con

Meaning

Verb

1. (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
2. (obsolete, rare) To know; understand; acknowledge.

Noun

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Noun

A convicted criminal, a convict.

Noun

A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

Noun

Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

Noun

An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

Noun

The conversion of part of a building.

Noun

Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

Noun

1. (dialectal, obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
2. (Northern-England, obsolete) A squirrel's nest.

Noun

A political conservative.

Noun

Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

Adj

Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Synonyms

trick

deceive

swindle

cheat

dupe

defraud

hoodwink

hoax

bamboozle

convict

scam

gyp

fool

delude

mislead

diddle

conference

convention

conductor

bunco

flimflam

bilk

inmate

cheating

prisoner

memorize

con game

learn

humbug

double-cross

gull

victimize

deception

fraud

sham

sting

rook

nobble

mulct

pervert

constant

console

connection

jailbird

memorise

distort

confidence trick

goldbrick

confidence game

hustle

Translations

betrügen

contre

duper

truffare

escroquer

engañar

escroquerie

contro

charlatanerie

tromper

carcerato

bedriegen

Schwindel

Kontra

estafar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: connen

Inherited from Old English: cunnan

In summary

Etymology tree
Middle English connen
English con
Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.