Overview of noun con

The noun con has 3 senses

• con -- (an argument opposed to a proposal)


• convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird -- (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)


• bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)

Overview of verb con

The verb con has 2 senses

• victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con -- (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")


• memorize, memorise, con, learn -- (commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?")

Overview of adv con

The adv con has 1 sense

• con -- (in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con")