English-Thai Dictionary
fool
N คนโง่ คน ไม่มีหัว คิด คน ทึ่ม คน เขลา คน เซ่อ คน เบาปัญญา idiot blockhead simpleton kon-ngo
fool
N ตัวตลก clown buffoon jester tua-ta-lok
fool
N อาหารหวาน ที่ ทำ ด้วย ผลไม้ ผสม กับ ครีม หรือ คัสตาร์ด ar-han-wan-ti-tam-duai-pon-la-mai-pa-som-kab-krim-rue-kas-tad
fool
VI ทำ เป็น ตลก ทำเป็นเล่น tam-pen-tua-ta-lok
fool
VT หลอกลวง ลวง ให้ เข้าใจผิด หลอก deceive cheat hoodwink lok-luang
fool about
PHRV เล่นบ้าๆ เล่นตลก สูญ เสียเวลา โดย เปล่าประโยชน์ footle about mess about len-ba-ba
fool about with
PHRV มี ความสัมพันธ์ ทางเพศ กับ ผู้อื่น โดย ไม่ ยั้งคิด mess about with me-kwam-sam-pan-tang-ped-kab pu-uen-doi-mai-yang-kid
fool about with
PHRV เสี่ยง เล่น กับ fool around with siang-len-kab
fool around
PHRV เล่นบ้าๆ เล่นตลก สูญ เสียเวลา โดย เปล่าประโยชน์ fool about len-ba-ba
fool around with
PHRV มี ความสัมพันธ์ ทางเพศ กับ ผู้อื่น โดย ไม่ ยั้งคิด mess about with me-kwam-sam-pan-tang-ped-kab pu-uen-doi-mai-yang-kid
fool around with
PHRV เสี่ยง เล่น กับ fool about with siang-len-kab
fool away
PHRV เสียเวลา idle away sia-we-la
fool with
PHRV ทำเล่นๆ กับ เล่น กับ mess about with tam-len-len-kab
fool's paradise
IDM ความสุข ไม่ แท้ ความสุข ที่อยู่ ไม่นาน kwam-suk-mai-tae
foolery
N คำพูด หรือ การกระทำ ที่ ดู โง่
foolfish
N ปลา พวก Balistidae ตัว แบน filefish
foolhardily
ADV อย่าง บ้าระห่ำ อย่าง สะเพร่า
foolhardiness
N ความ บ้าระห่ำ ความ สะเพร่า
foolhardy
ADJ บ้าระห่ำ บ้าบิ่น กล้า แบบ ไม่มีสติ ยั้งคิด มุทะลุ rash hot-headed impetuous careful vigilant ba-ra-ham
foolish
ADJ ดู น่าหัวเราะ ดู น่าขัน ดู ตลก ดู เซ่อซ่า ridiculous du-na-hua-ruea
foolish
ADJ โง่ เขลา เบาปัญญา ไม่มี สมอง ไร้สติ unwise senseless silly clever wise ngo
foolishness
N ความเขลา ความ โง่ ความ เซ่อ ความ ทึ่ม stupidty folly cleverness kwam-kao
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
IDM เสียเวลา ไป กับ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ sia-we-la-pai-kab
foolscap
N กระดาษ ฟุลสแก๊ป kra-dad-fu-sa-kaeb
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FOOL
n.[Heb. ] 1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot. Some persons are born fools, and are called natural fools; others may become fools by some injury done to the brain.
2. In common language, a person who is somewhat deficient in intellect, but not an idiot; or a person who acts absurdly; one who does not exercise his reason; one who pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
3. In scripture, fool is often used for a wicked or depraved person; one who acts contrary to sound wisdom in his moral deportment; one who follows his own inclinations, who prefers trifling and temporary pleasures to the service of God and eternal happiness.
The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psalm 14:1.
4. A weak christian; a godly person who has much remaining sin and unbelief.
O fools, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets have written. Luke 24:25.
Also, one who is accounted or called a food by ungodly men. 1 Corinthians 4:1 .
