'Trickster' definitions:
Definition of 'trickster'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker]
noun
Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker]
noun
A mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
Definition of 'Trickster'
From: GCIDE
- Trickster \Trick"ster\, n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trickster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Artful Dodger,
- charmer,
- cheat,
- cheater,
- con man,
- conjurer,
- crafty rascal,
- defrauder,
- diddler,
- dodger,
- double-dealer,
- escamoteur,
- flimflammer,
- fox,
- glib tongue,
- gyp artist,
- horse trader,
- illusionist,
- juggler,
- magician,
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- prestidigitator,
- reynard,
- sharper,
- shyster,
- sleight-of-hand performer,
- slick citizen,
- sly dog,
- slyboots,
- sweet talker,
- swindler,
- tricker,
- Yankee horse trader