trickster

Converse of subject

fool: They are being fooled by confidence tricksters for no other reason than to extract a regular stream of dollar bills from them.

Converse of object

• trick: Not that Edward's noticed, so now it's left to the rest of his family to trick the trickster.
• become: He becomes the same shape-shifting trickster as that mythical dog.
• have: Infamous magicians, in both myth and history, have had a trickster or clown side to their character.

Adjective modifier

• clever: That Philip was a clever trickster who had simply fooled all these people?
• professional: Hence this professional trickster, only a few months ago, being allowed to broadcast from the premises of the Royal Society!
• mischievous: But the snow has brought the magic of a mischievous fairy trickster.
• human: Human tricksters will not go about saying, " God says use your head!
• little: You are one of Satan's little tricksters yourself.

Modifies a noun

• figure: He's a bit of trickster figure and I like trickster figures.
• archetype: There is definitely an element of the trickster archetype pervading the Salvia realm, and not every trip ends in a nice tidy enlightenment!
• hare: MORE » Great Tug of War, The Mmutla is a mischievous trickster hare who gets what he wants by using his wits.
• spirit: A trickster spirit with a devilish wit, solid objects that pass through walls and a house with an untold secret.

Noun used with modifier

• confidence: They are being fooled by confidence tricksters for no other reason than to extract a regular stream of dollar bills from them.
• fairy: But the snow has brought the magic of a mischievous fairy trickster.