5. A term of indignity and reproach.
To be thought knowing, you must first put the fool upon all mankind.
6. One who counterfeits folly; a buffoon; as a king's fool.
I scorn, although their drudge, to be their fool or jester.
1. To play the fool, to act the buffoon; to jest; to make sport.
2. To act like one void of understanding.
To put the fool on, to impose on; to delude.
To make a fool of, to frustrate; to defeat; to disappoint.
FOOL
v.i.To trifle; to toy; to spend time in idleness, sport or mirth. Is this a time for fooling?
FOOL
v.t. 1. To treat with contempt; to disappoint; to defeat; to frustrate; to deceive; to impose on.
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; for fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.
2. To infatuate; to make foolish.
3. To cheat; as, to fool one out of his money.
1. To fool away, to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage; as, to fool away time.
2. To spend for things of no value or use; to expend improvidently; as, to fool away money.
FOOL
n.A liquid made of gooseberries scalded and pounded, with cream.
FOOLBORN
a.Foolish from the birth.
FOOLED
pp. Disappointed; defeated; deceived; imposed on.
FOOLERY
n. 1. The practice of folly; habitual folly; attention to trifles.
2. An act of folly or weakness.
3. Object of folly.
FOOLHAPPY
a.Lucky without judgment or contrivance.
FOOLHARDINESS
n.Courage without sense or judgment; mad rashness.
FOOLHARDISE
n.Foolhardiness. [Not in use. ]
FOOLHARDY
a.[fool and hardy. ] Daring without judgment; madly rash and adventurous; foolishly bold.
FOOLING
ppr. Defeating; disappointing; deceiving.
FOOLISH
a. 1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.
2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.
3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.
But foolish questions avoid. 2 Timothy 2:23.
4. Ridiculous; despicable.
A foolish figure he must make.
5. In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.
O foolish Galatians - Galatians 3:1.
6. Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9.
FOOLISHLY
adv. 1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.
2. Wickedly; sinfully.
I have done very foolishly. 2 Samuel 24:1 .
FOOLISHNESS
n. 1. Folly; want of understanding.
2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment.
3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly.
The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1:18.
FOOLSCAP
n.[L. scapus, or folio and shape. ] A kind of paper of small size.
FOOLS-PARSLEY
n.A plant, of the genus Aethusa.
FOOLSTONES
n.A plant, the Orchis.
FOOLTRAP
n.A trap to catch fools; as a fly trap.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOOL
Fool, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st Foil. ]
Defn: A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
FOOL
Fool, n. Etym: [OE. fol, n. & adj. , F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. Folly, Follicle. ]
1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
2. 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. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.
3. (Script. )
Defn: One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Ps. xiv. 1.
4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments. Can they think me. .. their fool or jester Milton. April fool, Court fool, etc. See under April, Court, etc. -- Fool's cap, a cap or hood to which bells were usually attached, formerly worn by professional jesters. -- Fool's errand, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure or undertaking. -- Fool's gold, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in color. -- Fool's paradise, a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo ) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction. -- Fool's parsley (Bot. ), an annual umbelliferous plant (Æthusa Cynapium ) resembling parsley, but nauseous and poisonous. -- To make a fool of, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to shame. [Colloq. ] -- To play the fool, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish part. "I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. " 1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
FOOL
Fool, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fooling. ]
Defn: To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. Is this a time for fooling Dryden.
FOOL
FOOL Fool, v. t.
1. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak. For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Dryden.
2. 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. You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent. Shak. To fool away, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.
FOOLAHS
Foo "lahs `, n. pl. ; sing. Foolah. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Same as Fulahs.
FOOL-BORN
FOOL-BORN Fool "-born `, a.
Defn: Begotten by a fool. Shak.
FOOLERY
Fool "er *y, n.; pl. Fooleries (.
1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.
2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical. That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.
FOOLFISH
FOOLFISH Fool "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The orange filefish. See Filefish. (b ) The winter flounder. See Flounder.
