Synonyms and Antonyms of fool

synonym (synonym of fool)

hypernym (fool IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of (noun.person)
    dupe, victim
    a person who is tricked or swindled (noun.person)
     
  • a person who lacks good judgment (noun.person)
    simple, simpleton
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense (noun.person)
     
  • a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages (noun.person)
    buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior (noun.person)
     
  • fool or hoax (verb.communication)
    betray, deceive, lead astray
    cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication)
     
  • indulge in horseplay (verb.communication)
    jest, joke
    tell a joke; speak humorously (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.social)
    play
    be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children (verb.social)
     
  • make a fool or dupe of (verb.social)
    cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
    be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)
     
  • spend frivolously and unwisely (verb.consumption)
    consume, squander, ware, waste
    spend extravagantly (verb.consumption)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF fool relation)

  • a person who lacks good judgment (noun.person)
    ass
    a pompous fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    buffoon, clown
    a rude or vulgar fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    flibbertigibbet, foolish woman
    a female fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    fucker
    a stupid despised man (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany
    a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    meshuggeneh, meshuggener
    (Yiddish) a crazy fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    morosoph
    a learned fool (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    putz
    (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    wally
    a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid (noun.person)
     
  • fool or hoax (verb.communication)
    kid, pull the leg of
    tell false information to for fun (verb.communication)
     

entail (entailment relations of fool)

derivation (.... is derived from fool)

synonym hypernym hyponym entail derivation muggins sap chump fall guy jester motley fool dupe victim simple simpleton buffoon clown ass buffoon flibbertigibbet foolish woman fucker bozo consume deplete eat eat up exhaust run through befool cod absorb draw gull jest
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. muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool . chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker . jester, motley fool . befool, gull . dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot . befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in . arse around, fool around, horse around . dupe, victim . simple, simpleton . buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew . betray, deceive, lead astray . jest, joke . play . cozen, deceive, delude, lead on . consume, squander, ware, waste . ass . buffoon, clown . flibbertigibbet, foolish woman . fucker . bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany . meshuggeneh, meshuggener . morosoph . putz . wally . kid, pull the leg of . consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out . befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in . absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up . befool, fool, gull . jest, joke . arse around, fool, fool around, horse around . dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on . take-in . chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker . fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool . dupe, victim . craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery . fool, jester, motley fool . dissipation, waste, wastefulness


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