What is another word for fool?
888 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ f_ˈuː_l], [ fˈuːl], [ fˈuːl]Table of Contents
Similar words for fool:- amusing (adjective)
- comic/comical (adjective)
- comical (adjective)
- competent (adjective)
- cuckoo (adjective)
- zany (adjective)
- anserine (noun)
- ass (noun)
- badinage (noun)
- befool (noun)
- blockhead (noun)
- buffoon (noun)
- bungler (noun)
- butt (noun)
- clod (noun)
- clown (noun)
- cockamamie (noun)
- cockamamy (noun)
- coxcomb (noun)
- ding-a-ling (noun)
- dissipate (noun)
- dolt (noun)
- dopey (noun)
- dopy (noun)
- dullard (noun)
- dumbo (noun)
- dunce (noun)
- dupe (noun)
- fall guy (noun)
- fanatic (noun)
- fool (noun)
- fop (noun)
- half-wit (noun)
- idiot (noun)
- ignoramus (noun)
- pushover (noun)
- scapegoat (noun)
- stupid person (noun)
- take-in (noun)
- victim (noun)
- banter (verb)
- bluff (verb)
- con (verb)
- coquet (verb)
- corner (verb)
- deceive (verb)
- fiddle (verb)
- flimflam (verb)
- flirt (verb)
- fool (verb)
- have (verb)
- hoax (verb)
- hoodwink (verb)
- overreach (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- string along (verb)
- swindle (verb)
- tamper (verb)
- toy (verb)
- trap (verb)
- trifle (verb)
- welsh (verb)
- other synonyms
- arse around
- banter
- cheat
- coquet
- deceive
- idiot
- pretend
- psychopathic personality
- rustic
- string along
- trifle
Definition for Fool:
Synonyms for Fool:
adj.
•amusing (adjective) •comic/comical (adjective)- more ridiculous,
- more ironic,
- more boffo,
- side splitting,
- more joshing,
- off wall,
- foolest,
- most goofus,
- most boffo,
- most foolheaded,
- more side splitting,
- more side-splitting,
- most side splitting,
- schticker,
- gumper,
- gumpest,
- most side-splitting,
- most gelastic,
- more goofus,
- more foolheaded,
- horses tail,
- schtickest,
- more gelastic,
- most joshing,
- most comic.
- know score,
- know business,
- end-owed,
- de cent,
- paid ones dues,
- therest,
- know one stuff,
- know ones stuff,
- more fireball,
- know one business,
- up it,
- more efficient,
- paid dues,
- most efficient,
- therer,
- know ones business,
- de-cent,
- being pistol,
- on ball,
- paid one dues,
- up speed,
- more skilled,
- end owed,
- most capable,
- more dynamite,
- know ins outs,
- most fireball,
- know ropes,
- up snuff,
- most dynamite,
- know answers.
n.
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- manufacture,
- invent,
- throw away,
- riot away,
- concoct,
- blow,
- make up,
- fabricate,
- save,
- trifle away,
- lie,
- Misspeak,
- bend the truth.
- Muddler,
- addlebrain,
- blunderer,
- klutz,
- foulup,
- foul-up,
- botcher,
- spoiler,
- incompetent,
- fumblers,
- spoilers,
- featherbrain,
- butcher,
- duffers,
- clumsy oaf,
- bumbler,
- muffer,
- butterfingers,
- incompetents,
- mismanagers,
- bumblers,
- goof off,
- harebrain,
- Mismanager,
- muddlers,
- fumbler,
- screw up.
- laughingstock,
- patsy,
- clay pigeon,
- derision,
- target,
- chump,
- sap,
- mark,
- subject.
- dopy.
- loon,
- fool around,
- shlemiel,
- put on,
- soft touch,
- saphead,
- goosy,
- simpleton,
- wacky,
- fritter,
- mug,
- ass,
- clod,
- put one across,
- bore,
- foolish,
- innocent,
- twit,
- COD,
- goosey,
- take in,
- fool away,
- silly,
- knuckle-head,
- gooselike,
- slang,
- chuckle-head,
- whacky,
- shoot,
- unreasonable,
- dumb ox,
- fritter away,
- frivol away,
- dunce,
- muggins,
- illiterate,
- horse around,
- tomfool,
- lightweight,
- easy mark,
- fair game,
- crackpot,
- sappy,
- put one over.
v.