FOOL-HAPPY
FOOL-HAPPY Fool "-hap `py, a.
Defn: Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs. ] Spenser.
FOOLHARDIHOOD
FOOLHARDIHOOD Fool "har `di *hood, n.
Defn: The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.
FOOLHARDILY
FOOLHARDILY Fool "har `di *ly, adv.
Defn: In a foolhardy manner.
FOOLHARDINESS
FOOLHARDINESS Fool "har `di *ness, n.
Defn: Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.
FOOLHARDISE
Fool "har `dise, n. Etym: [Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness. ]
Defn: Foolhardiness. [Obs. ] Spenser.
FOOLHARDY
Fool "har `dy, a. Etym: [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy. ]
Defn: Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.
Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
FOOL-HASTY
FOOL-HASTY Fool "-has `ty, a.
Defn: Foolishly hasty. [R.]
FOOLIFY
Fool "i *fy, v. t. Etym: [Fool + -fy. ]
Defn: To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland.
FOOLISH
FOOLISH Fool "ish, a.
1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak.
2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. Prior.
Syn. -- Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See Absurd.
FOOLISHLY
FOOLISHLY Fool "ish *ly, adv.
Defn: In a foolish manner.
FOOLISHNESS
FOOLISHNESS Fool "ish *ness, n.
1. The quality of being foolish.
2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18.
FOOL-LARGE
Fool "-large `, a. Etym: [OF. follarge. See Fool, and Large. ]
Defn: Foolishly liberal. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
FOOL-LARGESSE
Fool "-lar *gesse `, n. Etym: [See Fool-large, Largess. ]
Defn: Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
FOOLSCAP
Fools "cap `, n. Etym: [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under Fool. ]
Defn: A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fool
fool 1 |fo͞ol ful | ▶noun a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person: what a fool I was to do this. • historical a jester or clown, esp. one retained in a noble household. • informal a person devoted to a particular activity: he is a running fool. • archaic a person who is duped. ▶verb [ with obj. ] trick or deceive (someone ); dupe: he fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman | she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent. • [ no obj. ] act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way: I shouted at him impatiently to stop fooling around . • [ no obj. ] (fool around ) engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal foolish or silly: that damn fool waiter. PHRASES be no (or nobody's ) fool be a shrewd or prudent person. a fool and his money are soon parted proverb a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless. fools rush in where angels fear to tread proverb people without good sense or judgment will have no hesitation in tackling a situation that even the wisest would avoid. make a fool of trick or deceive (someone ) so that they look foolish. • (make a fool of oneself ) behave in an incompetent or inappropriate way that makes one appear foolish. play (or act ) the fool behave in a playful or silly way. there's no fool like an old fool proverb the foolish behavior of an older person seems especially foolish as they are expected to think and act more sensibly than a younger one. you could have fooled me! used to express cynicism or doubt about an assertion: “Fun, was it? Well, you could have fooled me! ”PHRASAL VERBS fool with toy with; play idly with: I like fooling with cameras. • tease (a person ): we've just been fooling with you. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fol ‘fool, foolish, ’ from Latin follis ‘bellows, bag, ’ by extension ‘empty-headed person ’; compare with fils 1, follis .
fool
fool 2 |ful fo͞ol | ▶noun [ usu. with modifier ] chiefly Brit. a cold dessert made of puréed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard: raspberry fool with cream. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps from fool 1 .
foolery
fool er y |ˈfo͞olərē ˈfuləri | ▶noun silly or foolish behavior.
foolhardy
fool har dy |ˈfo͞olˌhärdē ˈfulˌhɑrdi | ▶adjective ( foolhardier, foolhardiest ) recklessly bold or rash: it would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support. DERIVATIVES fool har di ly |-ˌhärdl -ē |adverb, fool har di ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French folhardi, from fol ‘foolish ’ + hardi ‘bold ’ (see hardy ).
foolish
fool ish |ˈfo͞oliSH ˈfulɪʃ | ▶adjective (of a person or action ) lacking good sense or judgment; unwise: it was foolish of you to enter into correspondence.
