FOOL

/fuːl/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. noun a person who lacks good judgment. — synonyms: sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
  2. noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. — synonyms: chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall_guy, sucker, soft_touch, mug
  3. noun a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. — synonyms: jester, motley_fool
  4. verb make a fool or dupe of. — synonyms: gull, befool
  5. verb spend frivolously and unwisely. — synonyms: fritter, frivol_away, dissipate, shoot, fritter_away, fool_away
  6. verb fool or hoax. — synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, put_on, take_in, put_one_over
  7. verb indulge in horseplay. — synonyms: horse_around, arse_around, fool_around

Examples

  • “The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.”
  • “an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool”

Anagrams of FOOL

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