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Antonyms for con
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  1. connoun

    an argument opposed to a proposal

    Antonyms:
    pro

    Synonyms:
    sting, yardbird, flimflam, bunko game, bunko, convict, inmate, gyp, bunco, con game, confidence trick, confidence game, hustle, bunco game, yard bird

  2. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

    a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

    Antonyms:
    pro

    Synonyms:
    confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflam

  3. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb

    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

    Antonyms:
    pro

    Synonyms:
    confidence game, bunco, insect bite, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, stir, fuss, flurry, stinging, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, yard bird, bustle, bunco game, pang, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflam, bite

  4. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    pro

    Synonyms:
    rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, goldbrick, swindle, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, defraud, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink from

  5. memorize, memorise, con, learnadverb

    commit to memory; learn by heart

    "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

    Antonyms:
    pro

    Synonyms:
    rook, check, nobble, victimize, gip, read, goldbrick, swindle, memorise, get word, take, diddle, study, gyp, determine, see, find out, defraud, hornswoggle, instruct, teach, get a line, bunco, get wind, short-change, pick up, memorize, ascertain, acquire, watch, learn, larn, scam, discover, mulct, hear

  6. conadverb

    in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

    "much was written pro and con"

    Antonyms:
    pro

How to use con in a sentence?

  1. Andrea Constand:

    That was the execution of Bill Cosby signature plan, that previously practiced con that had worked so perfectly on women in the past, that perfect plan that started with trust. That perfect plan that was executed with betrayal. That perfect plan or con that involved no permission. That perfect plan that was going to get him to wherever he was going to wind up.

  2. President Trump and Sen. Rubio:

    We have a con artist as the frontrunner in the Republican Party.

  3. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    I intend to be in this race as long as it takes to prevent someone like Donald Trump who is not a conservative and is a con man from taking over the conservative movement and the party of Reagan, i do not believe Donald Trump can get 1,237 delegates, which is what you need to become the nominee. And I will never give up the fight.

  4. Marco Rubio:

    He’s a con man who’s taking advantage of people's fears and anxieties about the future, portraying himself as some sort of strong guy, he’s not a strong guy. He’s never faced real adversity before.

  5. Marco Rubio:

    Well, I had hoped in this process we would have -- the voters would wake up and see what Donald Trump is, a con artist, and I think we were all caught off guard by how much the attention in coverage has really lifted him.

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