foolishly
fool ish ly |ˈfo͞oliSHli | ▶adverb in an unwise manner; stupidly: they were condemned for acting foolishly | I foolishly wasted my money | foolishly, I decided to give it a go.
foolishness
fool ish ness |ˈfo͞oliSHnis | ▶noun lack of good sense or judgment; stupidity: she was realizing the foolishness of her actions.
foolproof
fool proof |ˈfo͞olˌpro͞of ˈfulˌpruf | ▶adjective incapable of going wrong or being misused: a foolproof security system.
foolscap
fools cap |ˈfo͝olzˌkap ˈfʊlzˌkæp | ▶noun a size of paper, now standardized at about 13 × 8 (or 13 × 15.75 ) inches (300 × 200 [or 300 × 400 ] mm ): [ as modifier ] : a stack of foolscap paper. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: said to be named from a former watermark representing a jester's cap.
fool's errand
fool's er rand ▶noun a task or activity that has no hope of success.
fool's gold
fool's gold ▶noun a brassy yellow mineral, esp. pyrite, that can be mistaken for gold.
fool's paradise
fool's par a dise ▶noun [ in sing. ] a state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about or denying the existence of potential trouble: they were living in a fool's paradise, refusing to accept that they were in debt.
fool's parsley
fool's pars ley ▶noun a poisonous white-flowered plant of the parsley family, with fernlike leaves and an unpleasant smell, native to Eurasia and North Africa. [Aethusa cynapium, family Umbelliferae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
fool
fool 1 |fuːl | ▶noun 1 a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person: I felt a bit of a fool. • archaic a person who is duped or imposed on: he is the fool of circumstances. 2 historical a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] trick or deceive (someone ); dupe: don't be fooled into paying out any more of your hard-earned cash | she tried to fool herself that she had stopped loving him. 2 [ no obj. ] act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way: some lads in the pool were fooling around . • [ no obj. ] (fool around ) chiefly N. Amer. engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal foolish; silly: that damn fool waiter. PHRASES be no (or nobody's ) fool be a shrewd or prudent person. a fool and his money are soon parted proverb a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless. fools rush in where angels fear to tread proverb people without good sense or judgement will have no hesitation in tackling a situation that even the wisest would avoid. make a fool of trick or deceive (someone ) so that they look foolish. • (make a fool of oneself ) behave in an incompetent or inappropriate way that makes one appear foolish. more fool —— used to convey that a specified person is behaving unwisely: if suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them. play (or act ) the fool behave in a playful or silly way. there's no fool like an old fool proverb the foolish behaviour of an older person seems especially foolish as they are expected to think and act more sensibly than a younger one. you could have fooled me! used to express cynicism or doubt about an assertion: ‘Fun, was it? Well, you could have fooled me! ’.ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fol ‘fool, foolish ’, from Latin follis ‘bellows, windbag ’, by extension ‘empty-headed person ’.
fool
fool 2 |fuːl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. with modifier ] chiefly Brit. a cold dessert made of puréed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard: raspberry fool with cream. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps from fool 1 .
foolery
fool |ery |ˈfuːləri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] silly or foolish behaviour.
foolhardy
fool |hardy |ˈfuːlhɑːdi | ▶adjective ( foolhardier, foolhardiest ) recklessly bold or rash: it would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support. DERIVATIVES foolhardily adverb, foolhardiness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French folhardi, from fol ‘foolish ’ + hardi ‘bold ’ (see hardy ).
foolish
fool |ish |ˈfuːlɪʃ | ▶adjective lacking good sense or judgement; unwise: he was foolish enough to confide in her | a foolish decision.
foolishly
fool |ish ¦ly |ˈfuːlɪʃli | ▶adverb in an unwise manner; stupidly: they were condemned for acting foolishly | I foolishly wasted my money | foolishly, I decided to give it a go.
