Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: con-man
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A confidence trickster.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English conman From con + -man.

Inflected Forms

conmen (plural) con man (alternative) con-man (alternative)

Derived Forms

conmanship

Frequently Paired Words

conwoman con woman

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:deceiver

Questions

What does conman mean?: A confidence trickster.
Where does conman come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English conman From con + -man.

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