Phrase Hound found 65 phrases and 872 compound words that contain con. The most common are listed below. Open con in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 65
- con artistA person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
- con gameA swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.
- air-conClipping of air conditioning.
- Con EdConsolidated Edison, a U.S. energy company.
- ex-conA former prisoner.
- take the conTo take over navigational duties on the bridge of a ship.
- pro and conTo debate the advantages and disadvantages of.
- short conA scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them.
- con artistsplural of con artist: A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
- con gamesplural of con game: A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.
- con lawconstitutional law
- con manAlternative form of conman: A confidence trickster.
- con menplural of con man: A confidence trickster.
- con suiteAlternative form of consuite: A hospitality room at a con (an organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress).
- con womanA female con artist.
- Con-ConAbbreviation of constitutional convention.
- long conA scam in which the scammer takes a long period of time (usually weeks, months or longer) to defraud the victim, by first slowly gaining their trust.
- nem conAbbreviation of nemine contradicente (“with nobody contradicting, without dissent”).
- Joy-ConThe primary controller for the Nintendo Switch.
- neo-conAlternative form of neocon: A neoconservative.
- Con-DemOf or pertaining to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government.
- body-conAlternative form of bodycon: Figure-hugging, skintight, form-fitting.
- non-conA nonconformist.
- mod conA modern convenience.
- crim conAlternative form of crim. con..
Compound words 872
- collectionA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
- recommendTo bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- connectTo join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- conflictA clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- consentTo express willingness, to give permission.
- conclusionThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
- consumptionThe act of eating, drinking or using.
- contributeTo give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- coordinationThe act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
- consumeTo use up.