[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker]
3. a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trickster \Trick"ster\, n.
One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trickster
n 1: someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn:
prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer,
practical joker]
2: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
3: a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of
many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious
biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "trickster":
Artful Dodger, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, 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, prestidigitator, reynard, sharper, shyster,
sleight-of-hand performer, slick citizen, sly dog, slyboots,
sweet talker, swindler, tricker