foolish

 
  Grep  of  noun  foolish 
  foolish  woman 
  foolishness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  foolish 
 
  The  adj  foolish  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  foolish  --  (devoid  of  good  sense  or  judgment;  "foolish  remarks";  "a  foolish  decision") 
  2.  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  foolish 
 
  2  senses  of  foolish 
 
  Sense  1 
  foolish  (vs.  wise) 
 
  wise  (vs.  foolish) 
  =>  all-knowing,  omniscient 
  =>  owlish 
  =>  sage 
  =>  perspicacious,  sagacious,  sapient 
 
  Sense  2 
  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool(postnominal),  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  stupid)  ->  smart 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  foolish 
 
  2  senses  of  foolish 
 
  Sense  1 
  foolish  (vs.  wise) 
  =>  absurd,  derisory,  laughable,  ludicrous,  nonsensical,  preposterous,  ridiculous 
  =>  asinine,  fatuous,  inane,  mindless,  vacuous 
  =>  cockamamie,  cockamamy,  fool(postnominal),  goofy,  sappy,  silly,  wacky,  zany,  unreasonable 
  =>  asinine,  fatuous,  inane,  mindless,  vacuous 
  =>  fond 
  =>  harebrained,  insane,  mad 
  =>  ill-conceived,  misguided 
  =>  rattlebrained,  rattlepated,  scatterbrained,  scatty 
  =>  unwise 
  Also  See->  impolitic#1;  imprudent#1;  inadvisable#1,  unadvisable#1;  ill-advised#1,  unadvised#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool(postnominal),  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike 
  =>  stupid  (vs.  smart) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  foolish 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  foolish 
 
  foolish  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  foolish 
  foolish 
  pound-foolish 
 
  Overview  of  adj  foolish 
 
  The  adj  foolish  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  foolish  --  (devoid  of  good  sense  or  judgment;  "foolish  remarks";  "a  foolish  decision") 
  2.  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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