Foolish

//ˈfuː.lɪʃ//

Synonyms for "foolish" (345 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (69)

unwise absurd asinine fond idiotic mindless preposterous ridiculous scatterbrained silly addled airy antic apish arch batty befooled beguiled bemused besotted

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beyond belief bizarre blameworthy blockheaded boneheaded brainless brash buffoonish catchpenny childish cockamamie cockeyed comical confused crazy credulous cuckoo daffy daft dazed demented devilish dim

Adjective(25 words)

absurd asinine ass-brained baby-brained balmy barmy bedaft bee-brained beetle-headed birdbrained boobily booby boofheaded buffle-headed bullet-headed chowderheaded chuckleheaded crackbrained crackpot daft

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dateless dense dented derpy dim-headed

Adjective(1 words)

anserine

Strong matches (104)

dim-witted dippy dizzy dopey doting dotty dull-witted dumb elfish elvish empty empty-headed erratic extravagant fantastic fantastical farcical fatuitous fatuous feebleminded

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Adjective(32 words)

dim-witted dopey dozy drowsy dull dull-headed dull-witted dumb dumb as a post dumb as an ox dumb as dirt duncelike duncical dunderheaded fatheaded fatuous flea-brained for the birds fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded

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gauvison goofy half-brained half-witted hammer-headed headass idiotic idle immaterial inconsequential inconsiderable indifferent

Adjective(5 words)

dopey dopy gooselike goosey goosy

Related words (172)

insane insensate irrational knavish kooky lackbrained laughable lean-minded lean-witted light light-headed loony ludicrous mad maudlin meaningless mischief-loving mischievous misguided monstrous

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Adjective(61 words)

insignificant insipient jolterheaded lackluster loony lumpish lunkheaded meatheaded mentally challenged miserable mookish muttonheaded naive nitty nothingburger numbskulled peabrained petty picayune piddling

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Adjective(1 words)

jerky

Related word relations

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

10 relation types

More general

2 entries

lacking weak-minded

More specific

1 entries

gullible

Antonyms

2 entries

wise

Synonyms

7 entries

absurd asinine gooselike idiotic ridiculous silly unwise

Related terms

9 entries

cretinous daft as a brush fool imbecilic insane lame moronic retarded thick as a brick

derived

8 entries

a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds foolishly foolishment foolishness overfoolish penny wise and pound foolish pound-foolish unfoolish

derived from

1 entries

fool

distinct from

1 entries

wise

related to

8 entries

fool ill advised impolitic imprudent inadvisable judgement sense unwise

similar

44 entries

absurd cockeyed derisory derp fond goofy harebrained idiotic ill conceived ill-advised ill-conceived impolitic imprudent inadvisable

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Translations

193 translations across 78 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

budalla adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἄφρων adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Arabic

4 entries

أَحْمَق adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
سَفِيهٌ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
غَبِيّ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
مُغَفَّل adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Armenian

3 entries

ապուշ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
հիմար adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
տխմար adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Asturian

2 entries

neciu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
ñeciu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

axmaq adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
ağılsız adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Belarusian

1 entries

дурны́ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Bengali

1 entries

মূর্খ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Breton

1 entries

sod adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Bulgarian

3 entries

глу́пав adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
глупав adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
неразу́мен adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Burmese

1 entries

မိုက်မဲ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries

bacciloi adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
bovu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
lolloi adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
managu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Catalan

1 entries

ximple adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᎸᏓᎴᏍᎩ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

傻 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
笨 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

傻 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
愚蠢的 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
笨 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
蠢 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Chuukese

1 entries

tiparoch adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Czech

2 entries

hloupý adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
pošetilý adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Danish

2 entries

dum adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
tåbelig adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Dutch

2 entries

dom adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
onverstandig adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Esperanto

2 entries

malsaĝa adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
stulta adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Estonian

4 entries

loll adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
narr adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
rumal adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
tobe adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Faroese

4 entries

býttisligur adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
býttur adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
fávitskutur adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
óvitskutur adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Finnish

1 entries

houkkamainen adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

French

4 entries

bête adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
idiot adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
sot adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
stupide adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Galician

1 entries

necio adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Georgian

1 entries

სულელი adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

German

4 entries

dumm adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
dumm adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
närrisch adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
närrisch adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Greek

1 entries

ανόητος adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Hebrew

4 entries

טיפשי adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
טיפשי adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
מטופש adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
מטופש adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)

Hindi

1 entries

मूर्ख adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Hungarian

1 entries

buta adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Icelandic

1 entries

heimskur adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Ido

1 entries

dessaja adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Irish

3 entries

aimhghlic adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
díchéillí adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
leibideach adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Italian

2 entries

babbeo adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
sciocco adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Japanese

3 entries

愚かな adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
馬鹿げた adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
馬鹿な adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

tolobásku adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Kapampangan

2 entries

bolang adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
borbolen adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Khmer

1 entries

ភ្លើ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Korean

2 entries

둔하다 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
어리석다 adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Ladino

1 entries

bovo adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Latin

4 entries

fatuus adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
ineptus adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
mōrus adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
stultus adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Latvian

4 entries

dumjš adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
dumjš adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
muļķīgs adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
muļķīgs adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kvailas adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
neprotingas adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

domm adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
topeg adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Macedonian

1 entries

глупав adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Manx

4 entries

blebbinagh adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
blebbinagh adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
bolvaneagh adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
bolvaneagh adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)

Māori

4 entries

heahea adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
hukehuke adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
manuware adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
nenekara adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

dum adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
tåpelig adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Oromo

1 entries

gowwaa adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

خفیف adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Persian

2 entries

احمق adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
ببو adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Polish

2 entries

głupi adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
niemądry adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Portuguese

2 entries

idiota adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
tolo adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Romanian

3 entries

nerod adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
prost adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
tont adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Russian

4 entries

глу́пый adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
дура́цкий adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
дурно́й adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
идио́тский adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Sardinian

4 entries

bovu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
dòndoro adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
menzosu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
ménzu adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

amaideach adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
amaideach adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
faoin adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

budalast adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
glup adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
будаласт adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
глуп adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Sidamo

1 entries

gowwa adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Slovak

2 entries

hlúpy adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
pochabý adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Slovene

3 entries

butast adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
neumen adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
trapast adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Spanish

4 entries

estulto adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
imprudente adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
insensato adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
lonyi adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Swedish

2 entries

dum adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
dåraktig adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Telugu

2 entries

పిచ్చి adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
మూర్ఖ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Thai

1 entries

โง่ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Tocharian A

1 entries

āknats adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Tocharian B

1 entries

aknātsa adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Turkish

4 entries

ahmak adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
akılsız adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
angut adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
aptalca adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Tày

3 entries

bả adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
bả mướng adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
phoóc adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Ukrainian

1 entries

дурни́й adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Unami

3 entries

kpëche adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)
kpëche adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)
kpëcheinakwsi adj (resembling or characteristic of a fool)

Urdu

1 entries

مورکھ adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Vietnamese

1 entries

dại dột adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Volapük

1 entries

fopik adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Yiddish

1 entries

נאַריש adj (lacking good sense or judgement; unwise)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There was a feeling of constraint in the room; no one dared to tell the king how foolish his decision was.

Source: tatoeba (2011)

You must put an end to your foolish behavior.

Source: tatoeba (16434)

It appears that you have made a foolish mistake.

Source: tatoeba (16436)

You must put an end to this foolish behavior.

Source: tatoeba (16668)

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