•banter (verb) •bluff (verb)- humbug,
- feign,
- shuck,
- juggle,
- trick,
- affect,
- counterfeit,
- defraud,
- double-cross,
- simulate.
- gold-dug,
- gold-digs,
- making eyes at,
- gold dug,
- gold digs,
- winks at,
- golddigs,
- gold dig,
- golddig,
- gold digging,
- golddug,
- winking at,
- golddigging,
- makes eyes at.
- hath up a tree,
- has up tree,
- getting ropes,
- got ropes,
- brought bay,
- bringing bay,
- having tree,
- mousetrapped,
- haddest tree,
- had tree,
- has tree,
- hast tree,
- has up a tree,
- hadst tree,
- got on ropes,
- haddest up tree,
- hadst up tree,
- had up a tree,
- having up a tree,
- hadst up a tree,
- haddest up a tree,
- haddest a tree,
- hast up tree,
- gat on ropes,
- bring bay,
- hath tree,
- hast up a tree,
- have tree,
- brought to bay,
- gat ropes,
- had a tree,
- having a tree,
- have a tree,
- brings to bay,
- hast a tree,
- gets ropes,
- brings bay,
- hath up tree,
- getting on ropes,
- mousetrapping,
- have up tree,
- gotten ropes,
- bringing to bay,
- having up tree,
- had up tree,
- gets on ropes,
- gotten on ropes,
- has a tree,
- hadst a tree,
- get ropes,
- hath a tree.
- pulling a fast one,
- takes for a ride,
- gipping,
- pulled a fast one,
- taking for a ride,
- GIPS,
- took for a ride,
- pulls a fast one,
- gipped.
- lingering with,
- pro-positioning,
- dis-ported,
- making pass,
- bats eyes at,
- pro positioned,
- makes a move,
- hitting on,
- batting eyes at,
- made move,
- lingered with,
- making a pass,
- lingers with,
- Gammed,
- batted eyes at,
- makes pass,
- came hither,
- pro position,
- making a move,
- comes hither,
- pro positions,
- dis porting,
- coming hither,
- made a pass,
- made pass,
- makes move,
- making move,
- dis-porting,
- dis ported,
- pro positioning,
- made a move,
- Gamming,
- hits on,
- pro-positioned,
- pro-positions,
- makes a pass.
- out smarts,
- out foxed,
- un did,
- out smarting,
- out smart,
- un-does,
- out foxes,
- out-maneuver,
- out-maneuvers,
- out smarted,
- out maneuvering,
- un does,
- out-smarting,
- out foxing,
- out maneuvers,
- un done,
- un doing,
- out-smarted,
- out-maneuvering,
- out-smarts,
- out fox,
- out-maneuvered,
- out-smart,
- un-did,
- out-fox,
- out-foxing,
- out-foxes,
- out maneuvered,
- out-foxed,
- un-doing.
- pulled one's leg,
- pulls leg,
- running a game on,
- pull ones leg,
- runs game on,
- plays games with,
- pull one leg,
- playing games with,
- runs a game on,
- murphies,
- pulling one leg,
- pulled one leg,
- murphying,
- pulls one's leg,
- pulled leg,
- ran game on,
- pulling ones leg,
- pulls one leg,
- pulling leg,
- ran a game on,
- pulls ones leg,
- played games with,
- run game on,
- pulled ones leg,
- running game on,
- murphied.
