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tomfool
noun
1 tomfool
A person who lacks good judgment.
synonyms: fool, muggins, sap, saphead.
Roget 501:
fool,
idiot,
tomfool,
wiseacre,
simpleton,
witling†,
dizzard†,
donkey,
ass;
ninny,
ninnyhammer†;
chowderhead†,
chucklehead†;
dolt,
booby,
Tom Noddy,
looby†,
hoddy-doddy†,
noddy,
nonny,
noodle,
nizy†,
owl;
goose,
goosecap†;
imbecile;
gaby†;
radoteur†,
nincompoop,
badaud†,
zany;
trifler,
babbler;
pretty fellow;
natural,
niais†.
child,
baby,
infant,
innocent,
milksop,
sop.
oaf,
lout,
loon,
lown†,
dullard,
doodle,
calf,
colt,
buzzard,
block,
put,
stick,
stock,
numps†,
tony.
bull head,
dunderhead,
addlehead†,
blockhead,
dullhead†,
loggerhead,
jolthead†,
jolterhead†,
beetlehead†,
beetlebrain,
grosshead†,
muttonhead,
noodlehead,
giddyhead†;
numbskull,
thickskull†;
lackbrain†,
shallowbrain†;
dimwit,
halfwit,
lackwit†;
dunderpate†;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.],
gowk†;
clod,
clod-hopper;
clod-poll,
clot-poll,
clot-pate;
bull calf;
gawk,
Gothamite,
lummox,
rube [U.S.];
men of Boeotia,
wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.],
sot;
jobbernowl†,
changeling,
mooncalf,
gobemouche†.
dotard,
driveler;
old fogey,
old woman,
crock;
crone,
grandmother;
cotquean†,
henhussy†.
incompetent
(insanity)
503.
greenhorn
etc.
(dupe)
547;
dunce
etc.
(ignoramus)
493;
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
madman
etc.
504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire;
one who did not invent gunpowder,
qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.];
no conjuror.
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Dutch: achterlijke, debiel, druif, dwaas, gek, halvezool, idioot, imbeciel, kwibus, lijp, lijpo, mafkees, mafketel, mafkikker, malloot, nar, piechem, zot ... show more
Polish: głup, głupiec, głupol, głuptak
Moby thesaurus: absurd, ass, balmy, born fool, buffoon, clown, crazy, donkey, doodle, egregious ass, fantastic, figure of fun, fool, harebrained, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, insane, jackass, jerk, loony, lunatic, milksop, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, perfect fool, preposterous, schmuck, silly, softhead, sop, stupid ass, zany ... show more.
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