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Synonyms for fool
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, saphead, patsy, chump, motley foolchump, 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, marker, sap, scrape, cross, print, scar, stain, bull's eye, lollipop, seagull, saphead, soft touch, all-day suckerjester, fool, motley foolverb
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
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sap, tomfool, mug, saphead, sucker, gull, fall guy, chump, patsy, jester, motley fool, mark, muggins, soft touchfool, gull, befoolverb
make a fool or dupe of
Synonyms:
dupe, fool around, arse around, dissipate, cod, shoot, put one over, slang, frivol away, fool away, put on, befool, take in, put one across, fritter away, fritter, gull, horse aroundfritter, 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, photograph, blast, dispel, spud, flash, pip, pullulate, tear, fool awaygull, 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, shoot, bring in, overhear, rag, mount, taunt, wear, dupe, realize, consume, absorb, collect, bait, twit, suck inhorse 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, 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 Contribution
asinego
asinego means fool or ass can be searched up on google
Submitted by jttruckingsvcs on September 2, 2021nitwit
stupid or ridiculous person.
quit poking yourself, ya big fool.
Submitted by JP03 on March 2, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
foolnoun
Synonyms:
dolt, witling, driveller, idiot, simpleton, ninny, nincompoop, blockhead, DUNCEfoolnoun
Synonyms:
buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, zany, clown, mountebank, merry andrew, scaramouch, jack-pudding, pickle-herringfoolverb
Synonyms:
trifle, toy, play, play the fool, play the monkey, act like a foolfoolverb
Synonyms:
deceive, cheat, trick, dupe, gull, delude, circumvent, cozen, overreach, beguile, hoodwink, chouse, cully, impose upon
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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, scaramouchAssociated words:
stultify, stultificationfoolverb
Synonyms:
dupe, gull, delude, hoodwink, deceive, hoax, trick, beguile, victimize, cully, trifle, toy, dawdle
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#64 | see | |
#79 | view | |
#132 | make | |
#246 | take | |
#280 | sign | |
#427 | ||
#677 | film | |
#834 | mark | |
#871 | watch | |
#907 | clear | |
#909 | receive | |
#974 | brand | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1158 | score | |
#1174 | flash | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1518 | grade | |
#1551 | hit | |
#1584 | target | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2968 | ride | |
#2982 | don | |
#3304 | crazy | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3354 | assume | |
#3373 | suck | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3644 | earn | |
#4171 | blackjack | |
#4248 | mad | |
#4363 | collect | |
#4619 | beast | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#4781 | realize | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5412 | invite | |
#5639 | adopt | |
#5732 | photograph | |
#5985 | cod | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#6477 | blast | |
#6609 | rally | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7500 | sap | |
#7585 | fool | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#7866 | marker | |
#8155 | silly | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8587 | dash | |
#9180 | marking | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9934 | mug | |
#10551 | idiot | |
#11383 | insane | |
#12545 | stain | |
#12748 | realise | |
#13245 | dummy | |
#13631 | clown | |
#13640 | consume | |
#13704 | bait | |
#14107 | asshole | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#15810 | rag | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15944 | dart | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16122 | gull | |
#17323 | scar | |
#17420 | tease | |
#18580 | slang | |
#20026 | loaf | |
#20275 | pip | |
#20585 | bum | |
#20753 | sucker | |
#20833 | joker | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#23782 | stigma | |
#23792 | inject | |
#25380 | patsy | |
#25578 | goblin | |
#26048 | moron | |
#29051 | jester | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#30547 | jackass | |
#31401 | madman | |
#31537 | seagull | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#33807 | countenance | |
#34065 | mislead | |
#34743 | sprout | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#38280 | douche | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#41095 | visage | |
#41321 | lollipop | |
#41635 | cosh | |
#42642 | assimilate | |
#43852 | spud | |
#45002 | dumbass | |
#46000 | dupe | |
#47936 | idler | |
#48993 | ingest | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#50234 | razz | |
#53644 | taunt | |
#56480 | chump | |
#56541 | scoot | |
#56591 | crisscross | |
#59155 | scud | |
#62008 | butthead | |
#62512 | twit | |
#66398 | schmuck | |
#67452 | germinate | |
#83498 | kisser | |
#93019 | dunce | |
#96895 | buffoon | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#100853 | overhear | |
#104699 | delude | |
#109268 | physiognomy | |
#120021 | smiler | |
#127434 | imbibe | |
#132897 | fritter | |
#136321 | ignoramus | |
#148246 | tantalize | |
#152532 | loll | |
#288299 | muggins | |
#321242 | tantalise |
How to use fool in a sentence?
