Fool

//fuːl//

Synonyms for "fool" (540 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (108)

Strong matches (162)

cull dabble dabbler daffy daft dally dawdle dazed deceive defraud delude derision dilettante dimwit dizzy dolt donkey doodle dope doting

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Noun(62 words)

cumwad der-brain dickhead dicklick dildo dill pickle dim bulb ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong dingleberry dipshit dipstick dirtbrain div divvo divvy dog doldrum dolt

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Verb(8 words)

dissipate dupe fool around fool away fritter fritter away frivol away gull

Related words (270)

Noun(86 words)

homer simpson idiot jack pudding jackaninny jamoke jerk jerkoff jokeman joker jolterhead jolthead juggins jughead knucklehead lamebrain laughing stock loggerhead lunatic lunk lunkhead

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hoodwink horn in humbug idiot idiotic idle ignoramus illiterate illiterati imbecile inane inept infatuated innocent insane instrument interfere interlink interlope intermeddle

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invite ridicule jack-pudding jackass jay jerk jerk off jest jestingstock job joke joker jokester jolly josh kid kid around know nothing know-nothing kooky laughingstock lead lead on leadpipe cinch loiter loon loony loser lowbrow mad madman make make believe mark maudlin meddle meddle with merry-andrew mess around middlebrow milksop misinform mislead mockery monkey monkey around monkey with mooncalf moron moronic motley motley fool mug mystify natural nincompoop ninny ninnyhammer nit nitwit no scholar nonsensical noodle nuffy numskull nutty oaf outsmart pantalone pantaloon patsy pickle-herring piddle pigeon pinhead play play around play the buffoon play the fool play with plaything pluck polichinelle poop potter pretend prize sap puddinghead pulcinella punch punchinello pushover put one on putter rag rattlebrain razz retard rib rig romp sap saphead sappy scaramouch scatterbrain schlemiel schmuck screwy senseless sentimental silly simple sitting duck smatter snow softhead sop spectacle spoof stock stooge string string along stupid sucker swindle take take in tamper tamper with target tease tenderfoot thoughtless tinker tomfool tool toy toy with trap trick trifle trifle with trusting soul turkey twiddle twist twit unintelligentsia victim victimize wacky wanton wet witless zany

Verb(8 words)

horse around illude put on put one across put one over shoot slang take in

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

25 entries

betray buffoon clown consume cozen deceive delude dotard dupe git goof goofball jest joke lead astray lead on

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Antonyms

2 entries

smart wise

Synonyms

8 entries

blockhead chump fritter gobshite gull horse around jester simpleton

Related terms

7 entries

foolish glaik halfwit idiot insane jester retarded

capable of

5 entries

labor in vain pick nose smoke cigarette spend all money suffer gladly

coordinate

1 entries

mess

defined as

1 entries

archetype of creative emptiness

derived

83 entries

April Fools' Day April fool April-fool Lord Mayor's fool a fool and his money are soon parted act a fool act the fool archfool audiophool befool cut the fool damnfool fat as a fool flannelled fool fool about

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distinct from

1 entries

smart

has a

1 entries

said there no god

has context

5 entries

capitalized cooking historical pejorative slang

has property

1 entries

more clever than wise man

is a

2 entries

simpleton who does stupid things

manner of

1 entries

deceive

related to

29 entries

buddy card court court jester cream custard deceive dessert dude foolish foolish person gullible gullible person idiotic intelligence jester

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Translations

486 translations across 92 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

flous noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐔵𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔰 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Albanian

4 entries

budalla noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
gaztor noun (jester)
i marrë noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
idiot noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μωρός noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ἄφρων noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Arabic

4 entries

أَحْمَق noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
جحش noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
حمار noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
سَفِيه noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Armenian

3 entries

խեղկատակ noun (jester)
հիմար noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
հիմարացնել verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Asturian

3 entries

neciu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tontu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ñeciu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Avar

2 entries

ахӏмакъ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
гӏабдал noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

abdal noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
axmaq noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Belarusian

2 entries

ду́рань noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
кеп noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Bengali

3 entries

উন্দা বুন্দা noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
বোকা noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
মূর্খ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Bulgarian

4 entries

абда́л noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
глупа́к noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
глупа́чка noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
глупе́ц noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Burmese

1 entries

ဗာလ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Catalan

4 entries

beneit noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
boig noun (tarot card)
idiota noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tros de quòniam noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Chichewa

1 entries

chitsiru noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Chinese

1 entries

歁囝 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

愚人 noun (tarot card)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

傻子 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
傻瓜 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
呆子 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
愚人 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Chuvash

1 entries

ухмах noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Czech

4 entries

blb noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
blbec noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
blboun noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
blázen noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Danish

4 entries

fjols noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
grødhoved noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
nar noun (jester)
torsk noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Dutch

4 entries

domme gans noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
dwaas noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
dwaas noun (tarot card)
dwazin noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Esperanto

3 entries

bufono noun (jester)
malsaĝulo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
stultulo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Estonian

4 entries

loll noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
narr noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tobu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tola noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Faroese

2 entries

býttlingur noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
dári noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Finnish

4 entries

daiju noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
hassu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
hedelmärahka noun (dessert)
houkka noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

