What is another word for sucker?
1025 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌkə], [ sˈʌkə], [ s_ˈʌ_k_ə]
The term "sucker" has a negative connotation and is often used to describe someone who is gullible or easily deceived. However, there are several synonyms for the word that can be used to convey a similar meaning. One such synonym is "dupe," which refers to someone who has been tricked or fooled. Another synonym is "sap," which is similarly used to describe someone who is easily taken advantage of. "Mark" and "patsy" are also synonyms that can be used to describe someone who has been deceived or taken advantage of. Using these alternative words can help to convey a similar message without using a derogatory term.
Synonyms for Sucker:
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adj.
• gullible- easily taken in ,
- falling hook line and sinker ,
- kidding oneself ,
- swallowing whole ,
- taken in ,
- taking the bait ,
- trustful ,
- tumbling for ,
- unskeptical ,
- wide-eyed .
- be taken in ,
- easily moved ,
- non-resistant ,
- nonresistant ,
- out on limb ,
- sensile ,
- tumble for ,
- wide open ,
- fall for ,
- suggestible .
- in nocuous ,
- in-nocuous ,
- lamber ,
- lambest ,
- like a babe in woods ,
- like a babe the woods ,
- like a babe woods ,
- like babe in the woods ,
- like babe in woods ,
- like babe the woods ,
- like babe woods ,
- more confiding ,
- more unjaded ,
- more unsuspicious ,
- most confiding ,
- most unjaded ,
- most unsuspicious ,
- patsier ,
- patsiest ,
- simple minded ,
- un affected ,
- un jaded ,
- un schooled ,
- un suspicious ,
- un taught ,
- un worldlier ,
- un worldliest ,
- un worldly ,
- un-jaded ,
- un-pretentious ,
- un-schooled ,
- un-suspicious ,
- un-taught ,
- un-worldlier ,
- un-worldliest ,
- un-worldly .
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n.
• animal • babe in the woods • butt • buyer- easy makes ,
- emptors ,
- pro spect ,
- pro spects ,
- pro-spect ,
- pro-spects ,
- re presentative ,
- re-presentative ,
- vendees .
- jays .
- Geese ,
- birdbrain ,
- birdbrains ,
- dumb ox ,
- dunderhead ,
- dunderheads ,
- fathead ,
- fatheads ,
- fools ,
- goose ,
- gooses ,
- half-wit ,
- halfwit ,
- illiterates ,
- innocents ,
- lamebrain ,
- lamebrains ,
- lightweights ,
- moron ,
- sillies ,
- twerp ,
- twerps .
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v.
• cheat- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- buncoed ,
- buncoing ,
- buncos ,
- caboodled ,
- caboodles ,
- caboodling ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- double deals ,
- double dealt ,
- double-deals ,
- double-dealt ,
- doubledeal ,
- doubledealing ,
- doubledeals ,
- doubledealt ,
- fast talked ,
- fast talking ,
- fast talks ,
- gave bum steer ,
- gives bum steer ,
- giving bum steer ,
- jerking around ,
- jerks around ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- pull one leg ,
- pull ones leg ,
- pulled leg ,
- pulled one leg ,
- pulled one's leg ,
- pulled ones leg ,
- pulling leg ,
- pulling one leg ,
- pulling ones leg ,
- pulls leg ,
- pulls one leg ,
- pulls one's leg ,
- pulls ones leg ,
- ripping off ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in ,
- stiffing ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- taking for a ride ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride ,
- two time ,
- twotime .
- Illuded ,
- Illuding ,
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- dis inform ,
- dis informed ,
- dis informing ,
- dis informs ,
- dis-inform ,
- dis-informed ,
- dis-informing ,
- dis-informs ,
- disinforming ,
- disinforms ,
- illudes ,
- imposed on ,
- imposes on ,
- imposing on ,
- lead garden path ,
- leading garden path ,
- leading up garden path ,
- leads garden path ,
- leads up garden path ,
- led garden path ,
- led up garden path ,
- mis guide ,
- mis guided ,
- mis guides ,
- mis guiding ,
- mis-guide ,
- mis-guided ,
- mis-guides ,
- mis-guiding ,
- misguides ,
- mousetrapped ,
- mousetrapping ,
- out fox ,
- out foxed ,
- out foxes ,
- out foxing ,
- out-fox ,
- out-foxed ,
- out-foxes ,
- out-foxing ,
- played trick on ,
- playing trick on ,
- plays trick on ,
- strung along .
