finagler
- noun
- /fɪˈneɪɡlər/
- Offensive
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timador
- She is known as a finagler in our group, often finding ways to get discounts on our outings.
Examples
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Sophie's a street finagler who makes her way living off one bit of hokum to the next.
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As a skilled finagler, he managed to secure a free dinner at the restaurant without anyone noticing.
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I hate to generalize, but it's been my personal observation that the finaglers are usually potential creepy stalker fangirl/boy types.
Blog text (18) -
I was talking to Van, and the mechanics and finaglers of my life in pictures, and the young mother drying the drops of chlorinated water from her child's skull, and Molly who stood like casual and permanent freight in my mind, in this movie in my mind, this unveiling; and it seemed that if I wanted to, for just one more second, I could get up off the bed, if I was willing, and walk down that tunnel and disappear into it, and take my place.
Fiction book (1990) -
The finagler used his charm to persuade the manager to overlook the missed deadline.
Synonyms
112
2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
33
7.6
A person who works hard and uses clever or dishonest ways to succeed
20
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
20
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
16
9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
15
5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
14
9.9
A person, often a lawyer or politician, who acts dishonestly to get what they want
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7.0
A person who secretly plans to get what they want by tricking others
3
8.0
A person who makes deals using clever or dishonest methods
1
9.9
A person who seems friendly but tricks others to get what they want
1
7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
1
9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
1
8.4
A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions
1
8.9
A person who hides their real skill to win unfairly in contests
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
1
9.9
A person who tricks others using clever, dishonest methods to get what they want
1
8.9
A person who secretly plans to trick others for personal gain
1
8.5
A person who secretly tries to get an advantage by tricking others
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
A friendly-looking person who secretly tricks others to gain power
A person who uses clever and sometimes unfair plans to get an advantage in politics or business
A person who charges too much for goods or services
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Finagler comes from the informal verb finagle, which means 'to get something by clever or tricky ways'. A helpful image is someone who 'fiddles' or finds small shortcuts around the rules to reach a goal. That's why a finagler is a person who uses clever, tricky, or dishonest methods to obtain things.