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fool
1[ fool ]
noun
- a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
Synonyms: sap, saphead, booby, nincompoop, ninny, dunderhead, ignoramus, numbskull, blockhead, dunce, dolt, simpleton
Antonyms: genius
- a professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement:
the court fool.
- a person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing or acting silly or stupid:
to make a fool of someone.
- an ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm:
He's just a dancing fool.
- a weak-minded or idiotic person.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to act like a fool; joke; play.
- to jest; pretend; make believe:
I was only fooling.
verb phrase
- to spend foolishly, as time or money; squander:
to fool away the entire afternoon.
- to putter aimlessly; waste time:
She fooled around all through school.
I fooled around with painting for a bit, but never got anywhere with it.
- Also fool with. to handle or play with idly or carelessly:
She was hurt while fooling around with a loaded gun.
It's unkind to fool with someone's affections.
- to flirt or have casual sexual encounters:
You should know better than to fool around with someone you work with.
They're just fooling around–I don't think the relationship is going to go anywhere.
- to be sexually promiscuous, especially to engage in adultery:
He's out fooling around while she's at home sick with the flu.
fool
2[ fool ]
noun
- a dish made of fruit, scalded or stewed, crushed and mixed with cream or the like:
gooseberry fool.
fool
1/ fuːl /
noun
- a person who lacks sense or judgement
- a person who is made to appear ridiculous
- (formerly) a professional jester living in a royal or noble household
- obsolete.an idiot or imbecile
the village fool
- form the foolto play the fool or behave irritatingly
- no foola wise or sensible person
- play the fool or act the foolto deliberately act foolishly; indulge in buffoonery
verb
- tr to deceive (someone), esp in order to make him or her look ridiculous
- informal.intr; foll by with, around with, or about with to act or play (with) irresponsibly or aimlessly
to fool around with a woman
- intr to speak or act in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
- trfoll byaway to squander; fritter
he fooled away a fortune
- fool alongto move or proceed in a leisurely way
adjective
- informal.short for foolish
fool
2/ fuːl /
noun
- a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard
gooseberry fool
Other Words From
- un·fooled adjective
- un·fool·ing adjective
- well-fooled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fool1
Origin of fool2
Word History and Origins
Origin of fool1
Origin of fool2
Idioms and Phrases
- be nobody's fool, to be wise or shrewd.
More idioms and phrases containing fool
- make a fool of
- nobody's fool
- no fool like an old fool
- not suffer fools gladly
- play the fool
- take for (a fool)
- foolish
Example Sentences
Don’t be fooled by the weekend’s warm temperatures, you’ll need your rain jacket again as forecasters are predicting an incoming cold front with moderate to heavy rains in Southern California.
“When he see an idiot or fool in person make sure he keep that same energy.”
It’s easy to be fooled into thinking Andrew Schulz is living his best life when he’s in the spotlight.
The whole world sees that America is now a paper tiger run by a fool and that's a very bad position for a fading superpower to be in.
Yet watching it, we understand how an audience might be fooled.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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