Synonyms of chumps

chumps

noun

plural of chump

as in suckers

one who is easily deceived or cheated

the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckers
• patsies
• victims
• tools
• dupes
• pigeons
• fools
• saps
• losers
• gulls
• pushovers
• targets
• soft touches
• idiots
• morons
• lunatics
• simps
• laughingstocks
• mugs
• dopes
• monkeys
• dolts
• jackasses
• simpletons
• schlemiels
• imbeciles
• ninnies
• butts
• geese
• half-wits
• nitwits
• nincompoops
• blockheads
• schlubs
• mocks
• boobies
• dummies
• dunces
• derisions
• mockeries
• turkeys
• cat's-paws
• dodoes
• dumbbells
• schnooks
• marks
• yo-yos
• schlumps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharks
• swindlers
• cheaters
• cheats
• tricksters
• dodgers
• sharpers
• slickers
• confidence men
• defrauders
• hoaxers
• cozeners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chumps

People want dynasties to die and for champs to become chumps. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Governments that have, in theory, the power to bring their AI industries leaders fall in line are engaged in their own AI competition and would hate to be the only chumps that pace while others race. — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026

Maybe the Trumps are right and my family boasts a lot of chumps, sending six men off to World War II alone. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026

Miller has always taken the American people for brainless, heartless chumps lost in a swamp of nostalgia who’ll believe whatever Trumpworld tells them to. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026