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as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a heartless trickster swindled the elderly woman out of her life savings
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as in magician
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
a very adept trickster who used mirrors to make huge items—even buildings—seem to disappear
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Recent Examples of trickster
Gemini can relate to keeping up appearances and the longing for another shot at romance (the trickster sign does everything twice since there are two of them).
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Lisa Stardust, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Craig Sweeny’s screenplay strikes a frequently arch posture to accommodate this trickster protagonist, which undermines any pretense of seriousness elsewhere.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
And yet much of the popular literature about these creatures paints them as lascivious tricksters, not to be trusted.
—Elizabeth Rush, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The movie marinates in his trickster theater-kid spirit.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Stardust, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety Craig Sweeny’s screenplay strikes a frequently arch posture to accommodate this trickster protagonist, which undermines any pretense of seriousness elsewhere.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
And yet much of the popular literature about these creatures paints them as lascivious tricksters, not to be trusted.
—Elizabeth Rush, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The movie marinates in his trickster theater-kid spirit.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickster
Noun
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Attrition is a cheat code for thinning the federal workforce.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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These formulas cleanse the scalp of buildup (a major cause of flat hair, by the way) while plumping strands with conditioning ingredients like hydrating vitamin E and hyaluronic acid, essentially acting as cheat codes for fuller hair straight out of the 90s.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Acknowledging their desires seems to be more important than actually sending the monks, magicians, and pastry gramophones.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The event, founded and hosted by magician Paul Dwork – The Magic of Merlin, has raised more than $1 million for various charities.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The baseball world will look back at this era of dodger baseball 30 years from now and have nothing but fond memories and positive things to say about it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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After three days, the search for an Australian fisherman who was pulled into the ocean by a shark has been suspended.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Over the past 20 years, global demand for shark and ray meat has nearly doubled, now surpassing the value of the shark fin trade by 1.7 times.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Trickster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickster. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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