confidence man

con·fi·dence man

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kon-fi-duh ns man]
- /ˈkɒn fɪ dəns mæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kon-fi-duh ns man]
- /ˈkɒn fɪ dəns mæn/

Definitions of confidence man words

countable noun confidence man A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them. 3
noun confidence man a swindler who tries to gain the confidence of the victim in order to defraud 3
noun confidence man a person who swindles others by means of a confidence game; swindler. 1
noun confidence man Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust. 0

See all 4 definitions of confidence man

Information block about the term

Origin of confidence man

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Confidence man

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Confidence man

confidence man popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

confidence man usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for confidence man

noun confidence man

con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
hustler — an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
cheater — A cheater is someone who cheats.
bilk — To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters

All 12 Synonyms of confidence man

Matching words

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?