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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
| Main Entry: | susceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, naive |
| Synonyms: | affected, aroused, be taken in, disposed, easily moved, easy, fall for, given, gullible, impressed, impressible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, mark, movable, nonresistant, obnoxious, open, out on a limb, persuadable, predisposed, prone, pushover, ready, receptive, responsive, roused, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sitting duck, soft, stirred, subject, sucker, suggestible, susceptive, swallow, swayed, tender, touched, tumble for, vulnerable, wide open |
| Antonyms: | resistant, resisting, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, steal |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, do*, dupe, extort, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame*, fudge, gouge, gull, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, trim*, victimize |
| Antonyms: | donate, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who allows himself to be used |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accomplice, agent, auxiliary, chump, creature, dupe, easy mark, figurehead, flunky, go-between, greenhorn, hireling, idiot, intermediary, jackal, lackey, mark*, medium, messenger, minion, patsy, pawn, peon, puppet, stooge, stool pigeon, sucker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | babe in woods, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make, easy mark, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch, stooge, sucker, sufferer, underdog, wretch |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
| Main Entry: | victimize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, fool |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, burn*, chisel, clip, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, discriminate against, dupe, exploit, fleece, flimflam, gull, have it in for, hoax, hoodwink, immolate, persecute, pick on, pigeon, prey on, rope in, screw*, set up*, snow*, stack the deck, stiff*, sting*, sucker, swindle, take advantage of, trick, use |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vulnerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to attack |
| Synonyms: | accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, on the line, on the spot, out on a limb, ready, sensitive, sitting duck, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | whipping boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall guy |
| Synonyms: | chopping block, dupe, fall guy, goat, goat, mark*, patsy, patsy, sacrifice, scapegoat, sucker, target, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | babe in the woods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dupable person |
| Synonyms: | dupe, easy mark, greenhorn, gull, gullible person, innocent, simple soul, stooge, sucker, trusting soul, victim |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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