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Synonyms & Antonyms of fool
(Entry 1 of 3)
- only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared
Synonyms for fool
- berk
- [British],
- booby,
- charlie
- (also charley)
- [British],
- cuckoo,
- ding-a-ling,
- dingbat,
- ding-dong,
- dipstick,
- doofus
- [slang],
- featherhead,
- git
- [British],
- goose,
- half-wit,
- jackass,
- lunatic,
- mooncalf,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- turkey,
- yo-yo
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- a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't
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- he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool
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- madman,
- madwoman
- manic-depressive,
- monomaniac,
- mythomaniac,
- neurotic,
- obsessive,
- obsessive-compulsive,
- paranoid,
- psychoneurotic,
- psychotic,
- schizo,
- schizoid,
- schizophrene,
- schizophrenic,
- sociopath
fool
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of fool (Entry 2 of 3)
- he's always got some fool plan or other
Synonyms for fool
- absurd,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- cockeyed,
- crackpot,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dippy,
- dotty,
- fatuous,
- featherheaded,
- foolish,
- half-baked,
- half-witted,
- harebrained,
- inept,
- insane,
- jerky,
- kooky
- (also kookie),
- loony
- (also looney),
- lunatic,
- lunkheaded,
- mad,
- nonsensical,
- nutty,
- preposterous,
- sappy,
- screwball,
- senseless,
- silly,
- simpleminded,
- stupid,
- tomfool,
- unwise,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- weak-minded,
- witless,
- zany
Words Related to fool
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- boobish,
- brain-dead,
- chowderheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- clueless,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- feebleminded,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- idiotic
- (also idiotical),
- imbecile
- (or imbecilic),
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- mindless,
- moronic,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- thoughtless,
- thick,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- vacuous
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fool
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of fool (Entry 3 of 3)
- I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party
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- an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience
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“Fool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fool. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of fool was in the 13th century
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