fool
1. a person who lacks good judgment (Freq. 25)
• Syn:
sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
• Hypernyms:
simpleton, simple
• Hyponyms:
ass, clown, buffoon, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman,
fucker, fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass,
goose, cuckoo, twat, zany, meshuggeneh, meshuggener,
morosoph, putz, wally
2. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy,
sucker, soft touch, mug
• Derivationally related forms:
suck (for: sucker), gull (for: gull)
• Hypernyms:
victim, dupe
3. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
jester, motley fool
• Derivationally related forms:
jest (for: jester)
• Hypernyms:
clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew
1. make a fool or dupe of (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
gull, befool
• Derivationally related forms:
gull (for: gull)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. fool or hoax
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
• Syn:
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod,
put on, take in, put one over, put one across
• Derivationally related forms:
take-in (for: take in), put-on (for: put on), dupe (for: dupe), dupery (for: dupe), gull (for: gull)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, betray, lead astray
• Hyponyms:
pull the leg of, kid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: put one over)
3. indulge in horseplay
- Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!
- The bored children were fooling about
• Syn:
horse around, arse around, fool around
• Derivationally related forms:
foolery
• Hypernyms:
play, joke, jest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
• Syn:
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away
• Derivationally related forms:
dissipation (for: dissipate)
• Hypernyms:
consume, squander, waste, ware
• Entailment:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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