WHEELER DEALER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheeler dealer mean? 

• WHEELER DEALER (noun)
  The noun WHEELER DEALER has 1 sense:

1. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

  Familiarity information: WHEELER DEALER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEELER DEALER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hustler; operator; wheeler dealer

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)