- bend rules ,
- bended rules ,
- bended the rules ,
- bending rules ,
- bending the rules ,
- bends rules ,
- bends the rules ,
- bent rules ,
- bent the rules ,
- hit below belt ,
- hits below belt ,
- hits below the belt ,
- hitting below belt ,
- hitting below the belt ,
- pull funny ,
- pulled funny ,
- pulled something funny ,
- pulling funny ,
- pulling something funny ,
- pulls funny ,
- pulls something funny ,
- stack cards ,
- stacked cards ,
- stacked the cards ,
- stacking cards ,
- stacking the cards ,
- stacks cards ,
- stacks the cards ,
- stretch rules ,
- stretched rules ,
- stretched the rules ,
- stretches rules ,
- stretches the rules ,
- stretching rules ,
- stretching the rules .
- am deceitful ,
- am hypocritical ,
- are deceitful ,
- are hypocritical ,
- art deceitful ,
- art hypocritical ,
- being deceitful ,
- being hypocritical ,
- claiming falsely ,
- claims falsely ,
- dis simulate ,
- dis simulated ,
- dis simulates ,
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulate ,
- dis-simulated ,
- dis-simulates ,
- dis-simulating ,
- fakes out ,
- faking out ,
- is deceitful ,
- is hypocritical ,
- laid claim ,
- lays claim ,
- pass oneself as ,
- passed off as ,
- passed oneself as ,
- passed oneself off as ,
- passes as ,
- passes off as ,
- passes oneself as ,
- passes oneself off as ,
- passing as ,
- passing off as ,
- passing oneself as ,
- passing oneself off as ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tended ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tend ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- pro fess ,
- pro fesses ,
- pro-fess ,
- pro-fesses ,
- put a front ,
- put front ,
- put up front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts front ,
- puts up a front ,
- puts up front ,
- putting a front ,
- putting front ,
- putting up a front ,
- putting up front ,
- shuck jive ,
- shucked and jive ,
- shucked jive ,
- shucking and jive ,
- shucking jive ,
- shucks and jive ,
- shucks jive ,
- was deceitful ,
- was hypocritical ,
- wast deceitful ,
- wast hypocritical ,
- were deceitful ,
- were hypocritical ,
- wert deceitful ,
- wert hypocritical .
- co axed ,
- co axing ,
- co-axed ,
- co-axing ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in vite ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- leads astray .
- did a number ,
- did number ,
- didst a number ,
- didst number ,
- do number ,
- does a number ,
- does number ,
- doest a number ,
- doest number ,
- doeth a number ,
- doeth number ,
- doing a number ,
- doing number ,
- dost a number ,
- dost number ,
- doth a number ,
- doth number ,
- faked it ,
- fakes it ,
- faking it ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- made like .
- ex tort ,
- ex torts ,
- ex-tort ,
- ex-torts ,
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging ,
- pulled a fast one ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling a fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls a fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- puts one over on ,
- putting one over on ,
- ran a game on ,
- ran game on ,
- run game on ,
- running a game on ,
- running game on ,
- runs a game on ,
- runs game on ,
- sell a bill goods ,
- sell bill goods ,
- sell bill of goods ,
- selling a bill goods ,
- selling a bill of goods ,
- selling bill goods ,
- selling bill of goods ,
- sells a bill goods ,
- sells a bill of goods ,
- sells bill goods ,
- sells bill of goods ,
- sold a bill goods ,
- sold a bill of goods ,
- sold bill goods ,
- sold bill of goods ,
- take cleaners ,
- take the cleaners ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes the cleaners ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- takes to the cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking the cleaners ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- taking to the cleaners ,
- took cleaners ,
- took the cleaners ,
- took to cleaners ,
- took to the cleaners .
- discriminates against ,
- discriminating against ,
- had for ,
- had in for ,
- had it for ,
- had it in for ,
- haddest for ,
- haddest in for ,
- haddest it for ,
- haddest it in for ,
- hadst for ,
- hadst in for ,
- hadst it for ,
- hadst it in for ,
- has for ,
- has in for ,
- has it for ,
- has it in for ,
- hast for ,
- hast in for ,
- hast it for ,
- hast it in for ,
- hath for ,
- hath in for ,
- hath it for ,
- hath it in for ,
- have in for ,
- have it for ,
- having for ,
- having in for ,
- having it for ,
- having it in for ,
- pigeoned ,
- pigeoning ,
- stack deck ,
- stacked the deck ,
- stacking deck ,
- stacking the deck ,
- stacks deck ,
- stacks the deck .
Other synonyms:
- lamb .
