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Main Entry:	fool [fool] Show IPA/ful/ Show Spelled
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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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.

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.

Some snakes go to great lengths to fool predators into thinking they're dangerous.

Many species have developed deceptive appearances to fool would-be predators by taking on the look of other unpalatable species.

But lest the easy grin fool you, he is also a man who likes to win.

Sure, you knew printer makers were playing you for a fool with overpriced ink cartridges.

Only a fool would look forward to pleasure when life was a veil of tears.

To fool the victim, the sender poses as someone the recipient knows.

Don't let the placid face and waddling gait fool you-this creature's bite packs a venomous punch.

After you've not fooled yourself, it's easy not to fool other scientists.

Jobs did all this without dressing up or making a fool of people.

Or maybe people think he is really funny, and also that he is a drunken fool.

However, people who have schizophrenia are not so easy to fool.

As long as photos have existed, people have faked or manipulated them to fool others.

The result was today's financial mess which nobody but a fool could deny.

Let's not fool ourselves into thinking animals get anything out of this.

If you're ready to make a career move, don't let the bad economic news fool you.

Similarly, the idea that specific races deserve special protection has also been made a fool of by the melting pot.

These disguises were intended both to protect revelers from any malevolent spirits and to fool households they visited.

But his appearance didn¿t fool anyone at the conference.

When he considered a comeback the following season-his injuries had healed-his wife advised him against making a fool of himself.

One would have to be a fool to believe those are spontaneous demonstrations.

I'll not spend precious words arguing what any fool can see.

Let's not fool ourselves, that individual would have been better off with his right hand intact.

Our species now has the ability to fool around with evolution.

And the generals are believed to consider him a corrupt and incompetent fool who should be banished.

These costumes were intended both to protect revelers from any malevolent spirits and to fool households they visited.

We see a red oak tree in our backyard or a cane toad at our hotel-room door, but the names fool us.

It's not for your friends and family, it's not to fool people close to you.

Several strategies may be employed either to fool potential voters or to change the pay-offs facing them.

Don't let your eyes fool you-this new view is no painting.

Go troll on a comedy website instead of acting any more of a fool here.

Dull browns and grays were not good enough to fool an eagle-eyed gorogsaur.

Many animals fool predators by changing colors to mimic their surroundings or the traits of other species.

Understand your topic before commenting and making a fool out of yourself.

One would be a fool not to bet against the results, but yet they are not obviously wrong.

Crop circles are always made by some one to fool other people.

Don't let prejudices fool you, these guys know what they are doing and their adsorption method is sound.

Bt is not fool proof and its efficacy is reducing also there is a defenite possibility of horizontal gene transfer.

In case you didn't know, scientists do not hang around in back rooms plotting to fool the public.

Looking busy when you're not in order to fool the boss can be something of an art form.

For another-and let's not fool ourselves here-it resonates with their expectation.

In the face of mounting resistance to antibiotics, doctors seek to fool bacteria and deprive them of a critical growth factor.

The way to fool your public is to change the coiffure to meet changed.

Therefore is the fool enamored of the feel of his tongue in her ear to tickle her understanding.

Don't let the she-mullet and tie clip fool you: this couple has got style.

Churchill's termination had nothing to do with academic freedom and only a fool would say that.

WE must encourage green power systems such as wind/tidal/geothermal before nuclear, but lets not fool ourselves.

Find disguised animals, click on them, and see how they fool predators-and photographers.

Don't let her cuteness fool you, social outcasts are always more or less geeky plus the being super smart.

So if you test this idea, don't fool yourself, make it a real test and see what works for you.

The next government will simply fool around, in the same manner, as long as possible and then collapse.

It's won't fool you into thinking it's a hummingbird and it won't ever land on an aircraft carrier.

Follow your heart, but don't make a fool of yourself.

Doctored accounts may fool the public, but won't wipe out the astronomical debt or clear the soaring losses, for real.

Sometimes harmless products, such as lemon-scented shaving cream, fool the dogs.

It is also simple to fool subjects into believing a phantom hand is their own.

He who purports a repeal of immigration laws and an opening of our borders to all who wish to enter is a fool.

Many fool themselves of the science, the theorys, the consistancys of love.

But it won't fool the international investors it needs to buy its bonds.

But the spider cannot use that colony's scent to fool a different colony.

Just another scam on the gov or any other fool that buys into this.

Dhirubhai was no fool to die without laying down plans of succession in the huge industrial empire that he built.

Only a fool comes to the conclusion that their life is the only consideration worth evaluation.

If someone is that selfish, only a fool would consider them of value.

Chameleons can crank up the camouflage to fool sharp-eyed stalkers.

Then there's the slight chance that the comet's luminous jets may fool the probe's onboard autonavigation system.

Other times, cyber attackers use social-engineering tactics that fool computer users into surrendering important information.

These well-disguised minefields routinely fool cheechackos into feeding the mosquitoes and spraining their ankles.

They deliberately divert our attention and focus to fool us with their delightful capers.

Hobie would be barking his fool head off, and pawing his front paws in the air.

Hope to see a fool proof solution to predict these kinds of disasters in future.

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage
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