Synonyms of gulls

gulls 1 of 2

noun

plural of gull

as in suckers

one who is easily deceived or cheated

was enough of a gull to fall victim to a pyramid scheme even though he'd been duped before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckers
• pigeons
• victims
• patsies
• tools
• dupes
• chumps
• targets
• soft touches
• geese
• saps
• fools
• losers
• pushovers
• lunatics
• mugs
• idiots
• monkeys
• boobies
• turkeys
• morons
• schlemiels
• butts
• ninnies
• simpletons
• imbeciles
• laughingstocks
• simps
• cat's-paws
• nincompoops
• dolts
• half-wits
• mockeries
• jackasses
• derisions
• nitwits
• blockheads
• mocks
• dopes
• dunces
• dumbbells
• marks
• dummies
• schnooks
• schlubs
• dodoes
• schlumps
• yo-yos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharks
• swindlers
• dodgers
• sharpers
• cheaters
• tricksters
• cheats
• slickers
• confidence men
• defrauders
• hoaxers
• cozeners

gulls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gull

as in fools

to cause to believe what is untrue

we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fools
• tricks
• deceives
• kids
• bluffs
• dupes
• snows
• suckers
• humbugs
• buffaloes
• hoaxes
• teases
• cozens
• stings
• strings along
• deludes
• cons
• spoofs
• hoodwinks
• misleads
• gaffs
• fakes out
• bamboozles
• catches
• misguides
• has on
• juggles
• beguiles
• does a number on
• snookers
• sucks in
• cheats
• hornswoggles
• gammons
• misinforms
• takes in
• burns
• leads one down the garden path
• rooks
• has
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• pulls one's leg
• fleeces
• chisels
• sticks
• swindles
• puts on
• mulcts
• flimflams
• hustles
• defrauds
• bleeds
• diddles
• skins
• shortchanges
• euchres
• squeezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• undeceives
• shows up
• uncovers
• debunks
• tells
• unmasks
• discloses
• uncloaks
• divulges
• unveils
• disillusions
• disenchants
• disabuses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gulls

Noun

This week, hundreds of brown pelicans, California gulls and sandpipers rested along the shoreline as waves rolled in. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

A couple of other gulls hovered nearby, but none nearly as close as Jerry. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

Other soaring waterfowl like cranes, pelicans and large gulls flying through high-altitude migration corridors can also often misjudge the speed and presence of these rotating blades. — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

The Children’s Pool also is an active nesting area for gulls. — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026

Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste. — CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026

From Ventura to Santa Barbara, gulls, pelicans, murres, and grebes staggered along beaches, unable to fly. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

When Channing falls head-over-heels for the charismatic Minjae, spurning the overtures of an aggressive local politician, Dahee rallies to her side; both women become ensnared in a beachside town’s blood feuds and class conflicts, danger circling like gulls. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 4 Apr. 2026