Synonyms for Fool:

adj.
• zany
- campier
- campiest
- campy
- clownish
• comic/comical
- foolest
- gumper
- gumpest
- horses tail
- more boffo
- more foolheaded
- more gelastic
- more goofus
- more ironic
- more joshing
- more ridiculous
- more side splitting
- more side-splitting
- most boffo
- most comic
- most foolheaded
- most gelastic
- most goofus
- most joshing
- most side splitting
- most side-splitting
- off wall
- schticker
- schtickest
- side splitting
• comical
- fool headed
- more fool headed
- more fool-headed
- most fool headed
- most fool-headed
• competent
- being pistol
- de cent
- de-cent
- end owed
- end-owed
- know answers
- know business
- know ins outs
- know one business
- know one stuff
- know ones business
- know ones stuff
- know ropes
- know score
- more dynamite
- more efficient
- more fireball
- more skilled
- most capable
- most dynamite
- most efficient
- most fireball
- on ball
- paid dues
- paid one dues
- paid ones dues
- therer
- therest
- up it
- up snuff
- up speed
• cuckoo
- clockest
- in sane
- in saner
- in sanest
- in-sane
- in-saner
- more screwball
- most screwball
n.
- maniac
- ability
- cabin boy
- innkeeper
- Misspeak
- bend the truth
- blow
- concoct
- fabricate
- invent
- lie
- make up
- manufacture
- riot away
- save
- squander
- throw away
- trifle away
- waste
• ass
- dolt
- dope
• badinage
- asteisms
- jokings
- joshings
- kiddings
- teasings
• blockhead
- beefheads
• buffoon
- antic
• bungler
- Mismanager
- Muddler
- addlebrain
- blunderer
- botcher
- bumblers
- butcher
- butterfingers
- clumsy oaf
- duffers
- foul-up
- foulup
- fumbler
- fumblers
- goof off
- harebrain
- incompetent
- incompetents
- mismanagers
- muddlers
- muffer
- screw up
- spoiler
- spoilers
• butt
- clay pigeon
- laughingstock
- patsy
- subject
• clod
- dumbbell
- dummy
• clown
- cut-up
- madcap
- prankster
- ribald
• coxcomb
- Dandies
- FOBS
- fob
- popinjay
- popinjays
• ding-a-ling
- ding a ling
- madwomen
- nut cases
• dolt
- airheads
- clodpates
- dumdums
- lunkheads
- yo yo
- yo yos
- yoyos
• dullard
- stupid people
- stupid persons
• dumbo
- dummkopfs
- knotheads
• dunce
- goof balls
• dupe
- April Fool
• fall guy
- can-carrier
- lamb to the slaughter
• fanatic
- mono maniac
- mono maniacs
- mono-maniac
- mono-maniacs
- monomaniacs
- ultraists
• fool
- ass
- chuckle-head
- clod
- crackpot
- dunce
- fair game
- knuckle-head
- loon
- simpleton
• half-wit
- born fools
- half wit
- jugheads
- pea brains
• idiot
- muttonheads
- out lunch
• ignoramus
- know nothing
• jester
- japers
- practical jokers
- standup comics
• joker
- joshers
- kidders
- stand up comic
- stand up comics
- stand-up comics
- straight people
- straight persons
• laughing stock
- aunt sallys
• laughingstock
- game
• lummox
- bruiser
- bruisers
- ox
- oxen
- oxes
• moron
- addlepates
- mental defectives
• nerd
- Trekkie
- dweebs
- goober
- goobers
- techie
- techies
• nincompoop
- dunce seefool
- dunce seefools
• numskull
- fatheads
• scapegoat
- another's action boob
v.
• banter
- satirize
• bluff
- shuck
- simulate
• con
- co axed
- co axing
- co-axed
- co-axing
- ripping off
- sweettalk
• coquet
- gold dig
- gold digging
- gold digs
- gold dug
- gold-digs
- gold-dug
- golddig
- golddigging
- golddigs
- golddug
- makes eyes at
- making eyes at
- winking at
- winks at
• corner
- bring bay
- bringing bay
- bringing to bay
- brings bay
- brings to bay
- brought bay
- brought to bay
- gat on ropes
- gat ropes
- get ropes
- gets on ropes
- gets ropes
- getting on ropes
- getting ropes
- got on ropes
- got ropes
- gotten on ropes
- gotten ropes
- had a tree
- had tree
- had up a tree
- had up tree
- haddest a tree
- haddest tree
- haddest up a tree
- haddest up tree
- hadst a tree
- hadst tree
- hadst up a tree
- hadst up tree
- has a tree
- has tree
- has up a tree
- has up tree
- hast a tree
- hast tree
- hast up a tree
- hast up tree
- hath a tree
- hath tree
- hath up a tree
- hath up tree
- have a tree
- have tree
- have up tree
- having a tree
- having tree
- having up a tree
- having up tree
- mousetrapped
- mousetrapping
• deceive
- falsify
- forge
• fiddle
- inter fere
- inter feres
