Con

Etymology 1
From connen:, from  cunnan:. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
 * 2) * 1963, D'Arcy Niland, Dadda jumped over two elephants: short stories:
 * The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.''
 * 1)  To know, understand, acknowledge.
 * Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. &mdash; Edmund Spenser

Related terms

 * ken
 * unconned

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of contra:.

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * disadvantage

Antonyms

 * pro

Related terms

 * pros and cons
 * con-

Etymology 3
Shortened from convict:.

Noun

 * 1)  A convicted criminal, a convict.

Etymology 4
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.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:deception

Verb

 * 1)  To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.

Synonyms

 * be sold a pup

Etymology 5
From earlier cond:, from conduen:, from  conduire:, from  conducere:, present active infinitive of conduco:.

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)

Noun

 * 1)  The navigational direction of a ship

Derived terms

 * conning tower


 * take the con

Etymology 6
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.

Thesaurus
POW, adversary, adversative, adverse, against, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, argue into, argument, argumentum, aye, beat, beguile of, bilk, bone, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, bunco, burn, cageling, captivate, captive, case, chain gang, charm, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, clashing, cog, cog the dice, commit to memory, competitive, conflicting, cons, consideration, contemplate, contradictory, contrary, convict, convince, counter, cozen, crib, cross, defraud, detenu, diddle, dig, disaccordant, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, do in, do out of, draw over, drill, elenchus, elucubrate, enemy, euchre, ex-convict, examine, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, fractious, fudge, gain, gain over, gaolbird, get by heart, get letter-perfect, go over, gouge, grind, gull, gyp, have, have by heart, hocus, hocus-pocus, hook, hook in, hostile, ignoratio elenchi, indignant, inimical, interest, internee, jailbird, know by heart, learn by heart, learn verbatim, lifer, low, lucubrate, memorize, mulct, nay, negative, no, noncooperative, obstinate, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, outtalk, overthwart, pack the deal, parolee, parrot, persuade, peruse, perverse, pigeon, plaidoyer, plea, pleading, plunge into, political prisoner, poor, pore over, practice, practice fraud upon, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prisoner, prisoner of war, pro, pros, pros and cons, read, reason, recalcitrant, recite, refractory, refutation, regard studiously, repeat, repeat by heart, repugnant, restudy, review, rival, rook, scam, screw, sell, sell gold bricks, sell one on, shave, shortchange, side, special pleading, stack the cards, stick, sting, stir bird, study, sway, swindle, swot, swot up, take a dive, talk into, talk over, talking point, the affirmative, the negative, thimblerig, throw a fight, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, trusty, turned-off, unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpropitious, vet, victimize, wade through, wangle, wangle into, wear down, win, win over

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, voor- en nadelen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: inconvénient, inconvénients
 * German:


 * Greek: μειονέκτημα, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: недостаток, довод против

Noun

 * Dutch: een veroordeelde crimineel, een veroordeelde
 * Finnish:, rangaistusvanki
 * Greek:


 * Italian: carcerato
 * Russian:

Noun

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,


 * Greek: απάτη, απατεωνιά
 * Russian:

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, austricksen, reinlegen


 * Greek: ξεγελώ
 * Spanish:, ,

Related terms

 * con artist
 * con game


 * con man
 * con trick

Verb

 * Finnish: ohjata laivaa

Anagrams

 * NCO, NOC

Etymology
From cum:, "with".

Preposition

 * 1) with

Derived terms




Etymology
From conus:.

Noun

 * 1) cone

Etymology
cunnus:.

Noun

 * 1)  cunt
 * 2)  A stupid person; arsehole

Anagrams

 * onc

Etymology
From cum:, "with".

Preposition

 * 1) with

Antonyms

 * sen

Etymology
From cum:, "with".

Conjunction

 * 1) with or together
 * 2)  coxed

Antonyms

 * senza

Derived terms

 * con: + il:
 * con: + lo:
 * con: + l':
 * con: + i:
 * con: + gli:
 * con: + la:
 * con: + le:

Etymology 1
cunnus:

Noun

 * 1)  cunt human female genitalia

Etymology 2
see conme:

Etymology
cum:.

Conjunction

 * 1) with

Antonyms

 * sin

Noun

 * 1) child

Synonyms

 * tử

Pronoun

 * 1) you

Classifier

 * 1) usually indicates animate noun

Antonyms

 * cái