con
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an argument opposed to a proposal
Types & categories
- argument hypernym
Related & opposite
- pro antonym
Sense 2 verb
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- victimisation derivation
- scam derivation
- hustle derivation
- swindle derivation
- swindler derivation
Sense 3 adverb
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
much was written pro and con
Related & opposite
- pro antonym
Sense 4 noun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- convict derivation
Sense 5 verb
commit to memory; learn by heart
Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
Types & categories
- hit the books hypernym
- understudy hyponym
Related & opposite
- retentiveness derivation
- memorization derivation
- remembering derivation
- memory derivation
- memorizer derivation
Sense 6 noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Types & categories
- swindle hypernym
- sting operation hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | pro |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | argument |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | victimisation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hustle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | pro |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | convict |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | captive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lifer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trusty |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | retentiveness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | memorization |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | remembering |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | memory |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | memorizer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit the books |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | understudy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | goldbrick |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | swindle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting operation |