French

4 entries

abruti noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
andouille noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bouffon noun (jester)
couillon noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Galician

4 entries

alvardán noun (jester)
arlequín noun (jester)
babeco noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
babiolo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Georgian

4 entries

ბრიყვი noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
დებილი noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
იდიოტი noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
სულელი noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

German

4 entries

Dummkopf noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
Eulenspiegel noun (jester)
Lööl noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
Mus noun (dessert)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Greek

4 entries

ανόητος noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
γελωτοποιός noun (jester)
κάρτα ταρό noun (tarot card)
τζουτζές noun (jester)

Gujarati

3 entries

ચોદુ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
મૂરખ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
મૂર્ખ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Hebrew

4 entries

גולם \ גֹּלֶם noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
טִפֵּשׁ \ טיפש noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
כְּסִיל noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
שׁוֹטֶה noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Hindi

1 entries

मूर्ख noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Hungarian

4 entries

bolond noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bolond noun (one who derives pleasure from something specified)
bolond noun (tarot card)
gyümölcsfelfújt noun (dessert)

Icelandic

1 entries

bjáni noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Indonesian

2 entries

bego noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tolol noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Ingrian

4 entries

bolvana noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
durakka noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
foofana noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
hapalka noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Irish

4 entries

amadán noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
baothán noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
leibide noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
óinseach noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Italian

4 entries

buffone noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
buffone noun (jester)
buffone di corte noun (jester)
cretino noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Japanese

4 entries

あほ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
アホ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
惚け noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
愚か者 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Javanese

1 entries

sontoloyo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Kazakh

1 entries

ақымақ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Khmer

4 entries

មនុស្សល្ងីល្ងើ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ល្ងីល្ងើ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
អាឃ្លោក noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
អាងោះ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Korean

3 entries

광대 noun (tarot card)
바보 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
백치 noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

акмак noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
келесоо noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Lao

1 entries

ຄົນໂງ່ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Latgalian

2 entries

cuļss noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
nagudrais noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Latin

4 entries

mōra noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
mōrus noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
scurra noun (jester)
stultus noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Latvian

4 entries

duraks noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
muļķe noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
muļķis noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
neprāte noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Lithuanian

2 entries

juokdarys noun (jester)
kvailys noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Macedonian

3 entries

абдал noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
будала noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
шут noun (jester)

Malay

1 entries

bodoh noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Maltese

1 entries

iqarqu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Māori

4 entries

hukehuke noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
hākawa noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
kāeaea noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ngoungoua noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Norwegian

3 entries

narr noun (jester)
lure verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)
narre verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

dust noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tosk noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tulling noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Old Norse

3 entries

api noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
fífl noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
leikari noun (jester)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

طوی noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Persian

3 entries

ابله noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
احمق noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
خنگ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Noa noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Polish

4 entries

baran noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bałwan noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bęcwał noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
błazen noun (jester)

Portuguese

4 entries

bobo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bobo noun (jester)
bobo da corte noun (jester)
burro noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Romanian

4 entries

bufon noun (jester)
prost noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
prosti verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)
păcăli verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Russian

4 entries

балбе́с noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
болва́н noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
глупе́ц noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
деби́л noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Sanskrit

1 entries

दुर्मति noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Sardinian

2 entries

ballaloi noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
grìnci noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

amadan noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
òinseach noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

abdal noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bedak noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
budala noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
buzda noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Sicilian

1 entries

babbu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Sinhalese

2 entries

මැට්ටා noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
මෝඩයා noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Slovak

4 entries

blbec noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
blázon noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
hlupák noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
okabátiť verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Slovene

4 entries

bedak noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bizgec noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
budalo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bukselj noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Somali

1 entries

doqon noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Spanish

4 entries

besugo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bobo noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
bufón noun (jester)
bufón noun (tarot card)

Swahili

3 entries

fala noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
juha noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
mjinga noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Swedish

4 entries

dåre noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
fåne noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
kräm noun (dessert)
narr noun (jester)

Tajik

2 entries

аблаҳ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
аҳмақ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Tamil

2 entries

முட்டாள் noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ஏமாற்று verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Thai

3 entries

คนโง่ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ควาย noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ตุ่น noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Tocharian A

1 entries

āknats noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Tocharian B

1 entries

aknātsa noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Turkish

4 entries

ahmak noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
aptal noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
budala noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
salak noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Turkmen

2 entries

paňkelle noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
samsyk noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бевзь noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
бла́зень noun (jester)
ду́рень noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
ду́рник noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Unami

1 entries

kèpchat noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Urdu

1 entries

مورکھ noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Uzbek

2 entries

ahmoq noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
tentak noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Vietnamese

3 entries

kẻ ngốc noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
thằng ngu noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
trò đùa verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Yiddish

4 entries

גולם noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
טיפּש noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
לץ noun (jester)
נאַר noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Zazaki

2 entries

gêc (diq) noun (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
xapeynen verb (to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You must be a fool.

Source: tatoeba (15858)

Do you take me for a fool?

Source: tatoeba (16075)

I can't help being a fool.

Source: tatoeba (16929)

He is no more a fool than you are.

Source: tatoeba (17601)

Showing 4 of 38 available sentences.

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