Con and Reverse

Con

Con noun - A person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence.

Reverse and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reverse" instead an adjective "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Reverse

Reverse adjective - Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.

Con and reverse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead an adjective "Reverse".

How words are described

full full con full reverse
regular regular con regular reverse

Common collocations

signs con signs reverse signs

Both words in one sentence

  • The victim's friends rally together to set up an even bigger reverse-con to turn the tables on the con-artist.
  • Series / ChuckleVision Reverse Psychology: Often used by Paul to con Barry into doing the difficult tasks.
  • Another minor character turns out to be a con man, and the Tribbers reverse the con to screw him over.
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