tomfool

adjective

Definition of tomfoolnext
as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment what kind of tomfool idea is this?

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomfool
  1. foolish
  2. stupid
  3. silly
  4. absurd
  5. mad
  6. insane
  7. crazy
  8. idiotic
Adjective
  • Doing it for a guy who was closer to average last year and got outplayed by his backup is probably downright foolish.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Johnson continued this week to push for his foolish and counterproductive desire to impose a $33-per-month tax on each Chicago job generated by the city’s largest private-sector employers.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of foolish
Adjective
  • Parametric modeling, especially when weighted down with decades of AutoCAD’s stupid UI/UX choices, was even harder than programming.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • The simplest explanation is that Vance believes his voters are stupid.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • This year’s list includes what may be America’s last remaining players with free 2020 eligibility (silly us, thinking that ended last year) — and even a few who began their careers in the 2010s.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Depp engaged the crowd with silly skits for nearly half a hour.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of silly
Adjective
  • Open the requisition on a Monday and the number is already absurd.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Their air of slightly absurd quasi-spontaneity is nicely amplified by the jittery yet unobtrusive rhythms of the direction and Yost’s editing.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 July 2026
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • But Carveout 2160 is a new IP in snowboarding, which was responsible for the fastest and maddest games of the era.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Tamra is right; Shannon and some of the other cast are looking for things to get mad about, taking tiny things and blowing them up.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Dominguez, who was declared legally insane the day after the verdicts, will be sent to a state mental hospital.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • These were two insane asks — a 7-foot giant and an 8-year-old kid who has to be your second lead.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Definition of insane
Adjective
  • Like the shows, there are some crazy big action sequences in this.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • To embody Fred Astaire is to have a certain boyishness, sure, but that crazy dancer was a man, through and through.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of crazy
Adjective
  • Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • That’s been an idiotic trope for too long — that participating in the business side of it taints you.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Definition of idiotic
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