SILLY vs FOOL: NOUN
- A silly person; a fool.
- A word used for misbehaving children
- A silly person: as, what a silly you are!
- A mistake.
- One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
- A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
- Harlequin, clown, jester. See zany.
- Synonyms and Simpleton, ninny, dolt, witling, blockhead. driveler.
- To act like one void of understanding.
- A conical paper cap which dunces at school are sometimes compelled to wear by way of punishment.
- A wanton, bad, or wicked person.
- Figuratively, a tool, toy, sport, butt, or victim: as, to be the fool of circumstances.
- One who counterfeits mental weakness or folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer dressed in motley, with a pointed cap and bells on his head, and a mock scepter or bauble in his hand, formerly kept by persons of rank for the purpose of making sport. See bauble.
- One who is deficient in judgment or sense; a silly or stupid person; one who manifests either habitual or occasional lack of discernment or common sense: chiefly used as a term of disparagement, contempt, or self-depreciation.
- One who is deficient in intellect; a weak-minded or idiotic person.
- A sort of custard; a dish made of fruit crushed and scalded or stewed and mixed with whipped cream and sugar: as, gooseberry fool.
- 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.
- A mentally deficient person; an idiot.
- A dessert made of stewed or puréed fruit mixed with cream or custard and served cold.
- A person who lacks good judgment
- A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
- One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.
- One who acts unwisely on a given occasion.
- One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe.
- A person with a talent or enthusiasm for a certain activity.
- A member of a royal or noble household who provided entertainment, as with jokes or antics; a jester.
- A light paste of flour and water, like pie-crust.
- One who subverts convention or orthodoxy or varies from social conformity in order to reveal spiritual or moral truth.
SILLY vs FOOL: ADJECTIVE
- Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.
- Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless.
- Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid.
- Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple.
- Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
- Weak; helpless; frail.
- Foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.
- Irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
- Playful, giggly.
- Semiconscious, witless.
- Of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
- Simple, not intelligent, refined.
- Ludicrous, foolish
- Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
- Dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- Inspiring scornful pity
- Pungent adjectives of disesteem
- Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- Having or exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense; foolish. : foolish.
- Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous.
- Semiconscious; dazed.
- Foolish; stupid.
SILLY vs FOOL: VERB
- N/A
- Spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fool or hoax
- Indulge in horseplay
- Make a fool or dupe of
SILLY vs FOOL: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To toy, tinker, or mess.
- To engage in idle or frivolous activity.
- To feign; pretend.
- To behave comically; clown.
- To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
- To speak or act facetiously or in jest; joke.
- To deceive or trick; dupe.
- To confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly.
SILLY vs FOOL: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To infatuate; to make foolish.
- To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence.
- To get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.
SILLY vs FOOL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Synonyms Dull, etc. see simple.
- Weak in body: not in good health; sickly; weakly.
- Fatuous; imbecile; mentally weak to the verge of idiocy.
- Foolish, as an epithet of contempt; characterized by weakness or folly; manifesting want of judgment or common sense; stupid or unwise: as, a silly coxcomb; a silly book; silly conduct.
- Foolish, as a term of pity; deficient in understanding; weak-minded; witless; simple.
- Weak; impotent; helpless; frail.
- Simple-hearted; guileless; ingenuous; innocent.
- Happy; fortunate; blessed.
- Given to frivolity
- Lacking seriousness
- Absurd, Silly, Foolish, etc. See a bsurd.
- Plain; simple; rustic; rude.
- To play the buffoon; act as a fool or jester.
- To make a fool of; expose to contempt; disappoint; deceive; impose on.
- To make foolish; infatuate.
- To beguile; cheat: as, to fool one out of his money.
- To play the fool; act like a weak-minded or foolish person; potter aimlessly or mischievously; toy; trifle.
- Foolish; silly.
- (idiom) (play/act) To act in an irresponsible or foolish manner.
- (idiom) (play/act) To behave in a playful or comical manner.
SILLY vs FOOL: RELATED WORDS
- Slaphappy, Unreasonable, Cockamamie, Giddy, Airheaded, Undignified, Fool, Sappy, Zany, Frivolous, Pathetic, Wacky, Foolish, Goofy, Ridiculous
- Fritter, Goosey, Jester, Schlemiel, Muggins, Goofy, Patsy, Dopey, Sucker, Silly, Befool, Chump, Foolish, Stupid, Dupe
SILLY vs FOOL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Slaphappy, Unreasonable, Cockamamie, Giddy, Airheaded, Undignified, Fool, Sappy, Zany, Frivolous, Pathetic, Wacky, Foolish, Goofy, Ridiculous
- Mug, Cockamamie, Goosey, Jester, Schlemiel, Muggins, Goofy, Patsy, Dopey, Sucker, Silly, Chump, Foolish, Stupid, Dupe
SILLY vs FOOL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- If he was a fool, call him a fool.
- He was a fool and worse than a fool.
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