Synonyms of hucksters

hucksters

noun

plural of huckster

as in vendors

one who sells things outdoors

hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vendors
• sellers
• peddlers
• merchants
• hawkers
• dealers
• traders
• merchandisers
• costermongers
• concessionaires
• bootleggers
• smugglers
• pushers
• hustlers
• fences
• fencers
• black marketers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buyers
• purchasers
• consumers
• users
• end users

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hucksters

The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025

The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead. — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025