fool
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Synonyms for fool
simpleton
Synonyms
- 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
jester
deceive
act or play the fool
Synonyms
- 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
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
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Synonyms for fool
one deficient in judgment and good sense
a person who is easily deceived or victimized
to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation
to waste time by engaging in aimless activity
to move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion
fool around: to waste time by engaging in aimless activity
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fool around: to engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior
fool around: to be sexually unfaithful to another
fool away: to spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly
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The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Synonyms for fool
a person who lacks good judgment
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
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Related Words
spend frivolously and unwisely
fool or hoax
indulge in horseplay
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