fool
/ful/noun, verb1 syllable
Fool means: fool or hoax.
Synonyms for fool45
noun, as in a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
noun, as in a person who lacks good judgment
noun, as in a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
verb, as in fool or hoax
verb, as in spend frivolously and unwisely
verb, as in indulge in horseplay
verb, as in make a fool or dupe of
also used for fool
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What does fool mean?7
verb
fool or hoax“The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”
spend frivolously and unwisely“Fritter away one's inheritance”
indulge in horseplay“Enough horsing around — let's get back to work!”
make a fool or dupe of
noun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
a person who lacks good judgment
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with fool?10
Fool in a sentence
- A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.unknown
- My father is, so to speak, a learned fool.unknown
- A fool, when he is silent, is counted to be wise.unknown
- He is, so to speak, a learned fool.unknown
- He is a wise fool, so to speak.Zifre
- If you dress like that at your age, you'll make a fool of yourself.CK
- He often makes mistakes, but he is no fool.CM
- Fool as he is, he knows how to make money.unknown
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Forms of fool
as a noun
- plural
- fools
as a verb
- past tense
- fooled
- present participle
- fooling
- third-person singular
- fools
- past participle
- fooled