angler

Plural: anglers

Noun

• A person who fishes with a hook and line.
• a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
• a fisherman who uses a hook and line
• fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
• A person who fishes with a hook and line.
• An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
• Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
• A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.

Examples

• A good Scrabble ANGLER knows how to fish for the best letters from the bag.
• A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.
• Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.
• The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

Synonyms

allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, troller, conniver, fisher, fisherman, frogfish, grifter, hooker, nuthook, schemer, swindler

Related Words

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