USURER Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word usurer. (close relations)
Definition of USURER
usurpatory
Best Alternative Words for USURER
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loan shark | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | ||||||||
moneylender | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | ||||||||
creditor | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | ||||||||
lender | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters | ||||||||
pawnbroker | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security | ||||||||
shark | 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 | ||||||||
banker | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank • the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game | ||||||||
shylock | nounn | |||||||
noun • a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare • someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |