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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

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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
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
  • Cephalopods’ soft bodies sprout arms and bloom with suckers at these same splits.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 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
  • Hughes jokes that Excel might be his biggest competitor, because many local authorities still rely on elaborate spreadsheets built on institutional knowledge and heuristics.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Speaking to Variety from his home in the mountains of Idaho, Glenn jokes about the world-spanning nature of the nomination.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On August 22, Blue Bell Creameries announced a voluntary recall of its 64-ounce Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream due to the presence of undeclared nuts, which pose a risk to individuals with nut allergies.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Just roll it over large patches of nuts and the roller collects them quickly.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After a tumultuous and tearful enemies-to-lovers journey, brilliant scholarship student Ruby Hall (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and troubled but sensitive rich kid James Beaufort (Damian Hardung) finally gave in to their emotions (and passion) in the season 1 finale.
    Kristen Baldwin September 2, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This last option is highly recommended for lemon lovers (which includes a lot of us); there are even a few lemon segments to liven this dish up.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These jokers in Indianapolis acting the fool.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Keeping wood piles near your home can encourage bugs that hang out in those piles to make their way inside.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Through the BirdReturns farmlands program, late-summer fields are filled with a shallow 2- to 4-inch depth, allowing shorebirds to pluck bugs from the mud beneath the water.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Fools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fools. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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