Noun
- S: (n) fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool (a person who lacks good judgment)
- S: (n) chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)
- S: (n) jester, fool, motley fool (a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages)
Verb
- S: (v) fool, gull, befool (make a fool or dupe of)
- S: (v) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away (spend frivolously and unwisely) "Fritter away one's inheritance"
- S: (v) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across (fool or hoax) "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
- S: (v) horse around, arse around, fool around, fool (indulge in horseplay) "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
Definition of "FOOL" from Princeton's WordNet
Noun
- S: (n) April fool (the butt of a prank played on April 1st)
- S: (n) April fool (a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April)
Definition of "APRIL FOOL" from Princeton's WordNet
