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

When pruning orange trees, focus on dead, damaged, or diseased branches, and getting rid of upright suckers that drain the tree’s energy. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026

But to think that suckers get an even break when insiders have information that assures them of winning is folly. —William Mersey, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 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