A trickster is a person who deceives or cheats people, often in order to get money from them.
[informal]
Synonyms: deceiver, fraud, cheat, joker More Synonyms of trickster
trickster in British English
(ˈtrɪkstə)
noun
a person who deceives or plays tricks
trickster in American English
(ˈtrɪkstər)
noun
a person who tricks; cheat
Word origin
trick + -ster
Examples of 'trickster' in a sentence
trickster
Is this jaunty young stranger a confidence trickster?
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Is this jaunty young stranger a confidence trickster?
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It is, in fact, sage advice from a notorious confidence trickster.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It sounds like it was made up on the spot by a panicking, yet whimsical, confidence trickster.
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Detectives fear that she may have disturbed a burglar or confronted a confidence trickster, though they also said it was possible that she knew her attacker.
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(noun)
Definition
a person who deceives or plays tricks
The veteran trickster had made a fortune in his 40 years of fraud.
Synonyms
deceiver
He was condemned as a liar, cheat and deceiver.
fraud
He believes many psychics are frauds.
cheat
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
joker
He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun.
hoaxer
She will enjoy permanent fame as a literary hoaxer.
pretender
hustler (US, informal)
conman or woman (informal)
con artist (informal)
impostor
He was an impostor who masqueraded as a doctor.
fraudster
swindler
Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.
practical joker
grifter (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
chiseller (informal, rare)
rorter (Australian, slang)
rogue trader
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cheat
Definition
a person who cheats
He's nothing but a rotten cheat.
Synonyms
deceiver,
sharper,
cheater,
shark,
charlatan,
trickster,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
impostor,
fraudster,
double-crosser (informal),
swindler,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
rorter (Australian, slang),
chiseller (informal),
rogue,
dodger,
knave (archaic),
rogue trader
in the sense of fraud
Definition
a person who acts in a false or deceitful way
He believes many psychics are frauds.
Synonyms
impostor,
cheat,
fake,
bluffer,
sham,
hoax,
hoaxer,
forgery,
counterfeit,
pretender,
charlatan,
quack,
fraudster,
swindler,
mountebank,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
double-dealer,
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of hoaxer
She will enjoy permanent fame as a literary hoaxer.
Synonyms
trickster,
joker,
prankster,
spoofer (informal),
humbug,
bamboozler (informal),
hoodwinker,
practical joker
Nearby words of
trickster
trick something or someone out or up
trickery
trickle
trickster
tricky
trifle
trifle with
Synonyms of 'trickster'
trickster
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of impostor
Definition
a person who cheats or swindles by pretending to be someone else
He was an impostor who masqueraded as a doctor.
Synonyms
fraud (informal),
cheat,
fake,
impersonator,
rogue,
deceiver,
sham,
pretender,
hypocrite,
charlatan,
quack,
trickster,
knave (archaic),
phoney or phony (informal)
in the sense of joker
Definition
a person who jokes a lot
He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun.
Synonyms
comedian,
comic,
wit,
clown,
wag,
kidder (informal),
jester,
dag (New Zealand, informal),
prankster,
buffoon,
trickster,
humorist
in the sense of swindler
Swindlers have cheated investors out of £12 million.