- pulls wool over one eyes,
- pull wool over ones eyes,
- pulls the wool over eyes,
- pulled wool over ones eyes,
- took the cleaners,
- pulled the wool over ones eyes,
- pulled wool over one eyes,
- pulls wool over one's eyes,
- pull wool over one's eyes,
- pulling wool over one eyes,
- taking the cleaners,
- pulled the wool over one eyes,
- pulling the wool over one's eyes,
- takes to the cleaners,
- pull the wool over one eyes,
- pull wool over one eyes,
- pulls wool over ones eyes,
- taking to the cleaners,
- pulling wool over one's eyes,
- pull the wool over ones eyes,
- pulling wool over eyes,
- pulling the wool over one eyes,
- pulls wool over eyes,
- pulling the wool over ones eyes,
- pulls the wool over one eyes,
- pulled the wool over one's eyes,
- pulls the wool over one's eyes,
- takes the cleaners,
- pull the wool over eyes,
- take the cleaners,
- pulling wool over ones eyes,
- pulls the wool over ones eyes,
- took to the cleaners,
- pulled the wool over eyes,
- pulled wool over one's eyes,
- pulled wool over eyes,
- pulling the wool over eyes.
- over reaches,
- over reach,
- over reached,
- over reaching,
- over-reach,
- over-reaching,
- over-reached,
- over-reaches.
- passing as,
- being deceitful,
- pre-tending,
- shucks jive,
- dis simulate,
- passes oneself off as,
- pro-fess,
- pre tend,
- put up front,
- is hypocritical,
- was deceitful,
- passing off as,
- shucking and jive,
- wert deceitful,
- are hypocritical,
- pre-tend,
- am deceitful,
- passed off as,
- passes oneself as,
- dis simulated,
- passes off as,
- dis-simulate,
- were deceitful,
- passing oneself as,
- passes as,
- dis-simulates,
- puts a front,
- were hypocritical,
- was hypocritical,
- pre tending,
- puts front,
- pre tended,
- puts up front,
- art deceitful,
- claiming falsely,
- putting up a front,
- pre tends,
- being hypocritical,
- dis simulates,
- dis-simulating,
- lays claim,
- passing oneself off as,
- putting up front,
- putting a front,
- shucked jive,
- pro fess,
- wast deceitful,
- shucks and jive,
- dis-simulated,
- claims falsely,
- putting front,
- pro-fesses,
- passed oneself off as,
- is deceitful,
- dis simulating,
- shuck jive,
- laid claim,
- put front,
- pre-tended,
- pro fesses,
- shucked and jive,
- wast hypocritical,
- passed oneself as,
- shucking jive,
- pass oneself as,
- art hypocritical,
- wert hypocritical,
- put a front,
- puts up a front,
- am hypocritical,
- are deceitful,
- pre-tends.
- over-charges,
- over charged,
- selling a bill of goods,
- sells bill of goods,
- over-charging,
- ex torts,
- sell a bill goods,
- selling bill goods,
- ex tort,
- sold bill of goods,
- ex-torts,
- sells a bill of goods,
- sells bill goods,
- sells a bill goods,
- over-charged,
- stiffing,
- over charge,
- over charges,
- sell bill goods,
- selling a bill goods,
- over charging,
- selling bill of goods,
- sold a bill of goods,
- over-charge,
- sell bill of goods,
- sold a bill goods,
- ex-tort,
- sold bill goods.
- inter posing,
- poking nose into,
- de-stroying,
- poke nose in to,
- co-oked,
- poked nose into,
- monkeyed around,
- inter pose,
- de stroy,
- messes around with,
- inter posed,
- phonies up,
- inter-pose,
- co oked,
- co-oking,
- mucks about,
- de stroyed,
- poked nose in to,
- phonied up,
- de stroying,
- pokes nose into,
- de-stroyed,
- de stroys,
- inter-posing,
- messing around with,
- mucking about,
- phonying up,
- de-stroys,
- de-stroy,
- pokes nose in to,
- inter-posed,
- co oking,
- fiddles with,
- poking nose in to,
- monkeys around,
- mucked about.
