English noun: sucker |
1. | sucker (person) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
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| Synonyms | chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dupe, victim |
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2. | sucker (plant) a shoot arising from a plant's roots |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shoot |
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3. | sucker (person) a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | drinker |
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4. | sucker (food) flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws |
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| Broader (hypernym) | freshwater fish |
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| Part meronym | sucker |
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5. | sucker (food) hard candy on a stick |
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| Synonyms | all-day sucker, lollipop |
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| Broader (hypernym) | candy, confect |
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6. | sucker (animal) an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | organ |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cupule |
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7. | sucker (animal) mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps |
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| Broader (hypernym) | catostomid |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | buffalo fish, buffalofish, hog molly, hog sucker, Hypentelium nigricans, redhorse, redhorse sucker |
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| Part holonym | sucker |
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| Member meronym | Catostomidae, family Catostomidae |
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