Meaning & use
sucker
A person who is easily fooled, cheated, or persuaded to believe something false.
See it in a sentence
Only a sucker would pay full price for that watch without checking other stores first.
The scammer targeted anyone who seemed like a sucker willing to hand over cash quickly.
A note on using this word
Sucker is informal and can sound harsh; it also names a piece of candy on a stick and, in biology, a suction organ.
Words with a similar meaning
fooldupe
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A small candy mounted on a stick, meant to be licked or sucked.
The dentist handed each child a sugar-free sucker after the checkup.
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