chumps

noun

plural of chump
as in suckers
one who is easily deceived or cheated the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chumps This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026 Maybe the Trumps are right and my family boasts a lot of chumps, sending six men off to World War II alone. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026 Miller has always taken the American people for brainless, heartless chumps lost in a swamp of nostalgia who’ll believe whatever Trumpworld tells them to. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chumps
  1. suckers
  2. patsies
Noun
  • Interview ended with a tender reunion between Lestat and Louis, and audiences’ appetite for the sexy blood-suckers, arguably the hottest couple on TV, has only grown in anticipation of the latest installment of their story.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • Snip any side shoots and suckers that develop on the first 2 to 3 feet of the vine so the plant will focus its energy on a strong main vine and fruit, to grow more quickly.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Definition of suckers
Noun
  • Then Kay served notice that the White Sox, after losing the record 121 games in 2024, are through playing patsies.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Massachusetts citizens are not patsies with wallets.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of patsies

Browse Nearby Words

chump change
chumps
chums
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Chumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chumps. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on chumps

Nglish: Translation of chumps for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All