fool

1 of 3

noun

ˈfül

: a person lacking in judgment or prudence

Only a fool would ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.

: a retainer (see retainer entry 1 sense 1) formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble

: one who is victimized or made to appear foolish : dupe

History has made fools of many rash prophets.

: a harmlessly deranged person or one lacking in common powers of understanding

: one with a marked propensity or fondness for something

a dancing fool

a fool for candy

: a cold dessert of pureed fruit mixed with whipped cream or custard

fool

2 of 3

adjective

: foolish, silly

barking its fool head off

fool

3 of 3

verb

fooled; fooling; fools

intransitive verb

: to behave foolishly

told the children to stop their fooling

Synonyms

Noun

berk [British]
booby
charlie [British]
charley
cuckoo
ding-a-ling
dingbat
ding-dong
dipstick
doofus [slang]
featherhead
git [British]
goose
half-wit
jackass
lunatic
mooncalf
nincompoop
ninny
ninnyhammer
nit [chiefly British]
nitwit
nut
nutcase
simp
simpleton
turkey
yo-yo

Adjective

absurd
asinine
balmy
brainless
bubbleheaded
cockeyed
crackpot
crazy
cuckoo
daffy
daft
dippy
dotty
fatuous
featherheaded
foolish
half-baked
half-witted
harebrained
inept
insane
jerky
kooky
kookie
loony
looney
lunatic
lunkheaded
mad
nonsensical
nutty
preposterous
sappy
screwball
senseless
silly
simpleminded
stupid
tomfool
unwise
wacky
whacky
weak-minded
witless
zany

Verb

bamboozle
beguile
bluff
buffalo
burn
catch
con
cozen
deceive
delude
dupe
fake out
gaff
gammon
gull
have
have on [chiefly British]
hoax
hoodwink
hornswoggle
humbug
juggle
misguide
misinform
mislead
snooker
snow
spoof
string along
suck in
sucker
take in
trick

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun those fools who ride motorcycles without wearing helmets Only a fool would ask such a silly question. You'd be a fool to believe what he tells you. You're making yourself look like a fool. Adjective The dog was barking its fool head off. Some fool driver kept trying to pass me! Verb When she first told us that she was getting married, we thought she was fooling. His disguise didn't fool anybody. He really had me fooled. Stop fooling yourself—she doesn't really love you. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Mahomes is motivated after a disappointing end to 2021, and only a fool would pick the Chargers to take the division.

Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Other suspects considered Köpernick a heartless lover, a wastrel father, a blackmailer, a fool and a creep.

Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Fox plays a major character role — curious, energetic, sometimes a bit of a fool, always entertaining.

Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022 In America in 2022, distress was the new gold—or maybe fool’s gold.

Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 But to play amateur shrink—or worse, amateur judge—is a fool’s errand at best and cruel at worst.

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Aug. 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting.

Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 Only a fool thinks the funniest comics are the most popular or that deeply respected ones don’t remain obscure.

New York Times, 14 July 2022 Kaiser’s latest turn will do little to dissuade some skeptics, given that the very value of a cryptocurrency rests on what those critics say is finding a greater fool to buy it.

Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 2 July 2022

Verb

But about $20 billion of those payments went to scammers who posed as prison inmates — or, in one instance, faked being Sen. Dianne Feinstein — to fool state officials into sending them checks.

Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The tech blogger Ben Dickson has argued that GPT-3’s ability to fool readers into believing its output was human-written isn’t proof of its sophistication, but evidence of our impoverished expectations.

WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 The message attempted to fool the person into entering a credit card number to pay to fix the computer.

Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The point of his original documentary had been broader: to demonstrate that pretty much anyone could fool a doping test.

Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 In their response, the company explained that this was a friendly comment not intended to fool anyone, and Gayle never tried to hide the fact that the song already existed.

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2022 The chicken itself is cooked thoroughly, and a shade of brown that may fool consumers into thinking the breading is burnt.

Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022 Our noses are difficult to fool—the number of smells humans can distinguish may be as many as one trillion—so it’s sometimes better not to try.

Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Be wary of those that try to fool us by proclaiming that their AI driving system has an unblemished record.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More

Kids Definition

fool 1 of 2

noun

ˈfül

: a person without good sense or judgment

: jester

fool

2 of 2

verb

fooled; fooling

: to speak or act in a playful way or in fun : joke

We were only fooling.

: trick entry 2

Don't let them fool you.

: to spend time in an aimless way

We fooled around in the playground before school.

: to play with or handle something carelessly

Don't fool with my science project.

单词	fooling
释义	fool 1 of 3 noun ˈfül 1 : a person lacking in judgment or prudence Only a fool would ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. 2 a : a retainer (see retainer entry 1 sense 1) formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble b : one who is victimized or made to appear foolish : dupe History has made fools of many rash prophets. 3 a : a harmlessly deranged person or one lacking in common powers of understanding b : one with a marked propensity or fondness for something a dancing fool a fool for candy 4 : a cold dessert of pureed fruit mixed with whipped cream or custard fool 2 of 3 adjective : foolish, silly barking its fool head off fool 3 of 3 verb fooled; fooling; fools intransitive verb 1 a : to behave foolishly told the children to stop their fooling see also fool around b : to meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly Don't fool with that drill. see also fool around with 2 a : to play or improvise a comic role b : to speak in jest : joke I was only fooling 3 : to contend or fight without serious intent or with less than full strength : toy a dangerous man to fool with transitive verb 1 : to make a fool of : deceive 2 obsolete : infatuate 3 : to spend on trifles or without advantage : fritter —used with away Synonyms Noun berk [British] booby charlie [British] charley cuckoo ding-a-ling dingbat ding-dong dipstick doofus [slang] featherhead git [British] goose half-wit jackass lunatic mooncalf nincompoop ninny ninnyhammer nit [chiefly British] nitwit nut nutcase simp simpleton turkey yo-yo Adjective absurd asinine balmy brainless bubbleheaded cockeyed crackpot crazy cuckoo daffy daft dippy dotty fatuous featherheaded foolish half-baked half-witted harebrained inept insane jerky kooky kookie loony looney lunatic lunkheaded mad nonsensical nutty preposterous sappy screwball senseless silly simpleminded stupid tomfool unwise wacky whacky weak-minded witless zany Verb bamboozle beguile bluff buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink hornswoggle humbug juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun those fools who ride motorcycles without wearing helmets Only a fool would ask such a silly question. You'd be a fool to believe what he tells you. You're making yourself look like a fool. Adjective The dog was barking its fool head off. Some fool driver kept trying to pass me! Verb When she first told us that she was getting married, we thought she was fooling. His disguise didn't fool anybody. He really had me fooled. Stop fooling yourself—she doesn't really love you. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Mahomes is motivated after a disappointing end to 2021, and only a fool would pick the Chargers to take the division. Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Other suspects considered Köpernick a heartless lover, a wastrel father, a blackmailer, a fool and a creep. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Fox plays a major character role — curious, energetic, sometimes a bit of a fool, always entertaining. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022 In America in 2022, distress was the new gold—or maybe fool’s gold. Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 But to play amateur shrink—or worse, amateur judge—is a fool’s errand at best and cruel at worst. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Aug. 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting. Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 Only a fool thinks the funniest comics are the most popular or that deeply respected ones don’t remain obscure. New York Times, 14 July 2022 Kaiser’s latest turn will do little to dissuade some skeptics, given that the very value of a cryptocurrency rests on what those critics say is finding a greater fool to buy it. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Verb But about $20 billion of those payments went to scammers who posed as prison inmates — or, in one instance, faked being Sen. Dianne Feinstein — to fool state officials into sending them checks. Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The tech blogger Ben Dickson has argued that GPT-3’s ability to fool readers into believing its output was human-written isn’t proof of its sophistication, but evidence of our impoverished expectations. WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 The message attempted to fool the person into entering a credit card number to pay to fix the computer. