sucker
Easy mark target
A sucker is something that sucks—an adhesive organ like those on an octopus's tentacles, a shoot growing from a plant's roots that saps the main plant's energy, or a lollipop (you suck on it): The octopus gripped with its suckers.
Remove the suckers from your tomato plants.
She handed the child a sucker.
A sucker is also a gullible person, easily fooled: There's a sucker born every minute.
To sucker someone is to deceive them.
A sucker punch is an unexpected blow.
In affectionate slang, sucker refers to any person or thing: I love the little sucker.
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- easy markReadily deceived person
- naifUnsophisticated person
- victimOne harmed by another
patsy · fool · chump · sap · mark · pigeon · pushover · rube
Absence of matter
- adhesionState of clinging fast
- gripSecure manual hold
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
tentacle · octopus · suction cup · leech · lamprey · clinging · remora · plunger
Confection on a stick
- sweetTasting of sugar
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- confectionerySugary foods or their shop
- hard candySolid sugar confection
chewy · flavor · stick · swirl · lick · cherry · grape · strawberry
One dispensing insincere praise
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- fawnerOne who flatters servilely
yes-man · lickspittle · apple-polisher · hanger-on · leech · parasite · groupie · lackey
Discharge or capture
lateral · basal · rootstock · propagation · cutting · pruning · transplant · new growth
Sucker fish species
- bottom feederCreature eating from substrate
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- river fishAquatic species inhabiting streams
- bigmouthOne who talks indiscreetly
gullible
Easily deceived
victim · patsy · fool · chump · sap · mark · pigeon · pushover · rube · stooge
vacuum
Absence of matter
- adhesionState of clinging fast
- gripSecure manual hold
- attachmentConnection or fondness
seal · tentacle · octopus · suction cup · leech · lamprey · clinging · remora · plunger · cupping
lollipop
Confection on a stick
- sweetTasting of sugar
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- confectionerySugary foods or their shop
hard candy · chewy · flavor · stick · swirl · lick · cherry · grape · strawberry · caramel
flatterer
One dispensing insincere praise
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
fawner · yes-man · lickspittle · apple-polisher · hanger-on · leech · parasite · groupie · lackey · minion
shoot
Discharge or capture
growth · lateral · basal · rootstock · propagation · cutting · pruning · transplant · new growth · side shoot
quillback
Sucker fish species
- bottom feederCreature eating from substrate
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- river fishAquatic species inhabiting streams
- hard candiesjawbreaker, gobstopper, lemon drops, fruit drops, barley sugar
- lollipopsdum-dum, ring pop, push pop, lolly
- street consshell game, three card monte, three-card monte, thimblerig, cups and balls
- suckerslollipop, Dum Dum, Tootsie Pop, dupe, mark
- Tapewormstapeworms, scolex, hooks, holdfast, pork tapeworm
- animal partsappendage, forelimb, hind leg, hind legs, hindlegs
suckerskeptic
One who doubts claims
cynic · doubter · critic · critical thinker · questioner
- sucking upObsequious behavior toward superiors
- suck it upEndure without complaint
- suck upFlatter for advantage
- sucks the air out ofRemoves all vitality from
- sucker punchUnanticipated strike without warning
- sucked upObsequiously sought approval
suck, sucking, suckers, suckle, sucked, sucks, suckered, suckling, sucky