swindler
UK/ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/
swindler noun: a person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Noun
swindler (plural swindlers)
- A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
- But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.1908, The Scrap Book: Second Section, volume V, page 637
- There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.2017 June 23, Max Byrd, “A Trip to Southern Italy to Shed Light on a Family Scandal”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor
Proper noun capitalized: Swindler
Swindler (plural Swindlers)
- A surname.
swindler meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
swindler in Hindi
- person who swindles, cheats or defrauds
- ठग ṭhag
swindler in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றுக்காரர்
swindler in Marathi
- person who swindles, cheats or defrauds
- ठग ṭhag, उपटणारा, उपट्या upaṭyā
swindler in Urdu
- swindler, fraud, cheat
- ٹھگ ṭhag
More languagesFewer languages
- swindler in Bengali
- বাটপাড় baṭpaṛ
- swindler in Telugu
- దలాలీ dalālī
- swindler in Malayalam
- വഞ്ചകൻ, വഞ്ചുകൻ, ചതിയൻ, ചതിവൻ
- swindler in Pashto
- سادو sādú
- swindler in Tagalog
- balasubas
- swindler in Arabic
- مُحْتَال muḥtāl
- swindler in Indonesian
- penipu, bajingan, pecundang
Examples of swindler in a sentence
- He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.
- Of course he disappointed you. The man is nothing less than a fraud and a swindler.
- Of course he disappointed you. The man is nothing more than a fraud and a swindler.
Synonyms of swindler
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Forms of swindler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | swindlers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Swindlers |
Origin of swindler
Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.
Words formed from swindler
Words that rhyme with swindler
Questions about swindler
- What does swindler mean?
- Swindler means a person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
- What is swindler in Hindi?
- Swindler in Hindi is ठग (ṭhag). See Swindler meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is swindler?
- Swindler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce swindler?
- Swindler is pronounced /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of swindler?
- The plural of swindler is swindlers.
Words near swindler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swindler (page history and authors); Swindler (page history and authors); swindler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ٹھگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); বাটপাড় (Bengali) (page history and authors); దలాలీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); swindler (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); سادو (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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