foolishness
fool ¦ish |ness |ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] lack of good sense or judgement; stupidity: she was realizing the foolishness of her actions.
foolproof
fool |proof |ˈfuːlpruːf | ▶adjective incapable of going wrong or being misused: a foolproof security system.
foolscap
foolscap |ˈfuːlzkap, ˈfuːls -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a size of paper, about 330 × 200 (or 400 ) mm: [ as modifier ] : several sheets of foolscap paper. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: said to be named from a former watermark representing a fool's cap.
fool's errand
fool's er ¦rand ▶noun a task or activity that has no hope of success.
fool's gold
fool's gold ▶noun [ mass noun ] a brassy yellow mineral that can be mistaken for gold, especially pyrites.
fool's mate
fool's mate ▶noun see mate 2.
fool's paradise
fool's para |dise ▶noun a state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about or denying the existence of potential trouble: they were living in a fool's paradise, refusing to accept that they were in debt.
fool's parsley
fool's pars |ley ▶noun a poisonous white-flowered plant of the parsley family, with fern-like leaves and an unpleasant smell, native to Eurasia and North Africa. ●Aethusa cynapium, family Umbelliferae.
American Oxford Thesaurus
fool
fool noun 1 you've acted like a complete fool: idiot, ass, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, imbecile, cretin, dullard, simpleton, moron, clod; informal nitwit, halfwit, dope, ninny, nincompoop, chump, dimwit, dingbat, dipstick, goober, coot, goon, dumbo, dummy, ditz, dumdum, fathead, numbskull, numbnuts, dunderhead, thickhead, airhead, flake, lamebrain, zombie, nerd, peabrain, birdbrain, jughead, jerk, donkey, twit, goat, dork, twerp, schmuck, bozo, boob, turkey, schlep, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, meatball, dumb cluck. 2 she made a fool of me: laughingstock, dupe, butt, gull, cat's paw; informal stooge, sucker, fall guy, sap. 3 historical the fool in King James's court: jester, court jester, clown, buffoon, joker, zany. ▶verb 1 he'd been fooled by a mere child: deceive, trick, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, hoodwink, sucker, bluff, gull; swindle, defraud, cheat, double-cross; informal con, bamboozle, pull a fast one on, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put one over on, have on, diddle, fiddle, sting, shaft, snooker, stiff, euchre, hornswoggle; literary cozen. 2 I'm not fooling, I promise: pretend, make believe, feign, put on an act, act, sham, fake; joke, jest; informal kid; have someone on. PHRASES fool around 1 someone's been fooling around with the controls: fiddle, play (around ), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey (around ); informal mess (around ). 2 informal my husband's been fooling around: philander, womanize, flirt, have an affair, commit adultery, cheat; informal play around, mess around, carry on, play the field, sleep around.
foolery
foolery noun the foolery in this dormitory has gotten out of hand: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, buffoonery, silliness, foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; antics, capers; informal larks, shenanigans, didoes; archaic harlequinade.
foolhardy
foolhardy adjective their foolhardy plans: reckless, rash, irresponsible, impulsive, hotheaded, impetuous, bullheaded, daredevil, devil-may-care, madcap, harebrained, precipitate, hasty, overhasty; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS prudent.
foolish
foolish adjective don't let your foolish impulses get you into trouble: stupid, silly, idiotic, witless, brainless, vacuous, mindless, unintelligent, thoughtless, half-baked, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise; ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, rash, reckless, foolhardy, daft; informal dumb, dim, dimwitted, halfwitted, thick, harebrained, crack-brained, crackpot, pea-brained, wooden-headed, dumb-ass, chowderheaded. ANTONYMS sensible, wise. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
foolishness
foolishness noun I regretted my foolishness: folly, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, silliness, inanity, thoughtlessness, imprudence, injudiciousness, lack of foresight, lack of sense, irresponsibility, indiscretion, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness. ANTONYMS sense, wisdom.
foolproof
foolproof adjective a foolproof security system: infallible, dependable, reliable, trustworthy, certain, sure, guaranteed, safe, sound, tried and tested; watertight, airtight, flawless, perfect; informal sure-fire, idiot-proof, goof-proof; formal efficacious. ANTONYMS flawed.
