Con

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In opposition or disagreement; against: debated the issue pro and con.
  • n. An argument or opinion against something.
  • n. One who holds an opposing opinion or view.
  • v. To study, peruse, or examine carefully.
  • v. To learn or commit to memory.
  • v. To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
  • n. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.
  • n. The act or process of steering a vessel.
  • v. To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.
  • n. A swindle.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a con artist; a con job.
  • n. Slang A convict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)
  • n. The navigational direction of a ship
  • n. A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
  • v. To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
  • n. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
  • v. To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
  • v. To know, understand, acknowledge.
  • v. Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
  • n. An organized gathering such as a convention or conference.
  • n. A convicted criminal, a convict.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See pro.
  • v. To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
  • v. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
  • v. To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A dialectal or obsolete variant of can.
  • To try; attempt (to do a thing).
  • To try; examine; test; taste.
  • To peruse carefully and attentively; study or pore over; learn: as, to con a lesson: often with over.
  • Nautical: To direct (the man at the helm of a vessel) how to steer.
  • To give orders for the steering of: as, to con a ship.
  • n. Naut.: The position taken by the person who cons or directs the steering of a vessel.
  • n. The act of conning.
  • n. A variant of can, for gan, preterit of gin, begin. See can, gin.
  • n. An abbreviation of the Latin contra, against (see contra), especially common in the phrase pro and con (Latin pro et contra), for and against, in favor of and opposed to: sometimes used as a noun, with a plural, the pros and cons, the arguments, or arguers, or voters, for and against a proposition.
  • n. The most frequent form of com-.
  • Short for ‘confidence’: as a con man; a con game. See confidence man, confidence game (under confidence).
  • An abbreviation of Consul
  • [lowercase] of conclusion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. deprive of by deceit
  • ad. in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
  • n. an argument opposed to a proposal
  • n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
  • v. commit to memory; learn by heart
  • n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • Antonym
    pro   
    Verb Form
    conned    conning    cons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    argument    statement   
    Cross Reference
    to con thank    cone    mod cons   
    Variant
    conning    conned    pro   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    peruse    learn    be sold a pup    deception    disadvantage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abidjan    Abron    Amman    Antoine    Aton    Azerbaijan    Bataan    Bhutan    Bon    Bonn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    con-    su    Una    Esta    mi    to-do    Este    tiene    para    dijo