april fools'

1. 1.

   the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes

   SynonymsApril Fools' dayAll Fools' day

   Broaderday

   Part ofApril

Questions about april fools'

What does april fools' mean?

april fools' means "the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes".

What is another word for april fools'?

Close synonyms include April Fools' day, All Fools' day. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is april fools' a common word?

april fools' is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.