- over takes,
- de-coy,
- over-taking,
- sur-prised,
- over taking,
- de coy,
- over took,
- over-took,
- boxing in,
- trips up,
- de coying,
- sur prising,
- sur-prise,
- sur prises,
- over take,
- boxed in,
- de coys,
- de-coyed,
- over-take,
- over-takes,
- de-coying,
- sur prise,
- sur-prising,
- de-coys,
- over-taken,
- sur-prises,
- de coyed,
- tripping up.
- lollygagged,
- futzed around,
- dilly dally,
- are insincere,
- playing with,
- uses up,
- indulged in,
- indulging in,
- messing with,
- futzing around,
- was insincere,
- messes with,
- monkeying with,
- mis-used,
- plays with,
- indulges in,
- art insincere,
- fribbled,
- monkeyed with,
- monkeys with,
- were insincere,
- wert insincere,
- being insincere,
- mis used,
- messed with,
- futzes around,
- mis-using,
- is insincere,
- wast insincere,
- mis using,
- fribbles.
- worms one way out of,
- worming ones way out of,
- slips out,
- worms ones way out of,
- slipping out,
- worm ones way out of,
- wormed ones way out of,
- slipped out,
- beats around bush,
- worming one way out of,
- worms way out of,
- wormed way out of,
- worm one way out of,
- worming way out of,
- wormed one way out of,
- wormed one's way out of,
- worming one's way out of,
- beats around the bush,
- slipt out,
- worms one's way out of,
- worm way out of,
- beating around bush.
Other synonyms:
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- lump,
- donkey,
- pawn,
- fathead,
- prat,
- chronicler,
- chandler,
- eunuch,
- MUPPET,
- ding-dong,
- scribe,
- wheelwright,
- press gang,
- Nelly,
- ninny,
- four flush,
- bimbo,
- schlep,
- doodle,
- cluck,
- meatball,
- town crier,
- twerp,
- softhead,
- duffer,
- gudgeon,
- neanderthal,
- schmuck,
- washerwoman,
- moo,
- numpty,
- doofus,
- plodder,
- dumb blond,
- governess,
- nerd,
- apothecary,
- schmo,
- goofball,
- goose,
- booby.
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- overreach,
- fidget,
- tinker,
- putter,
- turkey,
- alderman,
- bluff,
- child,
- alderwoman,
- town clerk.
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- meddle.
- Gold-digging,
- wink at,
- leading on,
- Wantoning,
- winked at,
- made eyes at,
- led on,
- Wantoned,
- make eyes at,
- gold-dig,
- leads on.
- scammed,
- beat out of,
- take for,
- outwitting,
- hoodwink,
- Buffaloes,
- buffaloed,
- ensnared,
- take to cleaners,
- imposed upon,
- out wit,
- Entrapped,
- pull fast one,
- Gouging,
- taking for ride,
- imposes upon,
- take for ride,
- suck in,
- impose upon,
- sucked in,
- play joke on,
- scamming,
- cross up,
- buffalo.
Paraphrases for Fool:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
delude.
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Verb, base form
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
buffoon.
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Interjection
buffoon.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
clown, jester, ridicule, butthead, ass, screwball, joke, dumb-ass, loser, crackpot, dope, chump, motherfucker, dickhead, buzzard, bugger, craze, clever.
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Verb, past tense
wretch.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
AM, numb-wit.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
idiot.
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Noun, singular or mass
folly, Madmen, idiot, foolishness, doofus, maniac, knucklehead, schmuck, loon, twit, dork, nutcase.
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Adverb
idiot.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
idiot.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Fool:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
sapient, wise, prudent, rational, sound, judicious, valid, sage, sane, sensible, intelligent, reasonable, logical, sagacious, well-advised.
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Other antonyms:
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n.
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bungler
success.
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fool
brain.
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bungler
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v.
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bluff
come clean, tell truth, reveal.
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bluff
Fool Sentence Examples:
Hypernym for Fool:
n.
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person
goose, twat, goof, flibbertigibbet, meshuggeneh, bozo, fucker, jackass, goofball, clown, buffoon, ass, morosoph, fathead, meshuggener, putz, foolish woman, zany, wally, cuckoo.
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