tricker
One who fools
A tricker is someone who tricks—a deceiver or prankster.
The word is uncommon, with trickster preferred in most contexts.
In parkour and freerunning, a tricker is someone who practices tricking, a discipline combining flips, kicks, and acrobatic moves: The trickers gathered at the gym to practice their aerials.
con artist
Professional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
hoaxer · scammer · impostor · cheat · grifter · faker · schemer · manipulator · pretender · phony
joker
Cutup or wild card
- jesterRoyal household comedian
- mischief-makerOne who causes trouble
- practical jokerOne who pranks others
hoaxer · tease · wag · imp · rascal · scamp · clown · jokester · cutup · kidder
honesty/deception
trickertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
straight shooter · honest broker · innocent · naif · simpleton
- trick or treatHalloween door-to-door phrase
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
- do the trickAchieve the desired result
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- confidence trickFraud exploiting victim's trust
- hat trickThree scores, one game
trick, tricky, tricks, trickery, tricked, trickster, tricking, outtricked