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Synonyms for fool

simpleton

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simpleton
idiot
mug
berk
charlie
silly
goose
dope
jerk
dummy
ass
clot
plank
sap
prick
wally
illiterate
prat
plonker
coot
moron
nit
git
geek
twit
bonehead
chump
dunce
imbecile
loon
clod
cretin
oaf
bozo
dullard
dimwit
ignoramus
dumbo
jackass
dipstick
dickhead
gonzo
schmuck
dork
nitwit
dolt
blockhead
ninny
divvy
bird-brain
pillock
halfwit
nincompoop
dweeb
putz
fathead
weenie
schlep
eejit
thicko
dumb-ass
pea-brain
gobshite
dunderhead
numpty
doofus
lamebrain
fuckwit
mooncalf
thickhead
clodpate
dickwit
nerd or nurd
numbskull or numskull
twerp or twirp

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dupe

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jester

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jester
comic
clown
harlequin
motley
buffoon
pierrot
court jester
punchinello
joculator or (fem.) joculatrix
merry-andrew

deceive

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act or play the fool

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mess about
show off
clown
play (silly) games
be silly
frolic
cavort
act up
lark about
piss about
piss around
act the goat
cut capers
play the goat

fool around or about: mess about

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fool around or about: mess about

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fool around with something

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play around with
play with
tamper with
toy with
mess around with
meddle with
trifle with
fiddle around with
monkey around with
piss about with
piss around with

Synonyms for fool

one deficient in judgment and good sense

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a person who is easily deceived or victimized

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to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation

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to waste time by engaging in aimless activity

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to handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively

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to move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion

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fool around: to waste time by engaging in aimless activity

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fool around: to make jokes; behave playfully

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fool around: to engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior

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fool around: to be sexually unfaithful to another

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fool away: to spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly

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Synonyms for fool

a person who lacks good judgment

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a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

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a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

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make a fool or dupe of

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spend frivolously and unwisely

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fool or hoax

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indulge in horseplay

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References in periodicals archive ?

Looking back I was never going to do much in the game while I was acting the fool.

FOOTBALL : I've built up new life for myself; BLACK'S BAD OLD DAYS BEHIND HIM

Lydon's antics didn't stop there as he kept up his bolshie image by acting the fool and pulling silly faces.

JORDAN'S KOALA COPS A HANDFUL

"You're not going to win games by giving away stupid frees, acting the fool and getting sent off."

HURLING: MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP: Tipperary v Clare, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, tomorrow, 4.15: THE MAIN McMAHON; As Tipp lose three of the best Clare look to one of their own for inspiration

Which makes a change from acting the fool for today's royals.

Record View; Heartache and joy

Acting the fool while firing-off jokes like a scatter-gun is one thing; imposing devious conjuring tactics on his own party is another.

Paul Starling column: Rhodri's getting in a rabbit stew; Keeping an eagle eye on the powers that be

It was about 3pm in the afternoon and I was acting the fool.

I was making love to my wife and we fell out the front door, it's nothing to be ashamed of; COUPLE UP ON FOUR PUBLIC SEX ROMP CHARGES

"You can't do things other kids can like go out drinking and acting the fool with your friends.

Football: ROLE MODELS FOR MY KIDS? I DON'T THINK SO; Beardsley: FA have called on the wrong men

WEATHERGIRL Helen Willetts was almost lost for words yesterday when a man in a rat costume started acting the fool as she gave a live broadcast.

Ratty ruins a forecast; TV BOOB 2

DARREN GOUGH left the West Indies tongue-tied and goggle-eyed by acting the fool at the Old Trafford playhouse yesterday.

CRICKET: DAZZA DOES THE HAKA!

"From Monday to Saturday I was hanging, partying, chasing girls, getting in trouble and straight up acting the fool," the 23-year-old recalls.

COMPTON BAD BOY COMES GOOD; Having escaped the mean streets of LA, Terence Quaites has the world at his feet, as NICOLA METHVEN discovers

Hardly qualifications for acting the fool and playing in a band.

LAST NIGHT'S VIEW

She accused him of making lecherous advances and acting the fool during their Blind Date holiday in Portugal.

MY BLIND DATE PRAT'S A REAL LADIES MAN; Jo's nights of love with roofer Paul

It was probably a fed-up England supporter trying to get the message across that it's time he stopped acting the fool."

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