Definition of fool
Nouns
a person who lacks good judgment
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Pantaloon
a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
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ass
a pompous fool
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buffoon, clown
a rude or vulgar fool
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flibbertigibbet, foolish woman
a female fool
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fucker
a stupid despised man
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bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
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meshuggeneh, meshuggener
(Yiddish) a crazy fool
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morosoph
a learned fool
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putz
(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
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wally
a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
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- jester, motley fool
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buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
Verbs
make a fool or dupe of
spend frivolously and unwisely
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- dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
fool or hoax
"You can't fool me!"
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- befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in
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kid, pull the leg of
tell false information to for fun
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betray, deceive, lead astray
cause someone to believe an untruth
indulge in horseplay
"The bored children were fooling about"
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- arse around, fool around, horse around
Vocabulary Lists for fool
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