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English noun: fool | |||
| 1. | fool (person) a person who lacks good judgment | ||
| Synonyms | muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | simple, simpleton | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ass, bozo, buffoon, clown, cuckoo, fathead, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman, fucker, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, meshuggeneh, meshuggener, morosoph, putz, twat, wally, zany | ||
| 2. | fool (person) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | ||
| Synonyms | chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dupe, victim | ||
| 3. | fool (person) a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages | ||
| Synonyms | jester, motley fool | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew | ||
English verb: fool | |||
| 1. | fool (social) make a fool or dupe of | ||
| Synonyms | befool, gull | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | ||
| 2. | fool (consumption) spend frivolously and unwisely | ||
| Samples | Fritter away one's inheritance. | ||
| Synonyms | dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, squander, ware, waste | ||
| Entail | consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
| 3. | fool (communication) fool or hoax | ||
| Samples | The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone. You can't fool me!. | ||
| Synonyms | befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | betray, deceive, lead astray | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | kid, pull the leg of | ||
| 4. | fool (communication) indulge in horseplay | ||
| Samples | Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!. The bored children were fooling about. | ||
| Synonyms | arse around, fool around, horse around | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jest, joke, play | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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