Thesaurus:foolish
THESAURUS | foolish |
English
Sense: (of a person, action) lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
- Some meanings imply unintelligent, slow witted - ++
Synonyms
- bedaft
- daft
- derpy (slang)
- dopey
- dumb ++
- fatuous
- gauvison (UK dialect)
- idiotic
- naive [WS]
- silly
- slight (obsolete)
- softheaded
- soft in the head
- sottish (dated)
- stupid [WS]
- thick++ (not of action)
- unwise
Colloquialisms or slang
- crackpot
- dense++
Similes
- thick as a brick++ (not of action)
- daft as a brush
Technical terms misused
- cretinous++
- idiotic
- imbecilic++
- lame++
- moronic++
- retarded
Antonyms
- wise [WS]
Hyponyms
- gullible [WS]
- naive [WS]
Hypernyms
- weak-minded [WS]
See also
- Thesaurus:fool
- Thesaurus:insane
Further reading
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- 499. Imbecility, Folly - “Imbecility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- “foolish” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.