fool
noun
1. a person who lacks good judgment
Similar word(s): muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool
Definition categories: person, simple, simpleton
2. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Similar word(s): chump, gull, mark, mug, patsy, sucker
Definition categories: person, dupe, victim
3. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
Similar word(s): jester
Definition categories: person, buffoon, clown, goof, goofball
Sentences with fool as a noun:
- You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
- The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
- an apricot fool; a gooseberry fool
verb
1. make a fool or dupe of
Definition categories: social, cozen, deceive, delude
2. spend frivolously and unwisely
Similar word(s): dissipate, fritter, shoot
Definition categories: consumption, consume, squander, ware, waste
3. fool or hoax
- You can't fool me!
Similar word(s): befool, cod, dupe, gull, slang
Definition categories: communication, betray, deceive
4. indulge in horseplay
- The bored children were fooling about
Definition categories: communication, jest, joke, play