fall guy

Questions about fall guy

What does fall guy mean?

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

What is another word for fall guy?

Close synonyms include chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy. 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 fall guy a common word?

fall guy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.