FOOL Synonyms

• make a fool or dupe of

• fool or hoax

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

• lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

• major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

• collecting the charges upon delivery

• payable by the recipient on delivery

• fool or hoax

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• fool or hoax

• small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

• an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent

• a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester

• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

• Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

• a distinguishing symbol

• the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

• a reference point to shoot at

• a visible indication made on a surface

• the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember

• a symbol of disgrace or infamy

• formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• an indication of damage

• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

• something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

• attach a tag or label to

• designate as if by a mark

• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

• celebrate by some ceremony or observation

• make or leave a mark on

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

• notice or perceive

• mark with a scar

• make small marks into the surface of

• establish as the highest level or best performance

• make underscoring marks

• remove from a list

• put a check mark on or near or next to

• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

• insert punctuation marks into

• the quantity that can be held in a mug

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• with handle and usually cylindrical

• rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

• To stare awkwardly

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• deplete

• excavate the earth beneath

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a new branch

• the act of shooting at targets

• hit with a missile from a weapon

• kill by firing a missile

• fire a shot; release

• make a film or photograph of something

• send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• move quickly and violently

• throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

• record on photographic film

• emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

• cause a sharp and sudden pain in

• force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

• variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

• throw dice, as in a crap game

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• score

• utter fast and forcefully

• measure the altitude of by using a sextant

• produce buds, branches, or germinate

• give an injection to

• informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• use slang or vulgar language

• fool or hoax

• abuse with coarse language

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a shoot arising from a plant's roots

• a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)

• flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws

• hard candy on a stick

• an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

• mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of