| Main Entry: | easy mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
Synonyms: |
chump, cinch, doormat, easy pickings, easy touch, fall guy, jay, mark, mug, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, pushover, scapegoat, sitting duck, soft touch, sucker, trusting soul |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of joking |
Synonyms: |
chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim |
| Main Entry: | credulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible, naive |
Synonyms: |
accepting, believing, born yesterday, dupable, easy mark, falling for, green, overtrusting, simple, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary |
| Notes: | credible means 'believable' and credulous means 'gullible' |
Antonyms: |
skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | dupe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is fooled |
Synonyms: |
butt*, chump, easy mark, fish*, fool, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap*, sitting duck, sucker, victim |
Antonyms: |
cognizant |
| Main Entry: | fall guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
Synonyms: |
boob, can-carrier, chopping block, chump, dupe, easy mark, easy touch, fool, goat, lamb to the slaughter, mark, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, sacrifice, sap, scapegoat, schlemiel, schmuck, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, trusting soul, victim, whipping boy |
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid or ridiculous person |
Synonyms: |
ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
Antonyms: |
brain |
| Main Entry: | gullible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | naive, trusting |
Synonyms: |
being a sucker, believing, biting, credulous, easily taken in, easy mark, falling hook line and sinker, foolish, green*, innocent, kidding oneself, mark*, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, swallowing whole, taken in, taking the bait, trustful, tumbling for, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
astute, discerning, knowledgeable, perceptive, suspicious, unbelieving, untrusting, wise |
| Main Entry: | patsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall guy |
Synonyms: |
boob*, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, gull, pigeon, pushover, sap*, scapegoat, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
| Main Entry: | pushover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone easily influenced |
Synonyms: |
breeze, child's play, chump, cinch, duck soup, easy game, easy mark, easy pickings, fool, kid stuff, picnic, piece of cake, setup, snap, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, walkover |
| Main Entry: | scapegoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes blame for |
Synonyms: |
another's action boob, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, gull, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sacrifice, sap*, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |