Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snake oil salesman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: snake oil sales-man
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.

noun

One who deceives people in order to obtain money from others: fraud, scammer, charlatan, huckster, conman.

Example Sentences

"She was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after she managed to swindle over thousands of internet customers."

Inflected Forms

snake oil salesmen (plural)

Phrases

con artist

Frequently Paired Words

con artist grifter huckster mountebank

Synonyms

bristler bunco artist bunco-steerer chiseler con artist confidence artist confidence trickster conman flimflammer grifter lugger magsman

Questions

What does snake oil salesman mean?: A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.

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