Synonyms of con artist

nounA person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust...

• conmanA confidence trickster.
• con
• bunco artist
• bunco-steerer US, slangA swindler; a cheat or con-man.
• chiselerA cheat; a swindler; a con artist.
• confidence artist
• confidence tricksterSomeone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust, a conman or con artist.
• flimflammerA swindler; a con artist.
• grifterA con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.
• lugger Australia, USA con artist.
• magsmanA con man who tries to deceive members of the public.
• mountebankOne who sells by deception; a con artist.
• saltimbancoA quack doctor, a fraud.
• sharpsterA swindler; someone who is adept at conning others; a con artist.
• slicker
• smooth operatorA skillful, manipulative person, con artist, or clever scoundrel.
• spivA flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits.
• bamboozlerOne who bamboozles; a trickster.
• bullshitterSomeone who lies or exaggerates a lot, especially in order to preserve or enhance their reputation.
• cheat
• cheater
• cogger
• deceiver
• fabricator
• fabulist
• liar
• pseudologistSomeone who says falsehoods; a liar; a pseudologue.
• rook
• shammerA person who shams; a liar or faker.
• Spanish athlete euphemisticA bullshitter.
• swindlerA person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
• trickster
• trucker dialectal
• charlatan
• duper
• fraud
• fraudsterA person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
• hustler
• scammerA person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.
• shysterSomeone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
• snake oil salesmanA swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an...
• snake figuratively
• bristler obsolete
• sharker archaic
• shark-gull obsoleteA confidence trickster; a person who preys on simpletons.
• bouncer archaic
• cony-catcher obsoleteA cheat or sharper; a deceiver.
• crammer British, dated
• deceptor rareA deceiver (weaver of deceptions).
• falser obsoleteA deceiver.
• gabber obsolete
• guiler obsoleteA deceiver, a beguiler.
• losenger obsoleteA flatterer or deceiver.
• mocker archaic
• Scandaroon obsolete
• swike dialectal, obsolete
• treacher archaicA traitor or deceiver.
• wernard obsolete