fool
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(verb) make a fool or dupe of |
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Synonyms: befool, dupe, gull |
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Related Words: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on |
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(noun) a person who lacks good judgment |
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Synonyms: muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool |
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Related Words: ass, buffoon, clown, cuckoo, fathead, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman, fucker, goof, goose, jackass, morosoph, simple, simpleton, zany |
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(noun) a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages |
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Synonyms: jester |
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Related Words: buffoon, clown, merry andrew |
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(satellite adjective) (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" |
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Synonyms: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, unreasonable, wacky, zany |
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(noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
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Synonyms: chump, fall guy, fish, gull, mark, mug, patsy, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch, sucker |
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Related Words: dupe, victim |
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(satellite adjective) (informal) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" |
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Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy |
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(verb) indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!" |
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Synonyms: arse around, fool around, horse around |
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Related Words: jest, joke, play |
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(verb) fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
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Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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Related Words: betray, deceive, kid, lead astray, pull the leg of |
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(verb) spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" |
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Synonyms: dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
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Related Words: consume, squander, ware, waste |
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