Oxford Thesaurus
fool
fool noun 1 you've acted like a complete fool: idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod; informal dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, goon, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, loon, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, zombie, jerk, nerd, dipstick, donkey, noodle; Brit. informal nit, nitwit, numpty, twit, clot, goat, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, dork, twerp, charlie, mug, muppet; Scottish informal nyaff, balloon, sumph, gowk; Irish informal gobdaw; N. Amer. informal schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, meatball, gink, cluck, clunk, ding-dong, dingbat, wiener, weeny, dip, simp, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, yo-yo, dingleberry; Austral. /NZ informal drongo, dill, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead; S. African informal mompara; archaic tomfool, noddy, clodpole, loggerhead, spoony, mooncalf. 2 she always makes a fool of him: laughing stock, dupe, butt, gull, pushover, easy mark, tool, cat's paw; informal stooge, sucker, mug, fall guy; N. Amer. informal sap. 3 historical the fool in King James's court: jester, court jester, clown, buffoon, comic, joker, jokester, zany, merry andrew; wearer of the motley, harlequin, Pierrot, Punchinello, Pantaloon. ▶verb 1 he found he'd been fooled by a schoolboy: deceive, trick, play a trick on, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, hoodwink, bluff, beguile, gull, make a fool of, outwit; swindle, defraud, cheat, double-cross; informal con, bamboozle, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, put one over on, have on, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, rip off, do, sting, gyp, shaft; Brit. informal sell a pup to; N. Amer. informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle; Austral. informal pull a swifty on; rare cozen, sharp, mulct. 2 she screamed but they thought she was fooling: pretend, make believe, feign, put on an act, act, sham, fake, counterfeit; tease, joke, jest, play tricks, clown about /around, play the fool; informal kid, mess about /around; Brit. informal wind someone up, have someone on, muck someone about /around. 3 she fooled around with a bunch of keys while she spoke: fiddle, play (about /around ), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey about /around; informal mess about /around; Brit. informal muck about /around. 4 informal my husband's been fooling around behind my back: philander, womanize, flirt, have an affair, commit adultery; informal play around, mess about /around, carry on, play the field, play away, sleep around, swing; vulgar slang screw around; rare coquet.
foolery
foolery noun we had to endure his foolery all afternoon: clowning, fooling, tomfoolery, hoaxing, mischief, buffoonery, silliness, silly behaviour, skylarking, horseplay; antics, capers, practical jokes, pranks; foolishness, stupidity, idiocy; informal larking around, larks, shenanigans; Brit. informal monkey tricks; N. Amer. informal didoes; archaic harlequinade.
foolhardy
foolhardy adjective he'd been stupid and foolhardy: reckless, rash, incautious, careless, heedless, unheeding, thoughtless, unwise, imprudent, irresponsible, injudicious, impulsive, hot-headed, impetuous, daredevil, devil-may-care, death-or-glory, madcap, hare-brained, precipitate, precipitous, desperate, hasty, overhasty, over-adventurous, over-venturesome; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS wise. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD foolhardy, rash, reckless See rash 2 . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
foolish
foolish adjective her desperation led her to do something foolish: stupid, silly, idiotic, half-witted, witless, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, injudicious, indiscreet, unwise, unintelligent, unreasonable; ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, rash, reckless, foolhardy, lunatic; absurd, senseless, pointless, nonsensical, inane, fatuous, ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible; informal dumb, dim, dim-witted, dopey, gormless, damfool, half-baked, hare-brained, crackbrained, pea-brained, wooden-headed, thickheaded, nutty, mad, crazy, dotty, batty, dippy, cuckoo, screwy, wacky; Brit. informal barmy, daft; Scottish & N. English informal glaikit; N. Amer. informal dumb-ass, chowderheaded; W. Indian informal dotish. ANTONYMS sensible; wise. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
foolishly
foolishly adverb he'd be very cross with me if I acted foolishly: stupidly, idiotically, ineptly, inanely, senselessly, unwisely, ill-advisedly, incautiously, indiscreetly, short-sightedly; without thinking, without forethought; fatuously, absurdly; informal crazily; Brit. informal barmily.
