Synonyms of fools

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noun

plural of fool

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as in lunatics

a person who lacks good sense or judgment

only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatics
• nuts
• idiots
• geese
• morons
• simps
• simpletons
• losers
• jackasses
• ninnies
• half-wits
• monkeys
• nitwits
• doofuses
• cuckoos
• turkeys
• dingbats
• nutcases
• nincompoops
• dipsticks
• charleys
• boobies
• gits
• ding-dongs
• berks
• charlies
• daredevils
• dummies
• ninnyhammers
• imbeciles
• featherheads
• mooncalves
• numbskulls
• dolts
• madmen
• donkeys
• dufuses
• ignoramuses
• nits
• dopes
• blockheads
• dunces
• knuckleheads
• ignorami
• madwomen
• numskulls
• ding-a-lings
• know-nothings
• pinheads
• yo-yos
• goons
• dodos
• airheads
• chumps
• shlubs
• dupes
• dorks
• fatheads
• schlubs
• characters
• scatterbrains
• kooks
• laughingstocks
• ganders
• birdbrains
• crackpots
• weirdos
• screwballs
• stocks
• schlumps
• butts
• oddballs
• schnooks
• codgers
• cranks
• dodoes
• mockeries
• dumbbells
• schlemiels
• featherbrains
• shlemiels
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thinkers
• sages
• brains
• geniuses
• genii

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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

• clowns
• harlequins
• jokers
• comics
• jesters
• comedians
• buffoons
• jokesters
• vices
• madcaps
• wags
• motleys
• drolls
• zanies
• comediennes
• mimes
• cutups
• mummers
• merry-andrews

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as in suckers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

I'm a fool for ice cream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckers
• lovers
• fans
• enthusiasts
• maniacs
• fanatics
• freaks
• addicts
• buffs
• fiends
• nuts
• devotees
• junkies
• supporters
• fanciers
• hounds
• aficionados
• collectors
• bugs
• admirers
• habitues
• mavens
• proponents
• friends
• habitués
• experts
• afficionados
• amateurs
• mavins
• heads
• authorities
• groupies
• dilettantes
• connoisseurs
• disciples
• dilettanti
• promoters
• followers
• advocates
• adherents
• cultists
• exponents
• votaries
• zealots
• champions
• apostles
• patrons
• evangelists
• partisans
• faddists
• hangers-on
• converts
• partizans
• boosters
• backers
• rooters
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfans
• critics
• detractors
• carpers
• belittlers
• nonadmirers

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as in psychopaths

a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind

he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatics
• psychopaths
• maniacs
• psychos
• bugs
• nuts
• crazies
• loonies
• whackos
• wackos
• loons
• sickos
• nutcases
• schizos
• nutters
• psychotics
• fruitcakes
• madmen
• patients
• paranoids
• head cases
• sickies
• cracks
• madwomen
• abnormals
• deviants
• characters
• sociopaths
• monomaniacs
• neurotics
• schizophrenics
• crackbrains
• kooks
• obsessives
• eccentrics
• crackpots
• schizoids
• weirdos
• screwballs
• manic-depressives
• oddballs
• codgers
• flakes
• zanies
• psychoneurotics
• schizophrenes
• fantastics
• originals
• cranks
• tikes
• tykes
• cases
• obsessive-compulsives
• mythomaniacs
• oddities
• quizzes

fools

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fool

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as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• deceives
• kids
• suckers
• deludes
• dupes
• misleads
• humbugs
• misguides
• teases
• hoaxes
• hoodwinks
• gulls
• bamboozles
• misinforms
• cozens
• bluffs
• cheats
• snows
• stings
• beguiles
• gaffs
• has on
• spoofs
• sucks in
• strings along
• buffaloes
• cons
• fakes out
• snookers
• burns
• juggles
• catches
• hornswoggles
• takes in
• gammons
• does a number on
• has
• leads one up the garden path
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls one's leg
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• swindles
• sticks
• defrauds
• puts on
• rooks
• shortchanges
• hustles
• diddles
• mulcts
• fleeces
• bleeds
• flimflams
• chisels
• skins
• squeezes
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• shows up
• unmasks
• tells
• debunks
• uncovers
• undeceives
• discloses
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disillusions
• disabuses
• disenchants

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as in jokes

to make jokes

an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• jests
• quips
• kids
• wisecracks
• banters
• yucks
• jollies
• chaffs
• japes
• cracks wise
• funs
• yuks
• ridicules
• amuses
• jeers
• gags
• rags
• gibes
• jibes
• teases
• jives
• joshes
• mocks
• parodies
• caricatures
• ribs
• satirizes
• razzes
• hazes
• entertains
• rallies
• lampoons
• diverts