| NOUN | person | fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool | a person who lacks good judgment |
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| person | fool, chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
| person | fool, jester, motley fool | a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages | |
| VERB | social | fool, gull, befool | make a fool or dupe of |
| consumption | fool, fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| communication | fool, gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | fool or hoax | |
| communication | fool, horse around, arse around, fool around | indulge in horseplay |
| Sounds | fuw'l | |
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| Rhymes | Blackpool ... Yule: 48 rhymes with uwl... | |
| Meaning | A person who lacks good judgment. | |
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| Synonyms | sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool | |
| Narrower | ass | A pompous fool |
| clown, buffoon | A rude or vulgar fool | |
| fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany | A man who is a stupid incompetent fool | |
| flibbertigibbet, foolish woman | A female fool | |
| fucker | A stupid despised man | |
| meshuggeneh, meshuggener | (Yiddish) a crazy fool | |
| morosoph | A learned fool | |
| putz | (Yiddish) a fool | |
| wally | A silly and inept person | |
| Broader | simpleton, simple | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
| Spanish | bobo, corto, imbécil, necio, tonto | |
| Catalan | babau, bajà, beneit, curt, idiota, talòs, tonto | |
| Verbs | fool | fool or hoax |
| fool | make a fool or dupe of | |
| Meaning | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. | |
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| Synonyms | chump, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug | |
| Broader | victim, dupe | A person who is tricked or swindled |
| Spanish | berzotas, bobo, cabeza de turco, cipote, estúpido, gaviota, idiota, imbécil, mameluco, panoli, primo, tonto | |
| Catalan | babau, beneit, encantat, enze, gamarús, gavina, idiota, pallús, tanoca, tòtil | |
| Verbs | fool | fool or hoax |
| fool | make a fool or dupe of | |
| Meaning | A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. | |
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| Synonyms | jester, motley fool | |
| Broader | clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew | A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior |
| Spanish | bufón | |
| Catalan | bufó | |
| Verbs | fool | indulge in horseplay |
| Meaning | make a fool or dupe of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | gull, befool | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | engañar, tomar el pelo | |
| Catalan | enganar | |
| Nouns | fool | a person who lacks good judgment |
| fool | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
| Meaning | spend frivolously and unwisely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool away | |
| Entails | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
| Broader | consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
| Spanish | derrochar, dilapidar, disipar, disparar, malgastar, prodigar | |
| Catalan | disparar, dissipar, malgastar | |
| Meaning | fool or hoax. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "You can't fool me!" | |
| Synonyms | gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, put on, take in, put one over, put one across | |
| Narrower | pull the leg of, kid | tell false / false / false information to for fun |
| Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray | Cause someone to believe an untruth |
| Spanish | confundir, defraudar, embabucar, embaír, embaucar, encandilar, engañar, engatusar, enredar, falsear, timar | |
| Catalan | enredar, entabanar | |
| Nouns | fool | a person who lacks good judgment |
| fool | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | |
| Meaning | indulge in horseplay. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The bored children were fooling about" | |
| Synonyms | horse around, arse around, fool around | |
| Broader | joke, jest | tell a joke |
| play | Be at play | |
| Spanish | hacer el idiota, hacer el tonto, payasear, tontear | |
| Nouns | fool | a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages |
| foolery | foolish or senseless behavior | |
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