- inter-fere
- inter-feres
• flimflam
- GIPS
- gipped
- gipping
- pulled a fast one
- pulling a fast one
- pulls a fast one
- takes for a ride
- taking for a ride
- took for a ride
• flirt
- Gammed
- Gamming
- bats eyes at
- batted eyes at
- batting eyes at
- came hither
- comes hither
- coming hither
- dis ported
- dis porting
- dis-ported
- dis-porting
- hits on
- hitting on
- lingered with
- lingering with
- lingers with
- made a move
- made a pass
- made move
- made pass
- makes a move
- makes a pass
- makes move
- makes pass
- making a move
- making a pass
- making move
- making pass
- pro position
- pro positioned
- pro positioning
- pro positions
- pro-positioned
- pro-positioning
- pro-positions
• have
- out fox
- out foxed
- out foxes
- out foxing
- out maneuvered
- out maneuvering
- out maneuvers
- out smart
- out smarted
- out smarting
- out smarts
- out-fox
- out-foxed
- out-foxes
- out-foxing
- out-maneuver
- out-maneuvered
- out-maneuvering
- out-maneuvers
- out-smart
- out-smarted
- out-smarting
- out-smarts
- un did
- un does
- un doing
- un done
- un-did
- un-does
- un-doing
• hoax
- murphied
- murphies
- murphying
- played games with
- playing games with
- plays games with
- pull one leg
- pull ones leg
- pulled leg
- pulled one leg
- pulled one's leg
- pulled ones leg
- pulling leg
- pulling one leg
- pulling ones leg
- pulls leg
- pulls one leg
- pulls one's leg
- pulls ones leg
- ran a game on
- ran game on
- run game on
- running a game on
- running game on
- runs a game on
- runs game on
• hoodwink
- pull the wool over eyes
- pull the wool over one eyes
- pull the wool over ones eyes
- pull wool over one eyes
- pull wool over one's eyes
- pull wool over ones eyes
- pulled the wool over eyes
- pulled the wool over one eyes
- pulled the wool over one's eyes
- pulled the wool over ones eyes
- pulled wool over eyes
- pulled wool over one eyes
- pulled wool over one's eyes
- pulled wool over ones eyes
- pulling the wool over eyes
- pulling the wool over one eyes
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- pulling the wool over ones eyes
- pulling wool over eyes
- pulling wool over one eyes
- pulling wool over one's eyes
- pulling wool over ones eyes
- pulls the wool over eyes
- pulls the wool over one eyes
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- pulls the wool over ones eyes
- pulls wool over eyes
- pulls wool over one eyes
- pulls wool over one's eyes
- pulls wool over ones eyes
- take the cleaners
- takes the cleaners
- takes to the cleaners
- taking the cleaners
- taking to the cleaners
- took the cleaners
- took to the cleaners
• joke
- play clown
- played clown
- played the clown
- played tricks
- playing clown
- playing the clown
- playing tricks
- plays clown
- plays the clown
- plays tricks
- poked fun
- pokes fun
- poking fun
• make believe
- acted as if
- acted as though
- acting as if
- acting as though
- acts as if
- acts as though
- let like
- lets like
- lets on like
- letted like
- letted on like
- letting like
- letting on like
- made as if
- makes as if
- making as if
- played part
- playing part
- playing the part
- plays part
- plays the part
• mislead
- leads astray
- mis direct
- mis directed
- mis directing
- mis directs
- mis guide
- mis guides
- mis guiding
- mis inform
- mis informed
- mis informing
- mis informs
- mis lead
- mis leading
- mis leads
- mis represent
- mis represented
- mis representing
- mis represents
- mis-direct
- mis-directed
- mis-directing
- mis-directs
- mis-guide
- mis-guided
- mis-guides
- mis-guiding
- mis-inform
- mis-informed
- mis-informing
- mis-informs
- mis-lead
- mis-leading
- mis-leads
- mis-represent
- mis-represented
- mis-representing
- mis-represents
- misguides
- ropes in
- roping in
• mock
- be lied
- be lying
- be-lied
- be-lying
- de feat
- de feats
- de-feat
- de-feats
• monkey
- busybodying
- fooled with
- fooling with
- fools with
- inter lope
- inter loped
- inter lopes
- inter loping
- inter meddle
- inter meddled
- inter meddles
- inter meddling
- inter-lope
- inter-loped
- inter-lopes
- inter-loping
- inter-meddle
- inter-meddled
- inter-meddles
- inter-meddling
Other synonyms:

