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View synonyms for wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer

[ hwee-ler-dee-ler, wee- ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a person who wheels and deals.


wheeler-dealer

noun

  1. informal.
    a person who wheels and deals


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wheeler-dealer1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

This has given Cuccinelli plenty of ammunition to attack him as an unsavory wheeler-dealer.

As a matter of fact, I have to say there are much more wheeler-dealer in China.

Chief among the American double agents was Jorgé José Mosquera, an Argentinian wheeler-dealer based in Hamburg.

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