fool

fool is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
2. noun. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
3. noun. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.
4. noun. One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
5. noun. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
6. intransitive verb. To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
7. transitive verb. To infatuate; to make foolish.
8. transitive verb. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
9. noun. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

   Synonyms: chump, gull, mark, mug, patsy, sucker

10. noun. a person who lacks good judgment

    Synonyms: muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool

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

    Synonyms: jester

12. verb. indulge in horseplay

    "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"

    "The bored children were fooling about"

13. verb. fool or hoax

    "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"

    "You can't fool me!"

    Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, gull, slang

14. verb. spend frivolously and unwisely

    "Fritter away one's inheritance"

    Synonyms: dissipate, fritter, shoot

15. verb. make a fool or dupe of

    Synonyms: befool, gull

Synonyms

chump, gull, mark, mug, patsy, sucker, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool, jester, befool, cod, dupe, slang, dissipate, fritter, shoot

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fool:

loof, olof

Common word forms

fools, fooled, fooler, fooling, foolable

Words from these letters

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