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fool [fool] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
fool [fool]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stupid or ridiculous person
Synonyms: ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, turkey, twerp, twit, victim
Antonyms: brain
Main Entry: ass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stupid person
Synonyms: blockhead, dolt, donkey, dope, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, jerk*, nitwit, numbskull, simpleton*, twit
Main Entry: banter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tease
Synonyms: chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, jive, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt
Example Sentences
  • It turns out you can kid a kidder, and it's easy to fool a fool.
  • Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.
  • The subtlety of wisdom in the hands of a fool must be made foolish so that he can imagine that he understands.
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Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive
Synonyms: affect, beguile, betray, bunco, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake out, fake*, feign, fool, humbug, illude, jive, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out, put on*, sham*, shuck, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick
Antonyms: come clean, reveal, tell truth
Main Entry: buffoon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clownlike person
Synonyms: antic, bozo, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, wag, zany
Main Entry: bungler
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who blunders
Synonyms: addlebrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, botcher, bumbler, butcher, butterfingers, clod, clumsy oaf, dolt, donkey, duffer, dunce, featherbrain, fool, foul-up, fumbler, goof off, goofball, harebrain, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz, mismanager, muddler, muffer, numskull, screw up, spoiler
Antonyms: success
Main Entry: butt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: object of joking
Synonyms: chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim
Main Entry: clod
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stupid person
Synonyms: blockhead, boor, chump, clown, dimwit, dolt, dope*, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, imbecile, lame-brain, lout, oaf, simpleton
Main Entry: clown
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: joking person
Synonyms: antic, buffoon, comedian, comic, cut-up, dolt, droll, farceur, fool, funnyperson, funster, gagman, gagster, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, madcap, merry-andrew, merrymaker, mime, mountebank, mummer, picador, pierrot, prankster, punch, punchinello, quipster, ribald, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany*
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