chump

chump

noun \ˈchəmp\

Definition of CHUMP

: fool, dupe

Examples of CHUMP

1. <the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump>

Origin of CHUMP

perhaps blend of chunk and lump

First Known Use: 1876

Related to CHUMP

Synonyms

¹dupe, gull, mug [chiefly British], patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap, soft touch, sucker, tool

Related Words

cat's-paw, mark, target, victim; schlemiel (also shlemiel); butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockery; booby, dodo, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, monkey, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo; loser; blockhead, cretin, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang]

Near Antonyms

cheat, cheater, confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster

Rhymes with CHUMP

bump, clomp, clump, comp, crump, dump, flump, frump, grump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, schlump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump