Synonyms of the word

trickster

• n. (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions,…
• n. One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
• n. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).
• n. An impish or playful person.
• n. A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

beguiler

• n. A person who beguiles.

cheat

• v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
• v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
• v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
• v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• v. To beguile.
• n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
• n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
• n. The weed cheatgrass.
• n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
• n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

cheater

• n. One who cheats.
• n. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws,…

cut-up

• n. Alternative spelling of cutup.

deceiver

• n. A person who lies or deceives.
• n. (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.

hoaxer

• n. Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.

mischief-maker

• n. A person who makes mischief.

offender

• n. One who gives or causes offense.
• n. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

prankster

• n. One who performs pranks.

slicker

• adj. comparative form of slick: more slick.
• n. One who or that which slicks.
• n. A waterproof coat or jacket.
• n. A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.).
• n. (slang) A swindler or conman.
• n. A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
• n. (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
• n. A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
• v. To slither, as on a slick surface.
• v. To con or hoodwink.
• v. To use a slicker on.
• v. To smooth or slick.
• v. To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.

tricker

• n. One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A trigger.

troublemaker

• n. One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
• n. A complainer.

troubler

• n. One who, or that which, troubles; a disturber.

wrongdoer

• n. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.