fool

1. 1.

   a person who lacks good judgment

   Synonymssapsapheadmugginstomfool

   Broadersimpleton

   Narrowerassclownflibbertigibbetfuckerfatheadmeshuggenehmorosophputzwally
2. 2.

   a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

   Synonymschumpgullmarkpatsyfall guysuckersoft touchmug

   Broadervictim
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsjestermotley fool

   Broaderclown

Other forms of fool

plural

fools·

past tense

fooled·

present participle

fooling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fool

What does fool mean?

fool means "make a fool or dupe of". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fool?

fool has 1 syllable: fool. In IPA it is /ˈful/.

What is another word for fool?

Close synonyms include gull, befool, fritter, frivol away, dissipate. 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 fool a common word?

fool is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.