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foolery

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Synonyms & Antonyms of foolery

1 a foolish act or idea

investing in that company now would be foolery

Synonyms for foolery

absurdity,
asininity,
bêtise,
fatuity,
folly,
foppery,
idiocy,
imbecility,
inanity,
insanity,
lunacy,
stupidity

Words Related to foolery

absurdness,
craziness,
foolishness,
inaneness,
madness,
senselessness,
witlessness

buffoonery,
monkeyshine(s),
shenanigan(s),
tomfoolery

drivel,
humbug,
nonsense,
twaddle

blunder,
bungle,
flub,
goof,
howler

Near Antonyms for foolery

discretion,
forethought,
prudence,
sagacity,
wisdom

brainstorm,
inspiration

2 wildly playful or mischievous behavior

let the kids have a little foolery once in a while

Synonyms for foolery

buffoonery,
clownery,
clowning,
high jinks
(also hijinks),
horseplay,
horsing around,
monkey business,
monkeying,
monkeyshine(s),
roughhouse,
roughhousing,
shenanigan(s),
skylarking,
slapstick,
tomfoolery

Words Related to foolery

childishness,
clownishness,
foolishness,
funning,
jesting,
joking,
nonsense,
silliness,
waggery

boisterousness,
rambunctiousness,
rowdiness,
rowdyism,
rumbustiousness
[chiefly British]

devilry
(or deviltry),
impishness,
knavery,
mischief,
mischievousness,
prankishness,
rascality,
roguery,
roguishness,
trickery

cavorting,
frivolity,
frolicking,
gamboling
(or gambolling),
merrymaking,
playfulness,
revelry,
roistering,
romping,
sporting,
sportiveness

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“Foolery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foolery. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.

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