Trickster

Quick meaning: Trickster is a noun meaning One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

Meaning

One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

More Meanings

1. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).
2. An impish or playful person.
3. A fraud or cheat (person who performs a trick or hoax full of falsehoods for the purpose of unlawful gain).
4. (intransitive) To engage in the antics of a trickster; to play tricks.
5. (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others with their acts of trickery; any similar figure in literature.

Example Sentences

She's easy game for a trickster like him.

A skilled trickster knows how to outsmart their enemies with ease.

Our fellow trickster will perform some impressive magic tricks tonight.

That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit.

Word Forms

• tricksters
• trickstering
• trickstered

Synonyms for trickster

Depending on context, synonyms include prankster, tricker, trepan, deceiver, cheat, hoaxer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoaxer, deceiver, prankster, cheater, cheat, phony.

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