Thesaurus results for CONN

conn

verb

ˈkän

variants also con

Definition of conn

as in to steer

to operate or control the course of there was white-knuckle tension as the captain conned the gunboat through the mine-infested harbor

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Recent Examples of conn Elsewhere, a gang of highway bandits cons an unsuspecting family into stopping by the roadside, only to violently kill them, burn their bodies, and strip their car for parts. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026 Stapley’s own fascination with the art of the con began after her mother was conned out of her life savings. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 However, Frank conned her out of a creator credit, leaving himself with sole writing credit. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Both companies recently disclosed that their models hacked into external organizations, but in those instances there was no obvious attempt to con humans. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The year is 1975, the place is Vassar College, and Tony is attempting to con his way into a fellowship in order to pen a novel. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 When Stapley was 10, her mother lost her life’s savings after being conned by a couple posing as investors. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 There was at least one other incident in which Bustillo is accused of conning a player out of $4,000. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026 Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conn

Verb

What tomorrow can point the way on, is whether the New Yorkers most affected get to help steer it.

— Steven Choi, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
That is a neat demonstration of control, though the robot still depends on someone outside the dish to steer it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of steer

Verb

Questions remain over how a citizen of Oman, a country which does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, was authorized to co-pilot a plane bound for Tel Aviv, despite Israel’s strict security regulations.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Six months of war and AI fever have added urgency to the rollout of Genesis, an operating system AIQ is piloting to pitch to energy companies.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilot

Verb

Jamora, a Filipina director who grew up in Manila, helms the film from a script by Terence Chen (Meet Cute in Manhattan).

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Strong, who played Jerry Rubin in the Netflix film that Sorkin also wrote and helmed, explained that his request wasn’t meant to put anyone in harm’s way.

— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026