Meanings
nounconman (plural conmen)
plural conmen · alternative con man · alternative con-man
- A confidence trickster.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA confidence trickster.
Similar
see Thesaurus:deceiver
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥néh₃ti
- Proto-Germanic*kunnaną
- Proto-West Germanic*kunnan
- Old Englishcunnan
- Middle Englishconnen
- Englishcon
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishconman
Translations
Afrikaans bedrieër
- bedrieërconfidence trickster
Ancient Greek φέναξ
- φέναξ (phénax)confidence trickster
Arabic خَدَّاع
- خَدَّاع (ḵaddāʕ)confidence trickster
Bulgarian изма́мник, моше́ник
- изма́мник (izmámnik)confidence trickster
- моше́ник (mošénik)confidence trickster
Catalan estafador
- estafadorconfidence trickster
Chinese Mandarin 騙子 /骗子
- 騙子 /骗子 (piànzi)confidence trickster
Czech podvodník
- podvodníkconfidence trickster
Danish plattenslager, platugle
- plattenslagerconfidence trickster
- platugleconfidence trickster
- bondefangerconfidence trickster
Dutch oplichter
- oplichterconfidence trickster
Esperanto trompisto, fripono
- trompistoconfidence trickster
- friponoconfidence trickster
Finnish huijari, petkuttaja
- huijariconfidence trickster
- petkuttajaconfidence trickster
French escroc, arnaqueur
- escrocconfidence trickster
- arnaqueurconfidence trickster
German Hochstapler, Schwindler
- Hochstaplerconfidence trickster
- Schwindlerconfidence trickster
- Trickbetrügerconfidence trickster
- Bauernfängerconfidence trickster
Greek απατεώνας
- απατεώνας (apateónas)confidence trickster
Hebrew נוכל, רמאי
- נוכל (nokhél)confidence trickster
- רמאי (ramáy)confidence trickster
Hungarian szélhámos, csaló
- szélhámosconfidence trickster
- csalóconfidence trickster
Italian ciarlatano, gabbatore
- ciarlatanoconfidence trickster
- gabbatoreconfidence trickster
- truffatoreconfidence trickster
- imbroglioneconfidence trickster
- mistificatoreconfidence trickster
- abbindolatoreconfidence trickster
- millantatoreconfidence trickster
Japanese 詐欺師
- 詐欺師 (sagishi)confidence trickster
Latin fraudātor
- fraudātorconfidence trickster
Polish szarlatan, oszust
- szarlatanconfidence trickster
- oszustconfidence trickster
- hochsztaplerconfidence trickster
- hochsztaplerkaconfidence trickster
Portuguese vigarista, golpista
- vigaristaconfidence trickster
- golpistaconfidence trickster
Romanian escroc
- escrocconfidence trickster
Russian афери́ст, моше́нник
- афери́ст (aferíst)confidence trickster
- моше́нник (mošénnik)confidence trickster
- жу́лик (žúlik)confidence trickster
Spanish estafador, estafadora
- estafadorconfidence trickster
- estafadoraconfidence trickster
- estafadoresconfidence trickster
- estafadorasconfidence trickster
Swedish lurendrejare, bondfångare
- lurendrejareconfidence trickster
- bondfångareconfidence trickster
Thai นักต้มตุ๋น
- นักต้มตุ๋น (nák-dtûm-dtǔn)confidence trickster
Turkish dolandırıcı
- dolandırıcıconfidence trickster
Zulu umkhwabanisi
- umkhwabanisiconfidence trickster
Cite this entry
APA
conman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conman
MLA
“conman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conman.
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