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Fool

🔄 Synonyms of "Fool"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
anserinenoun	Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
marknoun	(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
zanynoun	Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
sillynoun	Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
codnoun	A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
sapnoun	(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
foolish	(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
sappy	(US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
dissipateverb	(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
goofynoun	silly, quirky
suckernoun	A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
shootverb	To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
dupenoun	To swindle, deceive, or trick.
wackynoun	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
cockamamy	foolish, silly
cockamamienoun	(informal) Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
take inverb	(transitive) To receive.
dopey	Stupid, silly.
sapheadnoun	A simpleton, a stupid person.
unreasonable	Not reasonable; going beyond what could be expected or asked for.
slangnoun	Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
chumpnoun	(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
jesternoun	One who jests, jokes or teases.
patsynoun	A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
gullnoun	A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fool"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
mugginsnoun	A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
schlemielnoun	A loser or a fool.
dopey	Stupid, silly.
sapheadnoun	A simpleton, a stupid person.
anserinenoun	(biochemistry) A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.
chumpnoun	(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
cockamamy	foolish, silly
tomfoolnoun	A silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man.
foolish	(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
goofynoun	Synonym of goof.
stupidnoun	Without intelligence.
wackynoun	(geology) Alternative form of wacke. [(geology) A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.]
arse aroundverb	(intransitive, slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.
sillynoun	Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
zanynoun	(archaic) A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
fool aroundverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
fool awayverb	(idiomatic) to waste, squander
horse aroundverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in horseplay.
fritter awayverb	(transitive) To squander or waste.
befoolverb	(transitive, archaic) To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).