Synonyms of sucker

sucker 1 of 2

noun

ˈsə-kər 

1

as in patsy

one who is easily deceived or cheated

I was a sucker and believed them when they said the only tickets they could get were double the price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patsy
• tool
• chump
• victim
• target
• fool
• loser
• pigeon
• dupe
• gull
• sap
• pushover
• idiot
• moron
• monkey
• mug
• butt
• goose
• schlemiel
• booby
• jackass
• mock
• turkey
• dolt
• ninny
• simpleton
• dope
• laughingstock
• dummy
• dunce
• simp
• dodo
• mockery
• blockhead
• derision
• imbecile
• cat's-paw
• schnook
• mark
• nitwit
• nincompoop
• dumbbell
• schlub
• schlump
• yo-yo
• half-wit
• soft touch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in fan

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

I'm a sucker for cheesy horror movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fan
• enthusiast
• fanatic
• lover
• maniac
• freak
• buff
• addict
• collector
• admirer
• fool
• fiend
• junkie
• devotee
• nut
• bug
• supporter
• proponent
• hound
• aficionado
• friend
• fancier
• authority
• expert
• head
• maven
• habitué
• connoisseur
• promoter
• exponent
• amateur
• advocate
• groupie
• dilettante
• champion
• adherent
• booster
• follower
• disciple
• convert
• patron
• zealot
• backer
• evangelist
• votary
• hanger-on
• partisan
• apostle
• cultist
• faddist
• rooter
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfan
• detractor
• critic
• carper
• belittler
• nonadmirer

sucker

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verb

1

as in to fool

to cause to believe what is untrue

a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fool
• trick
• deceive
• kid
• tease
• suck in
• dupe
• mislead
• bluff
• hoax
• humbug
• buffalo
• cheat
• delude
• gull
• sting
• catch
• con
• hornswoggle
• snow
• bamboozle
• gaff
• burn
• juggle
• hoodwink
• take in
• string along
• spoof
• misinform
• misguide
• have on
• beguile
• gammon
• fake out
• have
• cozen
• stick
• snooker
• pull one's leg
• do a number on
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• swindle
• lead one down the garden path
• put on
• bleed
• shortchange
• squeeze
• fleece
• defraud
• chisel
• hustle
• skin
• rook
• mulct
• diddle
• euchre
• flimflam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceive
• expose
• reveal
• show up
• tell
• uncover
• unmask
• debunk
• disclose
• divulge
• unveil
• disabuse
• disillusion
• uncloak
• disenchant

2

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• hustle
• squeeze
• stick
• sting
• screw
• pluck
• beat
• bleed
• deceive
• trick
• do
• swindle
• stiff
• short
• shortchange
• victimize
• fiddle
• fool
• bilk
• fleece
• shake down
• con
• defraud
• skin
• gaff
• chisel
• flimflam
• rip off
• ream
• hose
• exploit
• rook
• skunk
• diddle
• mulct
• take for a ride
• euchre
• nobble
• chouse
• take to the cleaners
• cozen
• wrench
• thimblerig
• betray
• gouge
• sell a bill of goods to
• extort
• clip
• nick
• bitch
• soak
• do in
• dupe
• overcharge
• milk
• wring
• gull
• rope (in)
• double-cross
• wrest
• bamboozle
• fast-talk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sucker

Noun

Despite all of my research—my monastic study of the lines, my careful hunt for small edges, my righteous avoidance of the high-risk suckers’ bets that the apps were constantly pushing on me—I had been burned by a bad call from a random referee. —Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026

Eliminate any suckers, which are shoots growing from the base of the tree. —Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026

Verb

Some guy walks out of nowhere and sucker punches you. —Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2022

The focus has mainly been on spam bots that harass users or try to sucker them into scams, often related to cryptocurrency. —Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2022