| fool | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool | a person who lacks good judgment. |
| ~ ass | a pompous fool. |
| ~ buffoon, clown | a rude or vulgar fool. |
| ~ flibbertigibbet, foolish woman | a female fool. |
| ~ fucker | a stupid despised man. |
| ~ bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, goose, zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool. |
| ~ meshuggeneh, meshuggener | (Yiddish) a crazy fool. |
| ~ morosoph | a learned fool. |
| ~ putz | (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot. |
| ~ simpleton, simple | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| ~ wally | a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid. |
| n. (person) | 2. chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
| ~ dupe, victim | a person who is tricked or swindled. |
| n. (person) | 3. fool, jester, motley fool | a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. |
| ~ merry andrew, buffoon, clown, goof, goofball | a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. |
| v. (social) | 4. befool, fool, gull | make a fool or dupe of. |
| ~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| v. (consumption) | 5. dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot | spend frivolously and unwisely.; "Fritter away one's inheritance" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ ware, squander, consume, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| v. (communication) | 6. befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | fool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
| ~ kid, pull the leg of | tell false information to for fun.; "Are you pulling my leg?" |
| ~ deceive, lead astray, betray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| v. (communication) | 7. arse around, fool, fool around, horse around | indulge in horseplay.; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" |
| ~ jest, joke | tell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
| ~ play | be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children.; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl" |
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