Thesaurus:foolish

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.

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