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
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
Entailment of verb fool
1 of 4 senses of fool
Sense 2
fritter, frivol away dissipate, shoot, fritter away fool, fool away
=> consume, eat up use up eat, deplete, exhaust, run through wipe out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by 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
Familiarity of verb fool
fool used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)
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 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
tomfool
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, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch, mug -- (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
3. (1) jester, fool -- (a professional clown employed to 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")
Overview of adj fool
The adj fool has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books")
2. (1) anserine, dopy, dopey, fool, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike -- ((informal) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books")
Antonyms of adj fool
2 senses of fool
Sense 1
cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable
INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise
Sense 2
anserine, dopy, dopey, fool(postnominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike
INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart
Similarity of adj fool
2 senses of fool
Sense 1
cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable
=> foolish (vs. wise)
Sense 2
anserine, dopy, dopey, fool(postnominal), foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike
=> stupid (vs. smart)
Attributes of adj fool
Familiarity of adj fool
fool used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj fool
fool
foolhardy
fooling
foolish
foolproof
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, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch, mug -- (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
3. (1) jester, fool -- (a professional clown employed to 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")
Overview of adj fool
The adj fool has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books")
2. (1) anserine, dopy, dopey, fool, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike -- ((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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