sucker

Other forms of sucker

plural

suckers·

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 sucker

What does sucker mean?

sucker means "a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sucker?

sucker has 2 syllables: suc-ker. The stress falls on "suc". In IPA it is /ˈsʌkɚ/.

What is another word for sucker?

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 sucker a common word?

sucker is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sucker?

3 words rhyme with sucker. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.