tomfool

Other forms of tomfool

plural

tomfools·

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 tomfool

What does tomfool mean?

tomfool means "a person who lacks good judgment".

How many syllables are in tomfool?

tomfool has 2 syllables: tom-fool. The stress falls on "tom".

What is another word for tomfool?

Close synonyms include fool, sap, saphead, muggins. 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 tomfool a common word?

tomfool 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.