scammer

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noun

A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.

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fraudsterswindlerdefrauderchisellerchiselergougergrifter
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Meanings

nounscammer (plural scammers)

plural scammers

  1. slangA person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.

    According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.

    2017 November 10, Aaron Mak, “This Hilarious Chatbot Messes with Scammers for You”, in Slate
    1 more example

    TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.

    2023 December 13, “Network News: £13,000 stolen via car park QR”, in RAIL, number 998, page 11

    Synonyms: fraudster

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.

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fraudster

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Similar
swindlerdefrauderchisellerchiselergougergrifter
Broader
deceivercheatcheater
Also see
charlatanchiselerdefraudergougergrifterluggerscamsterswindler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From scam + -er.

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Translations

Arabic نَصَّاب
  • نَصَّاب (naṣṣāb)swindler, cheat
Catalan estafador, estafadora
  • estafadorswindler, cheat
  • estafadoraswindler, cheat
Chinese Mandarin 騙子 /骗子
  • 騙子 /骗子 (piànzi)swindler, cheat
Czech podvodník
  • podvodníkswindler, cheat
Finnish huijari, petkuttaja
  • huijariswindler, cheat
  • petkuttajaswindler, cheat
French arnaqueur, escroc
  • arnaqueurswindler, cheat
  • escrocswindler, cheat
German Schwindler, Schwindlerin
  • Schwindlerswindler, cheat
  • Schwindlerinswindler, cheat
Hindi धोखेबाज़, ठग
  • धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebāz)swindler, cheat
  • ठग (ṭhag)swindler, cheat
  • ठगिन (ṭhagin)swindler, cheat
  • ठगनी (ṭhagnī)swindler, cheat
Hungarian csaló, svindler
  • csalóswindler, cheat
  • svindlerswindler, cheat
Japanese 詐欺師
  • 詐欺師 (sagishi)swindler, cheat
Polish oszust
  • oszustswindler, cheat
Portuguese golpista, vigarista
  • golpistaswindler, cheat
  • vigaristaswindler, cheat
Punjabi ਸਕੈਮਰ
  • ਸਕੈਮਰ (sakaimar)swindler, cheat
Romanian țepar
  • țeparswindler, cheat
Russian мошенник, мошенница
  • мошенник (mošennik)swindler, cheat
  • мошенница (mošennica)swindler, cheat
Spanish defraudador, estafador
  • defraudadorswindler, cheat
  • estafadorswindler, cheat
Swedish lurendrejare
  • lurendrejareswindler, cheat
Turkish dolandırıcı, tokatçı
  • dolandırıcıswindler, cheat
  • tokatçıswindler, cheat
Ukrainian зди́рник, здира́ч
  • зди́рник (zdýrnyk)swindler, cheat
  • здира́ч (zdyráč)swindler, cheat
  • здира́чка (zdyráčka)swindler, cheat
  • шахра́й (šaxráj)swindler, cheat
  • шахра́йка (šaxrájka)swindler, cheat
  • ошука́ч (ošukáč)swindler, cheat
  • ошука́чка (ošukáčka)swindler, cheat
  • ошука́нець (ošukánecʹ)swindler, cheat
  • ошука́нка (ošukánka)swindler, cheat
Vietnamese thằng lừa đảo
  • thằng lừa đảoswindler, cheat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scammer

grammarhammerglamourspammerjammerslammerclamorrammerclamourstammerbammerlammerblammerdespammerenamorlambermammerwhammerwunderkammeryammer
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Cite this entry
APA

scammer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scammer

MLA

“scammer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scammer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scammer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scammer.

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