Synonyms of saps

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noun

plural of sap

1

as in suckers

one who is easily deceived or cheated

some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in canes

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canes
• batons
• bludgeons
• bats
• staves
• cudgels
• staffs
• shillalahs
• billy clubs
• waddies
• hammers
• billies
• truncheons
• bastinadoes
• mallets
• clubs
• rods
• shillelaghs
• nightsticks
• bastinades
• maces
• rungs
• beetles
• staves
• knobkerries
• mauls
• birches
• hickories
• blackjacks
• rattans
• switches
• crooks
• sledgehammers
• crosiers
• croziers
• crabsticks
• walking sticks
• gavels
• whangees

saps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sap

as in weakens

to diminish the physical strength of

weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakens
• softens
• wastes
• debilitates
• hurts
• exhausts
• enfeebles
• enervates
• injures
• tires
• paralyzes
• depletes
• cripples
• damages
• depresses
• impairs
• devitalizes
• prostrates
• incapacitates
• impoverishes
• etiolates
• disables
• harms
• invalids
• grinds (down)
• hamstrings
• wears out
• lays up
• unmans
• washes out
• wears down
• breaks down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthens
• fortifies
• energizes
• invigorates
• recruits
• rejuvenates
• vitalizes
• hardens
• seasons
• beefs (up)
• toughens