sucker

¹suck·er

noun \ˈsə-kər\

Definition of SUCKER

1

a : one that sucks especially a breast or udder : suckling b : a device for creating or regulating suction (as a piston or valve in a pump) c : a pipe or tube through which something is drawn by suction d (1) : an organ in various animals for adhering or holding (2) : a mouth (as of a leech) adapted for sucking or adhering

2

: a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant

3

: any of numerous chiefly North American freshwater bony fishes (family Catostomidae) closely related to the carps but distinguished from them especially by the structure of the mouth which usually has thick soft lips — compare hog sucker, white sucker

4

: lollipop 1

5

a : a person easily cheated or deceived b : a person irresistibly attracted by something specified <a sucker for ghost stories> c —used as a generalized term of reference <see if you can get that sucker working again>

Examples of SUCKER

1. He's just a con artist looking for another sucker.
2. That kid is a mean little sucker.

First Known Use of SUCKER

14th century

Related to SUCKER

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

Antonyms: nonfan

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

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Rhymes with SUCKER

bucker, chukker, ducker, mucker, plucker, pucker, shucker, succor, trucker, tucker