con

1. 1.

   deprive of by deceit

   “He swindled me out of my inheritance”

   “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”

   Synonymsvictimizeswindlerookgoldbricknobblediddlebuncodefraudscammulcthornswoggleshort-change

   Broadercheat

   Narrowershort-change
2. 2.

   commit to memory; learn by heart

   “Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?”

   Synonymsmemorizememoriselearn

   Broaderstudy

   Narrowerunderstudy

1. 1.

   in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

   “much was written pro and con”

   Antonymspro

Other forms of con

plural

cons·

past tense or participle

conned

present participle

conning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about con

What does con mean?

con means "an argument opposed to a proposal". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in con?

con has 1 syllable: con. In IPA it is /ˈkɑn/.

What is another word for con?

Close synonyms include convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird, bunco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of con?

The recorded antonyms are pro, pro.

Is con a common word?

con is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with con?

9 words rhyme with con. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.