swindler

Other forms of swindler

plural

swindlers·

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 swindler

What does swindler mean?

swindler means "a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud".

How many syllables are in swindler?

swindler has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈswɪndəlɚ/.

What is another word for swindler?

Close synonyms include defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer. 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 swindler a common word?

swindler is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.