con
con is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as adverb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
- adverb. Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
- transitive verb. To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- transitive verb. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- transitive verb. To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
- noun. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- noun. an argument opposed to a proposal
- noun. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- verb. commit to memory; learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
- verb. deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
- adverb. in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
"much was written pro and con"
Synonyms
bunco, bunko, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, convict, inmate, yardbird, learn, memorise, memorize, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in con:
Common word forms
cons, conal, coned, coner, cones, coning, conned, conner, conable, conning
Words from these letters
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