chump

Other forms of chump

plural

chumps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chump

What does chump mean?

chump means "a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of".

How many syllables are in chump?

chump has 1 syllable: chump. In IPA it is /ˈtʃʌmp/.

What is another word for chump?

Close synonyms include fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chump a common word?

chump is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.