trickster

1. 1.

   someone who plays practical jokes on others

   Synonymsprankstercut-uptrickerhoaxerpractical joker

   Broadertroublemaker
2. 2.

   someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

   Synonymsdeceivercheatcheaterbeguilerslicker

   Broaderwrongdoer

   Narrowerblufferswindlerdecoydodgerdouble-crosserembezzlerfalsifierfinaglerforgerfortune hunter
3. 3.

   a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts

   Broaderspiritual being

Other forms of trickster

plural

tricksters·

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 trickster

What does trickster mean?

trickster means "someone who plays practical jokes on others". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trickster?

trickster has 2 syllables: trick-ster. The stress falls on "trick". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪkstɚ/.

What is another word for trickster?

Close synonyms include prankster, cut-up, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker. 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 trickster a common word?

trickster 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.