Antonyms of noun con

1 of 3 senses of con

Sense 1
con -- (an argument opposed to a proposal)
       Antonym of pro (Sense 2)
      => pro -- (an argument in favor of a proposal)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun con

3 senses of con

Sense 1
con -- (an argument opposed to a proposal)
       => argument, statement -- (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true")

Sense 2
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird -- (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)
       => prisoner, captive -- (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)

Sense 3
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
       => swindle, cheat, rig -- (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb con

2 senses of con

Sense 1
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con -- (deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change")
       => cheat, rip off, chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money")

Sense 2
memorize, memorise, con, learn -- (commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?")
       => study, hit the books -- (learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now")

Antonyms of adv con

1 sense of con

Sense 1
con -- (in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con")
       Antonym of pro (Sense 1)
      => pro -- (in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.)

Synonyms of adv con

1 sense of con

Sense 1
con -- (in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con")

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