Synonyms of sharper

sharper

noun

ˈshär-pər 

as in cheat

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• dodger
• shark
• skinner
• confidence man
• swindler
• sharpie
• cheater
• phony
• chiseler
• fox
• defrauder
• trickster
• ringer
• fraudster
• tricker
• scammer
• cozener
• bilk
• finagler
• bilker
• slicker
• adventurer
• fakir
• hoaxer
• scamster
• sneak
• fake
• sneaker
• pretender
• faker
• sham
• charlatan
• quack
• knave
• impostor
• mountebank
• rogue
• plotter
• slick
• rascal
• schemer
• gamesman
• bluffer
• double-dealer
• double-crosser
• prankster
• quacksalver
• fast-talker
• cardsharp
• slickster
• blackleg
• humbug
• slyboots
• wheeler-dealer
• smoothy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sharper

Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022

Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model. — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021

Where Super Mario 64 suffers is in its environmental textures, which don't appear to have been redrawn to look any sharper on higher-resolution screens. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020

For example, there is the Butch Lewis Act, which has nothing at all to do with boxing but, rather, is a bill to protect private pensions from being looted by corporate sharpers. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2018

And the aboveground economy will remain the province of the unindicted sharpers who did such a great job with it in 2008. — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2017

The sophomore from Colleyville has been a touch sharper on field goals than Jonathan Song in the fall practices. — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 14 Aug. 2017