suckers
Gullible ones targeted
Suckers is the plural of sucker—adhesive organs, plant shoots, lollipops, or gullible people: The octopus has suckers on its tentacles.
Those suckers fell for the scam.
She bought suckers for the kids.
Flexible grasping appendage
- armUpper body limb
- cephalopodTentacled marine mollusk class
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
- octopusEight-limbed sea mollusk
cuttlefish · nautilus · grip · prey · mollusk · invertebrate · marine · underwater
Absence of matter
- gripSecure manual hold
- clingHold tightly to
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
disc · rubber · silicone · pressure · surface · mount · holder · window
Confection on a stick
- sweetTasting of sugar
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- confectionerySugary foods or their shop
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
swirl · stick · cherry · grape · strawberry · lemon · orange · watermelon
fool
Unwise, gullible person
chump · pigeon · rube · sap · pushover · victim · target · naive · credulous · hoodwinked
tentacle
Flexible grasping appendage
- armUpper body limb
- cephalopodTentacled marine mollusk class
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
octopus · cuttlefish · nautilus · grip · prey · mollusk · invertebrate · marine · underwater · predator
vacuum
Absence of matter
- gripSecure manual hold
- clingHold tightly to
- attachmentConnection or fondness
seal · disc · rubber · silicone · pressure · surface · mount · holder · window · glass
lollipop
Confection on a stick
- sweetTasting of sugar
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- confectionerySugary foods or their shop
sugar · swirl · stick · cherry · grape · strawberry · lemon · orange · watermelon · bubblegum
shoot
Discharge or capture
basal · growth · stem · rootstock · vine · plant · pruning · tomato · rose · tree
- bananasbananas, banana, plantain, plantains, banana leaves
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- bottom dwellersflounder, sole, flatfish, halibut, rays
- easy targetsdupes, marks, patsies, rubes, gulls
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
suckersskeptics
Those who doubt claims
cynics · doubters · disbelievers · questioners · critical thinkers
suckerscon artists
People who cheat others
scammers · swindlers · grifters · hustlers · fraudsters
suckerssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
nobody's fool · sharp cookies · wise guys · streetwise · worldly-wise
- sucker punchUnanticipated strike without warning
- sucker punchesBlows thrown without warning
- sucker punchedHit unexpectedly, unfairly
- sucker for punishmentOne who invites suffering
- sucker punchingUnexpected blow to unaware target
- sucker betWager with terrible odds