SHYSTERS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word shysters. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| charlatans | nounn | |||||
noun • a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | ||||||
| cheats | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme • a deception for profit to yourself verb • deprive somebody of something by deceit • defeat someone through trickery or deceit • engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | ||||||
| deceivers | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||||||
| fakes | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • (football) a deceptive move made by a football player adjective satellite • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article verb • make a copy of with the intent to deceive • tamper, with the purpose of deception • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | ||||||
| flimflammers | nounn | |||||
noun • A swindler; a con artist. | ||||||
| fraudsters | nounn | |||||
noun • A person who practices fraud; a swindler. | ||||||
| grifters | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||
| hustlers | nounn | |||||
noun • a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets • a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | ||||||
| impostors | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who makes deceitful pretenses | ||||||
| phonies | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives adjective satellite • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | ||||||
| scammers | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||
| schemers | nounn | |||||
noun • a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | ||||||
| sharks | nounn | |||||
noun • any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales • a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest • a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways verb • play the shark; act with trickery • hunt shark | ||||||
| swindlers | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||
| tricksters | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who plays practical jokes on others • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true • a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts | ||||||
| pettifogger | nounn | |||||
noun • a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods • a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | ||||||
