con

1 an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]

2 a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, inmate, jailbird, gaolbird]

3 a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] adv : on the negative side; "much was written pro and con" [syn: in opposition] [ant: pro]

1 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" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp]

2 commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, learn] [also: conning, conned]

English

Pronunciation

• a US /kan/
• a UK /kɒn/

  Rhymes with: -ɒn

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of contra.

Noun

1. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

   pros and cons

Antonyms

• pro

Translations

Related terms

• pros and cons
• con- qualifier prefix

Etymology 2

Shortened from convict.

Noun

1. A convicted criminal, a convict.

Translations

Etymology 3

From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.

Noun

1. A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

Translations

Verb

1. transitive slang To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.

Translations

Related terms

• con artist
• con game
• con man
• con trick

Etymology 4

From earlier cond, from conduen, from conduire, from conducere.

Verb

1. To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)

Translations

Noun

1. The navigational direction of a ship

Derived terms

• conning tower
• take the con

Etymology 5

From combining form con-, from cum.

Noun

1. Short for convention or conference; used in regard to science fiction conventions and other types of conventions.

Etymology 6

cunnan.

Verb

1. In the context of "rare|archaic": To study, in order to gain knowledge of.

   C.1950: The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye. — D'Arcy Niland, short story The Parachutist, reprinted in The Penguin Best Stories of D'Arcy Niland, 1987, ISBN 0-14-008927-6, pages 10-11.

2. In the context of "rare|archaic": To know, understand, acknowledge.

   Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. — Edmund Spensir

Related terms

• ken

See also

• cone
• mod cons

Catalan

Noun

1. cone

French

Etymology

cunnus.

Pronunciation

• /kɔ̃/

Noun

1. In the context of "taboo|_|slang|lang=fr": cunt
2. In the context of "derogatory|_|slang|lang=fr": A stupid person; arsehole qualifier British, asshole qualifier US, wanker qualifier British, jerk qualifier US.

   Quel con ce type! Il m'énerve. (This guy is an ass, he pisses me off)

   Le temps ne fait rien à l'affaire, quand on est con, on est con.- Georges Brassens

3. (followed by de + noun to become an adjective) crap qualifier adjective, crappy, shit qualifier adjective, bloody stupid qualifier British, fucking stupid

See also

• connard
• connasse
• connerie

Italian

Pronunciation

• /kon/, /kon/

Etymology

From cum.

Conjunction

1. with

Antonyms

• senza

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Combined forms

When followed by a definite article, con may optionally be combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

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Con + articleCombined form con + ilcol con + locollo con + l'coll' con + icoi con + glicogli con + lacolla con + lecolle

Spanish

Etymology

cum.

Pronunciation

• /kon/, /kon/

Conjunction

1. with

Antonyms

• sin

See also

• conmigo
• contigo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• /k̬ɑ̄n/, /kQn/, SAMPROSA: /-[kQn]/

Noun

1. child

Pronoun

1. you

Classifier

1. usually indicates animate noun

Usage notes

Exceptions exist, such as dao.

Antonyms

• cái

Con may refer to:

• Confidence trick, also known as con, scam, or flim flam
• Con (TV series), secrets of the con artist revealed
• Convention (meeting), e.g. "Comic-Con"
• Conference, e.g. “youth con” especially in Unitarian Universalist circles
• Convict, as in ex-con, a person who has been convicted of a crime
• Contact lens, in Hong Kong English
• Conning tower, a raised platform on a ship or submarine
• Cornwall, England, via its Chapman code
• Concord Municipal Airport, in Concord, New Hampshire, via its IATA code
• Continental Oil, via its ICAO airline designator
• In Italian musical terms used in English, it indicates "with"

CON may also refer to:

• Certificate of Need
• Commander of the Order of the Niger
• The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja

See also

• Conference (disambiguation)
• Kon (disambiguation)
• Pro (disambiguation)
• Contrary (disambiguation)
• Contra (disambiguation)
• Conn (disambiguation)
• Khan, title for a sovereign or military ruler in the Mongolian and Turkic languages
• Constantine (disambiguation)

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