Con

Quick meaning: Con is a verb meaning A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Meaning

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

More Meanings

1. (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
2. (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
3. Alternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).
4. Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).
5. (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
6. (rare, obsolete) To know; understand; acknowledge.
7. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.

Example Sentences

The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.

I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.

During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility.

At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book

Word Forms

• cons
• conning
• conned
• conne
• conn

Synonyms for con

Depending on context, synonyms include disadvantage, consol, scam, deception, deceit, dupery.

Antonyms for con

Common opposites include pro.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include learn, memorize, convict, mulct, defraud, inmate.

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