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con

/ con /
noun/adverb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an argument opposed to a proposal
Opposites:
pro
Type of:
argument statement
adverb Sense 2
on the negative side
"much was written pro and con"
Opposites:
pro
noun Sense 3
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Type of:
prisoner captive
Kinds of:
lifer
Derived:
convict
verb Sense 4
commit to memory; learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
Type of:
study hit the books
Kinds of:
understudy alternate
Derived:
memorization memorisation committal to memory memorizer memoriser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Type of:
swindle cheat rig
Kinds of:
sting operation
Derived:
victimize swindle rook goldbrick nobble
verb Sense 6
deprive of by deceit
"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"
Type of:
cheat rip off chisel
Kinds of:
short-change short
Derived:
bunco bunco game bunko bunko game confidence trick
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
74%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
36
Times Searched
3
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argument statement pro prisoner captive lifer study hit the books understudy alternate swindle cheat