shark synonyms

shark

n.

  1. Fish].

    Kinds of sharks include: whale, basking, mako, angel, blue, man-eating, hammerhead, thresher, mackerel, gray, dog, bonnethead, shovelhead, dusky, Port Jackson, sharp-nose, spinous, great white, sand, nurse, sleeper, tiger;

  2. A con artist

    swindler, cheat, flimflam artist.

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