foolishness
foolishness noun I regretted my foolishness over the matter: folly, foolhardiness, stupidity, idiocy, imbecility, silliness, inanity, lunacy, madness, rashness, recklessness, imprudence, injudiciousness, lack of caution /foresight /sense, irrationality, illogicality, irresponsibility, thoughtlessness, indiscretion; informal craziness; Brit. informal daftness. ANTONYMS wisdom; sense.
foolproof
foolproof adjective we need a foolproof security system: infallible, never failing, unfailing, unerring, dependable, reliable, trustworthy, certain, sure, guaranteed, safe, sound, effective, efficacious, tried and tested; watertight, airtight, flawless, perfect; informal sure-fire. ANTONYMS flawed.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
fool
fool 1 /fuːl /〖「ふいご 袋 」＞「頭が空の人 」〗(形 )foolish 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 a. 〖時に呼びかけで 〗ばか (者 ), 愚か者, まぬけ ; 〖be a ～ to do /for doing 〗…するとは愚か者である ▸ Don't be a (damn ) fool .ばかなまねをするな ▸ I felt like such a fool !なんてばかだったんだ ▸ Fools rush in .愚か者は先を見ずに行動する ▸ He is a fool to say no to her offer .彼女の誘いを断るなんて彼はばかだよ ▸ (There is ) no fool like an old fool .｟ことわざ ｠年寄りのばかは始末におえない 〘老いらくの恋などについて 〙▸ A fool and his money are soon parted .｟ことわざ ｠ばかは金には縁がない 〘むだ遣いを諭して 〙b. だまされやすい人, カモ ; «…に » うつつを抜かす人, 目のない人 , «…» ばか [おたく, 狂 ] «for » ▸ I'm a fool for you .君に夢中 [首ったけ ]なんだ .2 (中世欧州の貴族に仕えた )道化師 (jester ).3 ｟くだけて ｠ «…に » 熱中する人, マニア «for » .à ct the f ó ol ＝play the fool .á ny f ò ol can do ｟話 ｠だれでも …できる .be f ó ol en ò ugh to do 愚かにも …する .be l ì ving in f ò ol's p á radise ｟ややかたく ｠かりそめの幻想 [ぬか喜び ]にひたる .be n ò [n ò body's ] f ó ol (知識 経験があり )簡単にはだまされない, 抜け目がない .m à ke a f ó ol (out ) of A A 〈人 〉をばかにする, からかう (!Aが複数ならfools ) ▸ Stop making a fool of me at school! 学校で私をからかうのはやめて m à ke a f ó ol (out ) of one s è lf ばかなことをする, 物笑いの種になる (!主語が複数ならfools ) .m ó re fool A ｟英話 ｠ «…するなんて » ばかだなA 〈人 〉は «for do ing » ▸ More fool you [me ], perhaps .たぶんばかなのはお前 [おれ ]だよ n ò t suffer f ò ols (gl á dly )愚か者には容赦しない .pl à y [à ct ] the f ó ol (人を笑わせようと )おどける, ばかなことをする .動詞 他動詞 〈人 〉をだます, あざむく ; 〈人 〉をだまして «…» させる «into do ing » ;〈人 〉をだまして «…を » 取り上げる «out of » ▸ fool one self 思い違いをする ; 信じ込もうとする ▸ Don't be fooled by appearances .見かけにだまされるな ▸ try to fool people into thinking he was innocent 人々をだまして彼は無実だと信じさせようとする ▸ You could have fooled me .