Other relevant words:
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Double dealing ,
- Gouging ,
- HOSED ,
- Illude ,
- Misguiding ,
- Reamed ,
- Reaming ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Suckered ,
- Suckering ,
- bend the rules ,
- bunco ,
- caboodle ,
- cheat ,
- delude ,
- disinform ,
- disinformed ,
- do a number ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- double cross ,
- double deal ,
- double-deal ,
- doublecross ,
- fake it ,
- fast talk ,
- give bum steer ,
- hit below the belt ,
- hoodwinked ,
- hosing ,
- impose on ,
- jerk around ,
- jerked around ,
- jive ,
- jived ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- lead up garden path ,
- make like ,
- misguide ,
- mousetrap ,
- mousetraps ,
- overcharge ,
- play dirty ,
- play trick on ,
- pretend ,
- pull a fast one ,
- pull fast one ,
- pull leg ,
- pull one's leg ,
- pull something funny ,
- pulling one's leg ,
- put one over on ,
- put over on ,
- rope in ,
- roped in ,
- run a game on ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- seduce ,
- sell a bill of goods ,
- sham ,
- shorted ,
- shorting ,
- shorts ,
- skin ,
- stack the cards ,
- stiffed ,
- stiffs ,
- stretch the rules ,
- swindle ,
- take for a ride ,
- take for ride ,
- take out ,
- take to cleaners ,
- take to the cleaners ,
- takes out ,
- taking for ride ,
- taking out ,
- took out ,
- victimize .
- Assumer ,
- Branchiness ,
- Charlie ,
- Clearer ,
- Cully ,
- DO ,
- Deadwood ,
- Delineator ,
- Describer ,
- Doughface ,
- Drainer ,
- Duper ,
- Engager ,
- Forcer ,
- Gobemouche ,
- Guider ,
- Heeler ,
- Ice Lolly ,
- Inviter ,
- Mooncalf ,
- Ninny-hammer ,
- Noddy ,
- Pickthank ,
- Pregnable ,
- Ramage ,
- Realizer ,
- Sarment ,
- Scooper ,
- Smell-feast ,
- Suckler ,
- Swallower ,
- Tagtail ,
- Toad-eater ,
- Tufthunter ,
- Weasand ,
- absorber ,
- absurd ,
- acceptor ,
- addict ,
- adopter ,
- ame damnee ,
- appendage ,
- artless ,
- aspirator ,
- ass ,
- assimilator ,
- attractor ,
- aunt sally ,
- babe ,
- barnacle ,
- beat ,
- beguile ,
- bell ringer ,
- betray ,
- bilk ,
- bine ,
- blank ,
- bleed ,
- blemish ,
- bloodsucker ,
- blot ,
- blotter ,
- boob ,
- bootlicker ,
- borrower ,
- bough ,
- branchedness ,
- branchlet ,
- brand ,
- bud ,
- buff ,
- bull's eye ,
- burgeon ,
- buyer ,
- carpet knight ,
- cat's-paw ,
- cavaliere servente ,
- childish ,
- chump ,
- cinch ,
- client ,
- coder ,
- collector ,
- color ,
- come on ,
- consumer ,
- contractor ,
- countenance ,
- courtier ,
- cozen ,
- crazy ,
- creeper ,
- crisscross ,
- cross ,
- cull ,
- customer ,
- daft ,
- deceive ,
- defraud ,
- devotee ,
- diddle ,
- disbud ,
- drip ,
- duffer ,
- dunce ,
- dye ,
- earn ,
- earner ,
- easy game ,
- easy mark ,
- easy pickings ,
- easy touch ,
- elementary ,
- embouchure ,
- empty ,
- end ,
- entertainer ,
- euchre ,
- fall guy ,
- fawner ,
- figurehead ,
- flagellum ,
- flat ,
- flatterer ,
- flunkey ,
- flunky ,
- fond ,
- foolish ,
- fork ,
- freeloader ,
- frond ,
- front ,
- gainer ,
- gammon ,
- goat ,
- grade ,
- gradient ,
- greener ,
- greenhorn ,
- greeny ,
- gull ,
- gullet ,
- gullible ,
- gulper ,
- gyp ,
- hanger-on ,
- heir ,
- hireling ,
- hog molly ,
- homely ,
- honest ,
- hornswoggle ,
- idiot ,
- idiotic ,
- ignoramus ,
- imbecile ,
- imbiber ,
- imprint ,
- inane ,
- induce ,
- inhaler ,
- inlet ,
- innocent ,
- irrational ,
- jay ,
- jester ,
- kisser ,
- lapdog ,
- laughing-stock ,
- leech ,
- lickspittle ,
- limb ,
- liner ,
- loach ,
- lollipop ,
- lolly ,
- lounge lizard ,
- lumpish ,
- man of straw ,
- mark ,
- marker ,
- marking ,
- mentally ill ,
- milker ,
- milquetoast ,
- misinform ,
- mislead ,
- mouth ,
- mug ,
- muggins ,
- muzzle ,
- naif ,
- naive ,
- natural ,
- nincompoop ,
- ninny ,
- nitwit ,
- noodle ,
- not difficult ,
- nozzle ,
- nut ,
- object ,
- occupier ,
- offshoot ,
- orifice ,
- outlet ,
- outliner ,
- overreach ,
- parasite ,
- passer ,
- patron ,
- pawn ,
- phiz ,
- physiognomy ,
- placket ,
- plaything ,
- plunger ,
- popsicle ,
- prize sap ,
- prospect ,
- puffer ,
- puller ,
- puppet ,
- ramification ,
- realist ,
- ream ,
- reaper ,
- receiver ,
- reckless ,
- regular ,
- regular customer ,
- reptile ,
- runner ,
- saint mark ,
- sap ,
- saphead ,
- sapling ,
