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SHYSTERS Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word shysters. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word shysters. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for SHYSTERS

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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

Best Hypernyms For SHYSTERS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for shysters, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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offender wrongdoer

Alternatives for CHARLATANS

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