English Explanatory Dictionary

snake oil salesman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.
  2. One who deceives people in order to obtain money from others: fraud, scammer, charlatan, huckster, conman.

Word forms

snake oil salesman snake oil salesmen

Synonyms

bristler bunco artist bunco-steerer chiseler con artist confidence artist confidence trickster conman flimflammer grifter lugger magsman mountebank saltimbanco sharpster sharker shark-gull slicker smooth operator spiv charlatan duper fraud fraudster hustler scammer shyster snake oil salesman snake swindler trickster

Related words

con artist grifter huckster mountebank
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