fool
noun (PERSON) /fuːl/Definition
B1 [C] a person who behaves in a silly way without thinking: [as form of address] You fool, you've missed your chance! He's a fool if he thinks she still loves him. [+ to infinitive] He's a fool to think she still loves him. He's fool enough to think she still loves him. My fool of a (= silly) husband has gone out and taken my keys!Stupid and silly people › [C] in the past, a person who was employed in the court of a king or queen to make them laugh by telling jokes and doing funny thingsEntertainers in general act/play the fool › to behave in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh: Stop acting the fool, I'm trying to talk to you.Behaving in a silly way any fool › anyone: Any fool could tell that she was joking.Someone, anyone, no one or everyone make a fool of sb B2 to trick someone or make them appear stupid in some wayCheating and trickingPlotting and trapping make a fool of yourself B2 to do something that makes other people think you are silly or not to be respected: I got a bit drunk and made a fool of myself.Behaving in a silly way more fool sb mainly UK › said to mean that you think someone is being unwise: "I lent Rhoda $100 and she hasn't paid me back." "More fool you - you know what she's like!"Stupid and sillyOf unsound mind be no fool (also be nobody's fool) › to not be stupid or easily deceived: I notice Ed didn't offer to pay for her - he's no fool.IntelligencePerceptive
(Definition of fool noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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fool adjective
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fool around/about phrasal verb (FUNNY)
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fool around/about phrasal verb (HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP)
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fool around/about phrasal verb (NOT USEFUL)
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fool around/about phrasal verb (SILLY)
- fool noun (PERSON)
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fool noun (SWEET DISH)
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fool verb
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fool's errand noun
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fool's gold noun
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fool's paradise noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd adjective
- adolescent adjective
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine adjective
- dozy adjective
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- dumb adjective (STUPID)
- empty-headed adjective
- fatuous adjective
- laughable adjective
- loony adjective
- loopy adjective
- lumpen adjective (PERSON)
- lumpish adjective
- unwise adjective
- vacuous adjective
- vapid adjective
- wanky adjective
- weak-minded adjective
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