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foolsnounpl. of fool a person who lacks good sense or judgmentonly a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared berks(British), boobies, charlies(also charleys, British), cuckoos, ding-a-lings, dingbats, ding-dongs, dipsticks, doofuses(also dufuses, slang), featherheads, geese, gits(British), half-wits, jackasses, lunatics, mooncalves, nincompoops, ninnies, ninnyhammers, nits(chiefly British), nitwits, nutcases, nuts, simpletons, simps, turkeys, yo-yos daredevilsmadmen, madwomenairheads, birdbrains, blockheads, dodoes(or dodos), dolts, donkeys, dopes, dorks(slang), dumbbells, dummies, dunces, fatheads, ganders, goons, half-wits, idiots, ignoramuses(also ignorami), imbeciles, know-nothings, knuckleheads, morons, numskulls(or numbskulls), pinheads, schlubs(also shlubs, slang), schlumps(slang), schnooks(slang), stocksfeatherbrains, scatterbrainsbutts, dupes, laughingstocks, mockeries, monkeyschumps, losers, schlemiels(also shlemiels)characters, codgers, crackbrains, crackpots, cranks, kooks, oddballs, screwballs, weirdos sages, thinkersbrains, geniuses(or genii) a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranksa king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't jesters, motleys buffoons, clowns, comedians, comediennes, comics, cutups, drolls, harlequins, jokers, jokesters, madcaps, merry-andrews, vices, wags, zaniesmimes, mummers a person with a strong and habitual liking for somethingI'm a fool for ice cream addicts, aficionados(also afficionados), buffs, bugs, devotees, enthusiasts, fanatics, fanciers, fans, fiends, freaks, habitués(also habitues), heads, hounds, junkies, lovers, maniacs, mavens(also mavins), nuts, suckers groupiesadmirers, amateurs, collectors, connoisseurs, dilettantes(or dilettanti)authorities, expertsadherents, converts, cultists, disciples, followers, hangers-on, votariesadvocates, apostles, backers, champions, evangelists, exponents, friends, patrons, promoters, proponents, supporterspartisans(also partizans), zealotsboosters, rooters, well-wishersfaddists nonfans nonadmirersbelittlers, carpers, critics, detractors a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mindhe got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool bugs, crackbrains, crazies, fruitcakes, head cases, loonies, loons, lunatics, maniacs, nutcases, nuts, nutters(British slang), psychopaths, psychos, sickies, sickos, wackos(also whackos) madmen, madwomenabnormals, deviantsmanic-depressives, monomaniacs, mythomaniacs, neurotics, obsessive-compulsives, obsessives, paranoids, psychoneurotics, psychotics, schizoids, schizophrenes, schizophrenics, schizos, sociopathscharacters, codgers, crackpots, cracks, cranks, eccentrics, fantastics, flakes, kooks, oddballs, oddities, originals, quizzes, screwballs, tykes(also tikes, chiefly British), weirdos, zaniescases, patients foolsverbpresent tense third-person singular of foolto cause to believe what is untrueI fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party bamboozles, beguiles, bluffs, buffaloes, burns, catches, cons, cozens, deceives, deludes, dupes, fakes out, gaffs, gammons, gulls, has, has on(chiefly British), hoaxes, hoodwinks, hornswoggles, humbugs, juggles, misguides, misinforms, misleads, snookers, snows, spoofs, strings along, suckers, sucks in, takes in, tricks kids, puts on, teasesbleeds, cheats, chisels, defrauds, diddles, euchres, fleeces, flimflams, gyps, hustles, mulcts, rooks, shortchanges, skins, squeezes, sticks, stings, swindles does a number on, leads one down the garden path(also leads one up the garden path), pulls one's leg, pulls the wool over one's eyes undeceives debunks, exposes, reveals, shows up, uncloaks, uncovers, unmasksdiscloses, divulges, tells, unveilsdisabuses, disenchants, disillusions to make jokesan edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience banters, chaffs, funs, gags, japes, jests, jives, jokes, jollies, joshes, kids, quips, wisecracks, yuks(or yucks, slang) gibes(or jibes), hazes, jeers, mocks, rags, rallies, razzes, ribs, ridicules, teasescaricatures, lampoons, parodies, satirizesamuses, diverts, entertains cracks wise |