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meddle

•

play

•

simple

Other relevant words:

• arse around

Arse Around

• banter

• blockhead

• buffoon

clown

• cheat

victimize

• clod

klutz

• coquet

• deceive

• fool

• idiot

Mooncalf

• incompetent

lightweight

• pretend

• psychopathic personality

psychopath

• take-in

take in

• trifle

• Other relevant words (adjective):

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

• Other relevant words (verb):

action
activity

What are the paraphrases for Fool?

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Equivalence
- Verb, base form
  delude.
Reverse Entailment
- Noun, singular or mass
  buffoon.
- Interjection
  buffoon.
Independent
- Noun, singular or mass
  bugger, buzzard, chump, clever, clown, craze, jester, joke, loser, ridicule, screwball, crackpot, dumb-ass, ass, dope, dickhead, motherfucker, butthead.
- Interjection
  chump, balls, butthead, ldiot, ldiots.
- Verb, past tense
  wretch.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  AM, numb-wit.
- Verb, base form
  confuse, lie, mislead, Took, takes, dickhead, motherfucker, butthead.
Other Related
- Adjective
  idiot.
- Proper noun, singular
  idiots, idiot.
- Noun, singular or mass
  doofus, dork, folly, foolishness, knucklehead, loon, maniac, nutcase, schmuck, twit, Madmen, idiot.
- Adverb
  idiot.
- Interjection
  idiots, idiot.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  idiot.
- Verb, base form
  cheat, deceive, defraud, hoodwink, joke, lure, pinhead, idiot.

What are the hypernyms for Fool?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for fool (as nouns)
- person
  goose, twat, goof, flibbertigibbet, meshuggeneh, bozo, fucker, jackass, goofball, clown, buffoon, ass, morosoph, fathead, meshuggener, putz, foolish woman, zany, wally, cuckoo.

What are the hyponyms for Fool?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for fool (as nouns)
- person
  simpleton, simple.

What are the opposite words for fool?

Antonyms for the word "fool" include words that describe someone as wise, clever, intelligent, and smart. Some examples of antonyms for "fool" include words such as sage, expert, genius, brainiac, and intellectual. These words are used to describe someone who possesses knowledge, skill, and experience, and is respected for their insights and opinions. Whereas a fool is someone who is easily deceived or lacks common sense, an intellectual is someone who is renowned for their mental capacities and ability to think critically. By using antonyms to describe someone's qualities, we can better understand their strengths and weaknesses and assess their overall character.

What are the antonyms for Fool?

adj.
• noun
- intelligent
- judicious
- logical
- prudent
- rational
- reasonable
- sagacious
- sage
- sane
- sapient
- sensible
- sound
- valid
- well-advised
- wise
n.
• bungler
- success
• fool
- brain
• noun
- brainiac
- genius
- intellect
- learner
- pundit
- pupil
- thinker
- wiz
v.
• advise
- clue in
- clued in
- clues in
- cluing in
- co unselling
- co-unselling
- fore warn
- fore warned
- fore warns
- fore-warn
- fore-warning
- fore-warns
- gave a pointer
- gave a tip
- gave pointer
- gave the word
- gave tip
- gave word
- give a pointer
- give a tip
- give pointer
- give the word
- give tip
- give word
- gives a pointer
- gives a tip
- gives pointer
- gives the word
- gives tip
- gives word
- giving a pointer
- giving a tip
- giving pointer
- giving the word
- giving tip
- giving word
- in form
- in forming
- in forms
- in-forming
- in-forms
- keep posted
- keeping posted
- keeps posted
- kept posted
- kibitz
- kibitzed
- kibitzes
- kibitzing
- laid it out
- lay it out
- laying it out
- lays it out
- let in on
- lets in on
- letted in on
- letting in on
- level with
- leveled with
- leveling with
- levelled with
- levelling with
- levels with
- made known
- make known
- makes known
- making known
- moves
- pointed out
- pointing out
- pre ached
- pre aching
- pre pare
- pre pared
- pre pares
- pre paring
- pre scribe
- pre scribing
- pre-ached
- pre-aching
- pre-pare
- pre-pared
- pre-pares
- pre-paring
- pre-scribe
- pre-scribed
- pre-scribes
- pre-scribing
- prompt
- put bug ear
- put bug in ear
- put in two cents
- put line
- put next to
- put on line
- put on the line
- put on to
- put the line
- put to
- put two cents
- puts bug ear
- puts bug in ear
- puts in two cents
- puts line
- puts next to
- puts on line
- puts on the line
- puts on to
- puts to
- puts two cents
- putting bug ear
- putting bug in ear
- putting in two cents
- putting line
- putting next to
- putting on line
- putting on the line
- putting on to
- putting the line
- putting to
- putting two cents
- re commend
- re commended
- re commending
- re commends
- re ported
- re porting
- re-commend
- re-commended
- re-commending
- re-commends
- re-ported
- re-porting
- tip off
- tipped off
- tipping off
- tips off
- up date
- up dated
- up dates
- up dating
- up-date
- up-dated
- up-dates
- up-dating
- update
• bluff
- come clean
- reveal
- tell truth
• noun
- disabuse
- disenchant
- disillusion
- undeceive
• offer recommendation
- advise
Other relevant words:

student

Usage examples for Fool

It's always that blamed fool!

"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"

Charles Weathers Bump

I used to think-poor fool that I was-that everything would come right at the last.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

What a fool Dick was!

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Famous quotes with Fool

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Franklin Pierce Adams
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Joey Adams
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Joseph Addison
It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought.

Scipio Africanus
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

Akhenaton

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adj.

n.

v.

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