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fool
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- pronunciation:
- ful
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a person who does not have good sense or judgment.
Max was a fool to think he could get up late and make it to school on time.- synonyms:
- idiot
- similar words:
- ass, dummy, dunce
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definition 2: |
a person who has been or is likely to be tricked or made to look silly.
I felt like a fool when I slipped and fell in the cafeteria.- similar words:
- butt, pigeon, sap
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definition 3: |
a person whose job was to entertain people by acting in a funny or foolish way for a king or noble; jester.
- synonyms:
- jester
- similar words:
- clown
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related words: |
comedian, idiot, moron, target |
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
fools, fooling, fooled |
definition 1: |
to trick into believing something that is not true; deceive.
He fooled his mother with a card trick.- synonyms:
- deceive, kid, trick
- similar words:
- bluff, cheat, mislead, swindle
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definition 2: |
to pretend; tease.
He said he was a nuclear rocket scientist, but he was only fooling.- synonyms:
- make believe
- similar words:
- counterfeit
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definition 3: |
to act without serious purpose or in a silly way (usually followed by "around").
They were fooling around when they should have been working.- synonyms:
- mess around
- similar words:
- fiddle around, frolic, play, putter, trifle
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related words: |
clown, joke, lie, mystify, outwit, tamper |
Fool comes from follis, a Latin word that means "bellows" or "leather bag." Later, it came to be used for an empty-headed person.
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