Unscramble fool

Definition of fool

noun:

• a person who lacks good judgment. Synonyms: muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool.
• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. Synonyms: chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker.
• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. Synonyms: jester, motley fool.

verb:

• make a fool or dupe of. Synonyms: befool, gull.
• spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance". Synonyms: dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot.
• fool or hoax; "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.
• indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!", "The bored children were fooling about". Synonyms: arse around, fool around, horse around.

Related words

ass, bozo, buffoon, clown, cuckoo, fathead, flibbertigibbet, fucker, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, kid, meshuggeneh, meshuggener, morosoph, putz, twat, wally, zany.

Words nearby

cool, foal, foil, food, foot, foul, fowl, pool, tool, wool.

Rhymes with

boole, boule, brule, buhl, cool, cruel, drool, dual, fuel, ghoul, istanbul, jewel, joule, misrule, mule, pool, preschool, retool, rule, school.