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The point of his original documentary had been broader: to demonstrate that pretty much anyone could fool a doping test. Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 In their response, the company explained that this was a friendly comment not intended to fool anyone, and Gayle never tried to hide the fact that the song already existed. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2022 The chicken itself is cooked thoroughly, and a shade of brown that may fool consumers into thinking the breading is burnt. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022 Our noses are difficult to fool—the number of smells humans can distinguish may be as many as one trillion—so it’s sometimes better not to try. Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Be wary of those that try to fool us by proclaiming that their AI driving system has an unblemished record. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun, Adjective, and Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag — more at belly First Known Use Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined above Verb circa 1529, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a Phrases Containing fool a fool for a fool and his money are soon parted act/play the fool fool about with fool about any fool April fool fool's cap fool of a fool around with fool around fool's paradise fool's gold fool's parsley fool's errand fool with make a fool of oneself make a fool (out) of not fool about not fool around (the) more fool one there's no fool like an old fool See More a fool for a fool and his money are soon parted act/play the fool fool about with fool about any fool April fool fool's cap fool of a fool around with fool around fool's paradise fool's gold fool's parsley fool's errand fool with make a fool of oneself make a fool (out) of not fool about not fool around (the) more fool one there's no fool like an old fool See More Kids Definition fool 1 of 2 noun ˈfül 1 : a person without good sense or judgment 2 : jester fool 2 of 2 verb fooled; fooling 1 : to speak or act in a playful way or in fun : joke We were only fooling. 2 : trick entry 2 Don't let them fool you. 3 : to spend time in an aimless way We fooled around in the playground before school. 4 : to play with or handle something carelessly Don't fool with my science project. fooling 1 of 3 adjective as in joking marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing ribbed him with fooling comments about how much his hair had grayed Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance joking kidding mocking bantering jesting rallying ridiculing funning sarcastic ribbing razzing joshing baiting quizzical taunting chaffing deriding jeering bandying needling hassling heckling quipping derisive contemptuous scornful derisory disdainful fooling 2 of 3 noun as in hoodwinking Synonyms & Similar Words hoodwinking ruse deception trickery subterfuge wile deceit stratagem prank delusion fraud practical joke sham skylarking escapade trick caper roguery gag antic knavery shavie hanky-panky shine(s) lark frolic monkeyshine(s) kidding rag teasing joking dido jest experience capriccio high jinks time tomfoolery horseplay roughhousing adventure waggery rowdyism hoax hijinks ploy game play shenanigan(s) gambit maneuver stunt mission performance deed feat fooling 3 of 3 verb present participle of fool 1 as in tricking to cause to believe what is untrue I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party Synonyms & Similar Words tricking deceiving kidding deluding teasing duping conning hoodwinking gulling misleading misinforming misguiding bamboozling suckering bluffing hoaxing spoofing catching cheating humbugging juggling snookering cozening gammoning having snowing gaffing beguiling stinging burning sucking in stringing along taking in hornswoggling having on buffaloing faking out defrauding swindling sticking doing a number on pulling one's leg leading one up the garden path fleecing leading one down the garden path pulling the wool over one's eyes shortchanging diddling hustling rooking mulcting chiseling bleeding putting on squeezing skinning euchring chiselling flimflamming Antonyms & Near Antonyms exposing revealing telling uncovering disclosing unmasking debunking undeceiving divulging disabusing showing up unveiling disillusioning uncloaking disenchanting See More 2 as in funning to make jokes an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience Synonyms & Similar Words joking funning kidding bantering jollying jesting jiving ridiculing japing teasing yucking yukking quipping wisecracking joshing mocking gagging cracking wise satirizing amusing chaffing razzing gibing parodying ragging caricaturing jeering lampooning entertaining jibing ribbing rallying hazing diverting
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fool

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