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Synonyms for dupe

Most common

cheat deceive defraud swindle duplicate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

1. Sucker

sucker, victim, gull, stooge, rube, tool, fall guy informal, chump, easy mark informal, live one informal, mark, fish, cully, pigeon, sap, greenhorn, cat's-paw, mug, patsy, saphead, cull slang, gudgeon dated

Other

put-on informal, dotterel

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To swindle, deceive, or trick.

  2. n. 1

    A person who has been deceived.

Related words

Phrases
slash dupe
Is a kind of
fool person

Forms

Plural
dupes → suckers, victims, gulls, stooges…
Past participle
duped
e.g. duped → fooled, tricked, deceived, swindled…

Example sentences

  • cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
  • deceive I assure you that I didn't intend to deceive you.
  • defraud It was an intricate scheme to defraud the rightful heirs.
  • swindle Be careful. He's not an easy one to swindle.
  • duplicate I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
duperising
cheatrising
deceivesteady
defraudfalling
swindlesteady
duplicatefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
get1, mug1, sap1
4 letters
mark1, fish1, tool1, fool1, mock1, hoax1, rook1, gull1, cull1, rube1
5 letters
trick1, cheat1, patsy2, chump1, cully2
6 letters
double2, victim2, sucker2, pigeon2, betray2, stooge1, delude2, outwit2, diddle2, cajole2
7 letters
deceive2, defraud2, swindle2, beguile2, gudgeon2, saphead
8 letters
dotterel
9 letters
duplicate3, bamboozle, victimize3, greenhorn, victimise
10 letters
circumvent3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (patsy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
duper
Deutsch
reinlegen
Català
entabanar