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

1 sense of loan shark

Sense 1
usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock -- (someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest)
       => lender, loaner -- (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)
       => shark -- (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)