｟話 ｠その手はくわないよ ; 私はそうは思わなかった 自動詞 ふざける, ばかなことをする, 冗談を言う ▸ She is just fooling .｟話 ｠彼女はふざけているだけだ ▸ No fooling !本当だよ (!伝えたい内容の前に付ける ) ; 本当に? f ò ol ab ó ut ｟英 ｠＝fool around (1 ), (2 ), (3 ).f ò ol ar ó und 1 ばかなことをする, ふざける .2 «…を » もてあそぶ ; いじる «with » ▸ Don't fool around with fireworks .花火でふざけてはいけません 3 ｟主に米 けなして ｠【人と 】浮気をする «with » .4 ｟米 くだけて ｠時間をむだにする, ぶらぶらする ; 〈カップルが 〉いちゃつく .f ó ol with A A 〈物など 〉をいじって遊ぶ ; A 〈害のある物 〉に関わる .形容詞 比較なし ｟主に米 くだけて ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗ばかな, 愚かな 〈行為 人など 〉(foolish )▸ Quit that fool job .あんなばかげた仕事はやめろよ ～́ 's c à p 1 道化師の帽子 .2 ばか帽子 〘昔, 物覚えの悪い生徒にかぶせた 〙.～̀ 's é rrand むだ足, 骨折り損 ▸ go [be sent ] on a fool's errand むだ足を踏む .～̀ 's g ó ld 1 黄鉄 [銅 ]鉱 .2 ぬか喜びさせるもの .
fool
fool 2 名詞 U C ｟主に英 ｠フール 〘裏ごししたフルーツをクリームなどと混ぜた冷たいデザート 〙.
foolery
fool er y /fúːl (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies U 愚かなふるまい ; C 〖通例 -ies 〗愚かな行為 [考え, 言葉 ].
foolhardy
fool har dy /fúːlhɑ̀ː r di /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠〈行動が 〉無鉄砲な, 無茶 [謀 ]な .f ó ol h à r di ness 名詞
foolish
fool ish /fúːlɪʃ /→fool 1 形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例be ～〗1 愚かな, ばかな , 分別 [思慮 ]のない (silly )(↔wise );〖It is foolish of [for ] A to do 〗A 〈人 〉が … するとはばか [愚か ]だ (↓語法 )▸ It would be foolish to ignore my advice .僕の忠告を無視するとしたらばかげている ▸ It is foolish of you [You are foolish ] to let the chance go .好機を逃してしまうなんて君もばかだね ▸ Penny wise (and ) pound foolish .｟ことわざ ｠1ペニー節約し1ポンドむだにする ; 瑣事 （さじ ）にこだわりより大切なことを見失う 語法 it is foolish of [for ] A to do 1 ofを用いた構文では主に人の性格についての判断を表すが, forを用いた構文では性格より行為についての判断を表す ▸ It is foolish for anyone to swim on a full stomach .満腹で泳ぐなんてばかげている ▸ It is foolish of you to swim on a full stomach .満腹で泳ぐなんて君もばかだね 2 通例人を主語にした構文に言い換えられるのはofを用いた構文である ▸ You are foolish to swim on a full stomach .2 〈人が 〉ばかみたいな, 間の抜けた ▸ She felt foolish (, ) standing alone on a deserted beach .彼女は人気のない浜辺に1人立っていると間の抜けた気分だった ～ness 名詞 U 愚かさ ; 愚行 .
foolishly
f ó ol ish ly 副詞 〖動詞 の前後で 〗愚かに, 浅はかに ; 〖文修飾 〗愚かにも .
foolproof
f ó ol pr ò of 形容詞 〈方法 装置などが 〉 (簡単明瞭で )絶対 [成功 ]確実な, 間違いのない ; 完璧 （かんぺき ）な .
foolscap
fools cap /fúːlskæ̀p, fúːlz -, 2 では -z- /名詞 1 U 大判用紙 ; フールスキャップ判の紙 〘英米で異なるが約43 ×34cm; かつて道化師帽 (fool's cap )の透かし絵が入っていたことから 〙.2 ＝fool's cap (→fool 1 ).
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