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fools
Overview of noun fool
The noun fool has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (25) fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool -- (a person who lacks good judgment)
2. (10) chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug -- (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
3. (1) jester, fool, motley fool -- (a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages)
Overview of verb fool
The verb fool has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) fool, gull, befool -- (make a fool or dupe of)
2. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away -- (spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance")
3. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across -- (fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!")
4. horse around, arse around, fool around, fool -- (indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fool
3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> simpleton, simple
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
=> victim, dupe
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
jester, fool, motley fool
=> clown, buffoon, merry andrew
=> comedian, comic
=> performer, performing artist
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fool
1 of 3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> ass
=> clown, buffoon
=> flibbertigibbet, foolish woman
=> fucker
=> fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany
=> meshuggeneh, meshuggener
=> morosoph
=> putz
=> Wally
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fool
3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> simpleton, simple
Sense 2
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
=> victim, dupe
Sense 3
jester, fool, motley fool
=> clown, buffoon, merry andrew
Antonyms of noun fool
Member Holonyms of noun fool
Substance Holonyms of noun fool
Part Holonyms of noun fool
Member Meronyms of noun fool
Substance Meronyms of noun fool
Part Meronyms of noun fool
Meronyms of noun fool
Holonyms of noun fool
Attributes of noun fool
Derived Forms of noun fool
3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
RELATED TO>(verb) fool#3
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
RELATED TO>(verb) fool#1
=> fool, gull, befool
Sense 2
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
RELATED TO>(verb) fool#3
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
RELATED TO>(verb) fool#1
=> fool, gull, befool
Sense 3
jester, fool, motley fool
RELATED TO>(verb) fool#4
=> horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
Domain of noun fool
Domain Terms of noun fool
Familiarity of noun fool
fool used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fool
3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
> simpleton, simple
=> airhead
=> dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus
=> dingbat
=> dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
=> dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead
=> fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
=> idiot savant
=> nebbish, nebbech
=> nincompoop, poop, ninny
=> scatterbrain, forgetful person
=> schlemiel, shlemiel
=> schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep
=> schnook, shnook
=> sheep
=> space cadet
=> square, lame
=> stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
=> subnormal
=> twerp, twirp, twit
Sense 2
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
> victim, dupe
=> butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
=> chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
=> lamb
=> sitting duck, easy mark
Sense 3
jester, fool, motley fool
> clown, buffoon, merry andrew
=> harlequin
=> jester, fool, motley fool
=> whiteface
=> zany
HAS INSTANCE=> Kelly, Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie
Meronyms of noun fool
3 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
=> simpleton, simple
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
=> victim, dupe
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
jester, fool, motley fool
=> clown, buffoon, merry andrew
=> comedian, comic
=> performer, performing artist
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun fool
Grep of noun fools
foolscap
Grep of noun fool
april fool
blooming-fool begonia
fool
fool's cap
fool's errand
fool's gold
fool's huckleberry
fool's paradise
fool's parsley
foolery
foolhardiness
foolish woman
foolishness
foolscap
motley fool
tomfool
Antonyms of verb fool
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fool
4 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> play
=> act
=> joke, jest
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fool
1 of 4 senses of fool
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
=> pull the leg of, kid
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fool
4 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 2
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> play
=> joke, jest
'Cause To' of verb fool
Derived Forms of verb fool
3 of 4 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
RELATED TO>(noun) fool#2
=> chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
RELATED TO>(noun) fool#1
=> fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
RELATED TO>(noun) fool#1
=> fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
RELATED TO>(noun) fool#2
=> chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
RELATED TO>(noun) fool#3
=> jester, fool, motley fool
RELATED TO>(noun) foolery#1
=> folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
Domain of verb fool
Domain Terms of verb fool
Familiarity of verb fool
fool used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb fool
4 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fool
4 senses of fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> betray, sell
=> cheat, chisel
=> shill
=> flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
=> fool, gull, befool
=> cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
=> ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> humbug
Sense 2
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> luxuriate, wanton
=> lavish, shower
=> overspend
=> splurge, fling
Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> pose, impersonate, personate
=> bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
> play
=> roughhouse
=> horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
=> dabble, paddle, splash around
> joke, jest
=> gag, quip
=> horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> pun
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fool
Sense 1
fool, gull, befool
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
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Sense 2
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
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Sense 3
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
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Sense 4
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> play
=> joke, jest
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Grep of verb fool
befool
fool
fool around
fool away
foolproof
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