CHUMPS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of chumps 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

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Noun

If your perennials and annuals get long and leggy with few flowers, or your shrubs put out long suckers that shoot straight up, your plants are reaching for more sun.

— Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 29 June 2026
Removing excessive suckers can sometimes reduce overall yield, so pruning should be limited to removing diseased or damaged leaves, says Singh.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026