con artist

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   a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim

   Synonymsconfidence mancon man

   Broaderswindler

Questions about con artist

What does con artist mean?

con artist means "a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim".

What is another word for con artist?

Close synonyms include confidence man, con man. 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.

Is con artist a common word?

con artist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.