Thesaurus
To save this word, you'll need to log in.
Synonyms of ream
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme
Synonyms for ream
- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- gyp,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
Words Related to ream
Phrases Synonymous with ream
Keep scrolling for more
Learn More about ream
From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
Book Anatomy Words: Quire, Colophon,...
Book Anatomy Words: Quire, Colophon, and More
There are a lot of chapters in this collection.
Thesaurus Entries near ream
See More Nearby EntriesCite this Entry
“Ream.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ream. Accessed 9 December 2019.
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on ream
What made you want to look up ream? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Semantic Drift Quiz
- Which of the following was once a synonym for fun?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share ream
Time Traveler for ream
The first known use of ream was in the 14th century
See more words from the same century