WHEELER DEALER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

Synonyms:

hustler; operator; wheeler dealer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wheeler dealer" is a kind of...):

opportunist; self-seeker (a person who places expediency above principle)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wheeler dealer"):

wire-puller (one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends)