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being a sucker

ADJECTIVE

gullible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

foolish unsophisticated unsuspecting wide-eyed

WEAK

believing biting credulous easily taken in easy mark falling hook line and sinker green innocent kidding oneself mark silly simple sucker susceptible swallowing whole taken in taking the bait trustful tumbling for unskeptical

Antonyms

WEAK

astute discerning knowledgeable perceptive suspicious unbelieving untrusting wise

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being a sucker

Thankfully for investors — and the startup hype cycle — you don’t go to jail for being a sucker.

From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2022

If being a sucker is wrong I don't want to be right.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 19, 2020

“We don’t intend to abdicate leadership, but leadership is different from being a sucker and being a patsy,” Ross said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2018

“We don’t intend to abrogate leadership but leadership is different from being a sucker and being a patsy,” he said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2018

I admit to being a sucker for this kind of intellectual maundering about the meaning of sports, but I know plenty of sports fans can’t stand it.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017