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Synonyms of gamesman
as in prankster, adventurer
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gamesman
- bluffer,
- charlatan,
- fake,
- faker,
- humbug,
- impostor
- (or imposter),
- mountebank,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- pretender,
- quack,
- quacksalver,
- ringer,
- sham
- fast-talker,
- slick,
- slicker,
- slickster,
- slyboots,
- smoothy
- (or smoothie),
- wheeler-dealer
- bilk,
- bilker,
- cheat,
- cheater,
- chiseler
- (or chiseller),
- confidence man,
- cozener,
- defrauder,
- dodger,
- fakir,
- finagler,
- fraudster
- [chiefly British],
- hoaxer,
- scammer,
- scamster,
- shark,
- sharper,
- sharpie
- (or sharpy),
- skinner,
- swindler,
- tricker,
- trickster
- blackleg,
- cardsharp
- (or cardsharper)
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The first known use of gamesman was in 1947
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