• cozened
• mulcted
• exploited
• shorted
• reamed
• fiddled
• euchred
• hosed
• betrayed
• skinned
• gaffed
• shook down
• nobbled
• ripped off
• skunked
• chiseled
• chiselled
• extorted
• did in
• duped
• choused
• wrenched
• 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
• teased
• deluded
• burnt
• humbugged
• cheated
• bluffed
• misinformed
• hoaxed
• beguiled
• cozened
• buffaloed
• misguided
• strung along
• stung
• sucked in
• caught
• juggled
• spoofed
• snowed
• gaffed
• had
• burned
• had on
• gammoned
• took in
• faked out
• swindled
• did a number on
• defrauded
• led one up the garden path
• pulled one's leg
• led one down the garden path
• rooked
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• fleeced
• stuck
• shortchanged
• put on
• mulcted
• diddled
• hustled
• flimflammed
• euchred
• bled
• skinned
• chiselled
• 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
• highjacked
• helmed
• commandeered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conned

Verb

Love Con Revenge tells the real stories of people who have been conned by people from dating apps. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025

At the end of 2022, the FBI reported that at least 3,000 underage victims, mostly boys, had been conned by these lies, with more than a dozen suicide deaths resulting. —PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2025

In 2022, he executive produced the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan, which follows the story of Sarma Melngailis whose vegan restaurant was conned out of money by her husband. —Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025

The show’s about religious hypocrisy and being conned. —Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025