- sappy ,
- scapegoat ,
- scar ,
- schlemiel ,
- schmo ,
- schmuck ,
- schnook ,
- scion ,
- score ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- sea gull ,
- seagull ,
- seedling ,
- servant ,
- set ,
- shlemiel ,
- shoot ,
- shortchange ,
- sign ,
- silly ,
- simple ,
- simple-minded ,
- simpleton ,
- sipper ,
- slave ,
- slip ,
- smiler ,
- snob ,
- snow ,
- soaker ,
- soft touch ,
- softhead ,
- softy ,
- spaniel ,
- spear ,
- spiv ,
- sponge ,
- sponger ,
- spot ,
- spray ,
- sprig ,
- sprit ,
- sprout ,
- spur ,
- stain ,
- starter ,
- steeper ,
- stem ,
- stick ,
- stigma ,
- stolon ,
- stooge ,
- straw man ,
- stupid ,
- suckling ,
- suction cup ,
- susceptible ,
- switch ,
- sycophant ,
- take ,
- take-in ,
- target ,
- taster ,
- tendril ,
- thallus ,
- thimblerig ,
- threader ,
- throat ,
- tier ,
- tiller ,
- timeserver ,
- toad ,
- toady ,
- tomfool ,
- toucher ,
- toy ,
- tracer ,
- truckler ,
- trusting soul ,
- turkey ,
- twig ,
- twit ,
- vent ,
- viewer ,
- vincible ,
- visage ,
- vomitory ,
- vulnerable ,
- walk-over ,
- watcher ,
- weakling ,
- wet ,
- whipping boy ,
- withe ,
- withy ,
- wizen ,
- yes-man .
- be deceitful ,
- be hypocritical ,
- claim falsely ,
- claimed falsely ,
- fake out ,
- faked out ,
- jazzed ,
- jazzing ,
- lay claim ,
- laying claim ,
- pass as ,
- pass off as ,
- pass oneself off as ,
- passed as ,
- put up a front ,
- shuck and jive .
- discriminate against ,
- discriminated against ,
- have for ,
- have it in for ,
- immolate ,
- stack the deck ,
- stacked deck .
- like a babe in the woods ,
- on line ,
- on the line ,
- on the spot ,
- unsuspicious ,
- unjaded ,
- unprotected ,
- untaught .
- Gophers ,
- babe in the woods ,
- babe in woods ,
- butt ,
- candy ,
- catostomid ,
- confect ,
- doormat ,
- doormats ,
- drinker ,
- dupe ,
- easy make ,
- emptor ,
- freshwater fish ,
- gopher ,
- gullible person ,
- injured party ,
- jestee ,
- jokes ,
- naives ,
- object of ridicule ,
- organ ,
- person ,
- pigeons ,
- simple soul ,
- simples ,
- softie ,
- softies ,
- sufferer ,
- sufferers ,
- user ,
- vendee ,
- victim .
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How to use "Sucker" in context?
There are those that are called suckers because they are very naïve. They are often taken advantage of by those that are more shrewd. These people may not be aware that they are being taken advantage of, until it is too late. They may not understand the dynamics of a certain situation, or may not be able to sense when they are being led astray. These are the types of people that are called suckers.
Paraphrases for Sucker:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
cocksucker.
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Adverb
cocksucker.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
meunier.
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Noun, singular or mass
arsehole, aspiration, bugger, douche, imbecile, jerk, joker, loser, patsy, pear, pigeon, plunger, schmuck, slacker, wanker, widget, thingy, idiot, jackass, dickhead, motherfucker, crap, fucker.
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Verb, past tense
enlisted.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
motherfucker, fucker.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
contraption, gizmo.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
cocksucker.
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Noun, singular or mass
Holonyms for Sucker:
n.
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animal
catostomidae, Family Catostomidae.
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food
sucker.
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animal
Hyponym for Sucker:
n.
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animal
catostomid, organ.
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food
freshwater fish.
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person
drinker.
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plant
shoot.
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animal
Meronym for Sucker:
n.
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animal
sucker.
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animal
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