Synonyms for fool
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1. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   jester, joker

2. foolnoun

   Synonyms:
   gobshite

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fool

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Bruce Cain:

   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.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

3. John Boehner:

   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.

4. Nicolas Boileau:

   Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)

5. Chinese proverb:

   He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.