wheeler dealer
Aggressive deal-maker
A wheeler dealer is someone who engages in shrewd, often aggressive business dealings—buying, selling, negotiating, and maneuvering to gain advantage.
The term suggests energy and cunning more than dishonesty, though it can imply cutting corners or operating in ethical gray areas: He's a wheeler dealer who always has some scheme going.
Sometimes hyphenated: wheeler-dealer.
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- smooth operatorCharming, calculating person
smooth talker · dealmaker · haggler · trader · shark · used car salesman · operator · swindler · fast talker · negotiator · broker · power broker · fixer · grifter · salesman · handshake · working the room · quid pro quo
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- bigwigsbigwig, big shot, big wig, VIP, big kahuna
- fat catstycoon, mogul, magnate, plutocrat, oligarch
- seekersseekers, seeker, treasure hunters, searcher, fortune seekers
- financiersfinancier, investor, banker, capitalist, backer
wheeler dealerbystander
One who observes nearby
spectator · wallflower · shrinking violet · fence-sitter · onlooker
wheeler dealerplodder
Slow, persistent worker
underachiever · slacker · clock-watcher · wage slave · stick-in-the-mud
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