Thesaurus:fool

Thesaurus:fool

THESAURUS

fool

English

Synonyms

• asshat (US, vulgar)

• arsehole (British, vulgar)

• asshole (US, vulgar)

• bayard (archaic)

• berk (British)

• birdbrain

• bobchin (obsolete)

• bonehead

• bozo

• brickhead

• Charlie (British, Australian)

• chucklehead

• chowderhead

• chump

• clart

• dill pickle (US, dated)

• dim bulb

• dingleberry

• dipshit (vulgar)

• dipstick

• div

• divvo

• divvy

• dolt

• donk (Australian)

• doodle (dated)

• doofus

• dope

• dork    [WS]

• dote (obsolete)

• dotterel

• dullard

• dumbass (US, vulgar)

• dumbbell

• dumb fuck (US, vulgar)

• dummy

• dunce

• dunderhead

• dupe    [WS]

• fathead

• fenderhead

• fuckwit (vulgar)

• geck (archaic)

• gink

• goober (Southern US)

• gooseberry (British)

• gubbins

• ha'p'orth (dated, British)

• imbecile

• jerk    [WS] (US)

• jerkoff (US, vulgar)

• jolterhead

• jolthead

• juggins

• jughead

• knucklehead

• lamebrain

• maroon

• meathead

• mong (British, vulgar)

• moron

• mug (British)

• muggins (British)

• mushhead

• nimrod

• nincompoop (somewhat dated)

• nit

• nitwit

• not the sharpest knife in the drawer

• numskull

• pinhead

• plonker (British)

• prat (British)

• retard

• shit for brains (vulgar)

• shithead (vulgar)

• schmo

• schmuck (US)

• snapperhead

• softhead

• sot (dated)

• sucker

• thickhead

• tool    [WS] (Australian)

• tosser (British, vulgar)

• tosspot

• twat (British, vulgar)

• twerp

• twit

• wally (British)

• wantwit

• yampy (British)

Antonyms

• sage    [WS]

Various

• buffoon

• dimwit

• glaik

• halfwit

• idiot    [WS]

• imbecile

• moron

• retard

• retarded

Hypernyms

• git    [WS]

• mentally deficient person    [WS]

See also

• idiot    [WS]

• foolish    [WS]

• insane    [WS]

• jester    [WS]

Further reading

• Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification

  4 Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

  4.1 Division I. Formation of Ideas

  Section V. Results Of Reasoning

  499. “Imbecility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

  501. “Fool” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “fool” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.