Synonyms for FOOL
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1. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   jester, joker

2. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   gobshite

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1. fool

   Synonyms:
   dunce, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

   Antonyms:
   disciple, learner, pupil, savant, scholar, student

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1. fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfoolnoun

   a person who lacks good judgment

   Synonyms:
   muggins, tomfool, gull, cosh, fall guy, mark, sap, mug, jester, sucker, soft touch, blackjack, fool, saphead, patsy, chump, motley fool

2. chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mugnoun

   a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

   Synonyms:
   physiognomy, phiz, marking, jester, mug, motley fool, sucker, bell ringer, target, crisscross, sea gull, fall guy, score, smiler, sign, brand, countenance, grade, mugful, chump, mark, stigma, visage, kisser, home run, scratch, tomfool, gull, muggins, patsy, fool, marker, sap, scrape, cross, print, scar, stain, bull's eye, lollipop, seagull, saphead, soft touch, all-day sucker

3. jester, fool, motley foolverb

   a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

   Synonyms:
   sap, fool, tomfool, mug, saphead, sucker, gull, fall guy, chump, patsy, jester, motley fool, mark, muggins, soft touch

4. fool, gull, befoolverb

   make a fool or dupe of

   Synonyms:
   dupe, fool around, arse around, dissipate, cod, shoot, put one over, slang, frivol away, fool, fool away, put on, befool, take in, put one across, fritter away, fritter, gull, horse around

5. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool awayverb

   spend frivolously and unwisely

   "Fritter away one's inheritance"

   Synonyms:
   dupe, shoot, scud, befool, sprout, hit, gull, slang, film, put on, snap, take in, put one across, take, break up, bourgeon, arse around, put one over, fool around, buck, shoot down, disperse, fritter, spread out, dart, frivol away, dash, burgeon forth, horse around, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, cod, dissipate, scatter, fool, photograph, blast, dispel, spud, flash, pip, pullulate, tear, fool away

6. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

   fool or hoax

   "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

   Synonyms:
   earn, draw, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, catch, slang, imbibe, make, pull in, don, put on, tantalise, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, view, rally, tease, assume, see, fool around, horse around, gain, fool away, fritter, ingest, realise, apply, ride, turn in, get into, sop up, watch, receive, fritter away, arse around, clear, razz, frivol away, gull, take up, soak up, tantalize, cod, dissipate, fool, shoot, bring in, overhear, rag, mount, taunt, wear, dupe, realize, consume, absorb, collect, bait, twit, suck in

7. horse around, arse around, fool around, foolverb

   indulge in horseplay

   "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"

   Synonyms:
   loaf, fool around, arse around, shoot, dissipate, gull, frig around, frivol away, put one over, dupe, lounge around, arse about, waste one's time, fool, loll around, put on, play around, bum, lounge about, put one across, fool away, befool, fritter away, slang, loll, bum around, bum about, horse around, fritter, take in, cod

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. asinego

   asinego means fool or ass can be searched up on google

   Submitted by jttruckingsvcs on September 2, 2021  

2. nitwit

   stupid or ridiculous person.

   quit poking yourself, ya big fool.

   Submitted by JP03 on March 2, 2015  

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1. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   dolt, witling, driveller, idiot, simpleton, ninny, nincompoop, blockhead, DUNCE

2. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, zany, clown, mountebank, merry andrew, scaramouch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring

3. foolverb

   Synonyms:
   trifle, toy, play, play the fool, play the monkey, act like a fool

4. foolverb

   Synonyms:
   deceive, cheat, trick, dupe, gull, delude, circumvent, cozen, overreach, beguile, hoodwink, chouse, cully, impose upon

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1. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   idiot, imbecile, natural, simpleton, dolt, dunce, defective, witling, dotterel, driveler, blockhead, beetlehead, ninny, ignoramus, numskull, booby, clodpate, nincompoop, ass, wiseacre, dunderhead, halfwit, oaf, dullard, coot, mooncalf, zany, harlequin, buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, droll, clown, scaramouch

   Associated words:
   stultify, stultification

2. foolverb

   Synonyms:
   dupe, gull, delude, hoodwink, deceive, hoax, trick, beguile, victimize, cully, trifle, toy, dawdle

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1. List of paraphrases for "fool":

   idiot, imbecile, stupid, deceive, silly, crazy, moron, buffoon, jerk, delude, jackass, mislead, insane, butthead, dumbass, jester, mad, ldiot, idiotic, chump, madman, cheat, dumb, numb-wit, horse-trade, dummy, asshole, beast, foolish, goblin, douche, clown, dumb-ass, assmunch, moonhead, sucker, schmuck, twit

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How to use FOOL in a sentence?

1. William Congreve:

   Every man plays the fool once in his lif marry is playing the fool all one's life, but to marry is to playing the fool all one's life long.

2. Emily Vondrachek:

   Insurance companies don’t have that stuff wrong. They get it right from the state, i said, ‘Before I make a fool of myself, let me look back just to makesure.’.

3. Christen Kuikoua:

   He who believes himself wiser than God has barely embarked on the journey to understand the virtue of Wisdom. The fool, in his arrogance, deems himself too clever, and yet God maintains a silent laughter at the folly of such conceit. True wisdom lies in humble acknowledgment, for in humility, one opens the door to the profound lessons that God's silent laughter imparts.

4. Allen Harris:

   Durant is not a conservative. Durant is a fraud, mr. Trump is not a fool, and to protect Alabama, it is essential that Mr. Trump is informed.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

   Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.