Word Meaning

Meaning of "fools" and the crossword clue

- Chump
- Dupe
- Fall guy
- Idiot
- Nincompoop
- Numbskull
- Twerp
- Dupes
- Jackasses
- Laughing stocks
- A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
- One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
- 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.
- One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
- One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
- To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
- 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; as, to fool one out of his money.