He's pretty much articulating views that are on the right of the (Republican) Party, if he thinks that's the majority view, all the data indicates otherwise.... He sees his numbers surging. He thinks that he's tapped into a vein that hasn't previously been tapped. But we've seen that before. And frankly, I think it's fool's gold.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
The Bible says beware of false prophets. And there are people out there, you know, spreading noise about how much can get done. I mean this whole notion that we're going to shut down the government to get rid of Obamacare in 2013 -- this plan never had a chance, but over the course of the August recess in 2013 and in September, a lot of my Republican colleagues who knew this was a fool's errand -- really, they were getting all this pressure from home to do this.
Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Translations for fool
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- flousAfrikaans
- أحمق, مغفلArabic
- abdal, axmaqAzerbaijani
- ду́раньBelarusian
- кисел, глупа́к, шут, абда́лBulgarian
- মূর্খBengali
- beneit, el boig, idiota, enganarCatalan, Valencian
- pitomec, šašek, blb, blázen, blbec, klaun, hlupák, pošetilec, blboun, klamat, obelhávatCzech
- ухмахChuvash
- nar, fjolsDanish
- Trottel, Narr, Tor, Mus, der Narr, dumme Gans, Dummkopf, betrügen, verarschen, schwindeln, täuschenGerman
- κάρτα ταρό, τζουτζές, γελωτοποιός, ανόητος, ξεγελάωGreek
- malsaĝuloEsperanto
- imbécil, tonto, el loco, bobo, el bufón, bufón, necio, tomar el pelo, engañar, engrupirSpanish
- tola, narr, tobu, lollEstonian
- خنگ, ابله, احمقPersian
- höhlä, pöljä, idiootti, hovinarri, typerys, tomppeli, hölmö, narri, tollo, pöllö, pöhkö, houkka, narrata, puliveivata, huijataFinnish
- býttlingur, dáriFaroese
- le fou, bouffon, idiot, le mat, fou, imbécile, rouler, duper, tromperFrench
- leibide, amadán, óinseachIrish
- amadan, òinseachScottish Gaelic
- chouchoGalician
- גולםHebrew
- मूर्खHindi
- bolond, bolondítHungarian
- հիմար, խեղկատակ, հիմարացնելArmenian
- sontoloyo, goblok, tolol, bodohIndonesian
- bjániIcelandic
- buffone di corte, imbecille, il matto, giullare, buffone, scemo, sciocco, idiota, il folle, pagliaccio, fare lo sciocco, ingannare, scherzare, farsi beffe diItalian
- 戯け(たわけ), あほ, 馬鹿, 愚か者, 惚け, 道化 師, アホ, 愚者, ばかにするJapanese
- sontoloyoJavanese
- იდიოტი, ბრიყვი, დებილი, სულელიGeorgian
- ақымақKazakh
- ល្ងីល្ងើ, មនុស្សល្ងីល្ងើKhmer
- 바보, 광대Korean
- келесоо, акмакKyrgyz
- stultusLatin
- kvailys, juokdarysLithuanian
- neprāte, muļķe, neprātis, muļķis, duraksLatvian
- ngoungouaMāori
- абдалMacedonian
- bodohMalay
- iqarquMaltese
- ဗာလBurmese
- dwaas, bedriegen, in de maling nemenDutch
- narr, dust, tulling, tosk, narre, lureNorwegian
- głupiec, dureń, głupek, oszukaćPolish
- bobo da corte, idiota, bobo, louco, imbecil, tolo, lograr, enganarPortuguese
- bufon, prost, prosti, păcăliRomanian
- ду́рень, тупи́ца, идио́т, дура́к, болва́н, деби́л, скоморо́х, дурале́й, балбе́с, ду́ра, шут, идио́тка, глупе́ц, наду́ть, одура́чить, обдури́ть, дура́чить, дури́ть, надува́тьRussian
- šut, луђак, глупан, dvorska luda, buzda, glupan, luđak, абдал, budala, глупак, glupak, luda, бузда, будала, šutnik, abdal, nasamariti, насамаритиSerbo-Croatian
- මෝඩයා, මැට්ටාSinhala, Sinhalese
- hlupák, blbec, blázon, okabátiťSlovak
- budalo, bedak, norec, bizgec, neumnež, bukseljSlovene
- budalla, idiotAlbanian
- kräm, dåre, narrSwedish
- mjinga, juha, falaSwahili
- முட்டாள்Tamil
- аҳмақ, аблаҳTajik
- ตุ่น, คนโง่Thai
- paňkelle, samsykTurkmen
- budala, aptal, ahmak, salakTurkish
- ду́реньUkrainian
- مورکھUrdu
- ahmoq, tentakUzbek
- thằng nguVietnamese
- 傻子Chinese
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