trickster

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.
2. One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
3. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).
4. An impish or playful person.
5. A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain).

Verb

To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks.

Synonyms

swindler

cheat

deceiver

fraud

cheater

impostor

crook

slicker

prankster

rogue

liar

hoaxer

tricker

imposter

sham

joker

knave

con man

welsher

dissembler

practical joker

pretender

dodger

humbug

rascal

faker

hypocrite

cut-up

scalawag

scoundrel

shark

🦈

beguiler

snare

sorcerer

stirrer

trick

victimizer

wangler

welcher

wizard

shammer

standing shamefaced

tassel of maize plant

con-man

larrikin

rascallion

deceitful person

deciever

cozener

circumventor

Translations

imbroglione

tricheur

truffatore

trompeur

απατεώνας

estafador

Betrüger

tramposo

arnaqueur

Schwindler

filou

trapaceiro

Gauner

fraudeur

Etymology

From trick + -ster.