con
1. an argument opposed to a proposal (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
pro
• Hypernyms:
argument, statement
2. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
• Syn:
convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird
• Derivationally related forms:
convict (for: convict)
• Hypernyms:
prisoner, captive
• Hyponyms:
lifer, trusty
3. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• Syn:
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
• Derivationally related forms:
flim-flam (for: flimflam), gyp (for: gyp), bunco (for: bunco)
• Hypernyms:
swindle, cheat, rig
• Hyponyms:
sting operation
1. deprive of by deceit (Freq. 1)
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
• Syn:
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble,
diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp,
gip, hornswoggle, short-change
• Derivationally related forms:
gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization (for: victimize)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They con him of all his money
2. commit to memory;
learn by heart
- Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
• Syn:
memorize, memorise, learn
• Derivationally related forms:
memorisation (for: memorise), memoriser (for: memorise), memory (for: memorise), memorization (for: memorize), memorizer (for: memorize), memory (for: memorize)
• Hypernyms:
study, hit the books
• Hyponyms:
understudy, alternate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
- much was written pro and con
• Ant:
pro
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