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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
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
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of sucker (Entry 2 of 2)
1
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
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2
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss
Synonyms for sucker
- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- ream,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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“Sucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker. Accessed 23 Jul. 2021.
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