fool - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

Synonyms

• chump
• fall guy
• fool
• gull
• mark
• mug
• patsy
• soft touch
• sucker

More generic

• dupe
• victim

Noun

a person who lacks good judgment

Synonyms

• fool
• muggins
• sap
• saphead
• tomfool

More generic

• simple
• simpleton

More specific

• ass
• bozo
• buffoon
• clown
• cuckoo
• fathead
• flibbertigibbet
• foolish woman
• fucker
• goof
• goofball
• goose
• jackass
• meshuggeneh
• meshuggener
• morosoph
• putz
• twat
• wally
• zany

Noun

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

Synonyms

• fool
• jester
• motley fool

More generic

• buffoon
• clown
• goof
• goofball
• merry andrew

Verb

indulge in horseplay

Synonyms

• arse around
• fool
• fool around
• horse around

More generic

• jest
• joke
• play

Verb

fool or hoax

Synonyms

• befool
• cod
• dupe
• fool
• gull
• put on
• put one across
• put one over
• slang
• take in

More generic

• betray
• deceive
• lead astray

More specific

• kid
• pull the leg of

Verb

spend frivolously and unwisely

Synonyms

• dissipate
• fool
• fool away
• fritter
• fritter away
• frivol away
• shoot

More generic

• consume
• squander
• ware
• waste

Related

• consume
• deplete
• eat
• eat up
• exhaust
• run through
• use up
• wipe out

Verb

make a fool or dupe of

Synonyms

• befool
• fool
• gull

More generic

• cozen
• deceive
• delude
• lead on

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