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Synonyms for mug

Most common

smiler saphead cup muzzock mugful

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Sucker — A gullible or easily cheated person

sucker, mark, fool, gull, fall guy informal, chump, soft touch, easy mark informal, dope, pigeon, idiot, fish, patsy, sap, stooge, dolt, cull, dupe, saphead, twit, cully, gudgeon dated

3. Dial — the face

dial, mush, phiz informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The face.

  2. n. 2

    A gullible or easily cheated person.

    He's a gullible mug – he believed her again.

  3. n. 3

    A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.

Related words

Word family
mugger
Phrases
thunder mug mug up builder's mug mug off mug book

Forms

Plural
mugs → faces, visages, countenances, mouths…

Example sentences

  • cup Would you mind terribly making me a cup of coffee?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mugrising
smilerrising
sapheadsteady
cuprising
mugfulsteady

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

By length

3 letters
cup1, sap1, gob1
4 letters
face1, mark1, fish1, fool1, dope1, dial2, gull1, cull1, mush1, dupe1, twit, dolt, phiz
5 letters
mouth1, idiot3, patsy2, chump1, cully2
6 letters
sucker2, pigeon2, visage2, kisser2, stooge1, smiler, mugful
7 letters
gudgeon2, saphead, muzzock
11 letters
countenance3, physiognomy

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dial2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chope
Italiano
boccale