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plural of fool
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as in clowns
a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't

Synonyms & Similar Words

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fools

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fool

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fools
Noun
If the Phillies are willing to eat part of the remaining $20 million that Castellanos is owed, the Dodgers would be fools not to swoop into the sweepstakes. Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Writers are indeed fools grateful for the gift of creativity despite the constant doubt. Beverly Gologorsky september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 Welcome back, friends and fools, to year FIVE of the Vulture Movies Fantasy League. Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025 The men largely act like fools in Splitsville. Nigel Smith, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Witty, observant, and unwilling to suffer fools, Elizabeth Bennet is the original challenger brand. Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Now Swiftian color theory is a game for fools and mad men, but just keep that in mind. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fools
Noun
  • So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Jones, that means confronting her childhood fear of clowns.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In an operating room, a mad doctor performs plastic surgery to turn new recruits into killer clowns.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Train yourself to look for growth that should be removed, such as tomato suckers and low-growing tomato branches, excess dahlia foliage, and tangled thyme.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The little suckers will ingest this and die.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Although they are born fairly helpless, infants have a few survival tricks up their swaddles.
    Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The trick works too on Dratch, who once feared monsters under her bed, and Oswalt, who jokes about quicksand being his biggest worry.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • My wife jokes about the cat having foiled our murder plot yet again.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Just one or two nuts can cover your daily needs.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Spoon any topping and nuts in pan onto loaf.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In her novel, Henry chronicles a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with lots of fun travels.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Miami Takes the Top Spot Miami, Florida, ranked as the number one city for food lovers, excelling in both affordability and food diversity.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Fools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fools. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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