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Main Entry:	fool
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid or ridiculous person
Synonyms:	ass, blockhead, bonehead, boob, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin, dimwit, dolt, dope, dunce, easy mark, fair game, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk, lightweight, moron, nerd, nincompoop, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, victim, birdbrain, dumb ox, dunderhead, fathead, goose, halfwit, lamebrain*, loon, ninny, turkey, twerp, twit
Antonyms:	brain

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Main Entry:	fool
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	trick, mislead
Synonyms:	bamboozle, bluff, cheat, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, flimflam, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, make believe, outfox, pretend, put on, scam, snow, spoof, take in, trifle, chicane, fake out, fox, jive*, juke, lead on, play a trick on, play-act, put one over on, suck in

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Main Entry:	ass
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, dolt, donkey, dope, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, jerk, nitwit, simpleton, numbskull*, twit

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Main Entry:	banter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tease
Synonyms:	chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt, jive*

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Main Entry:	bluff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deceive
Synonyms:	affect, beguile, betray, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake, feign, fool, humbug, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, put on, sham, shuck, simulate, snow, take in, trick, bunco, fake out, illude, jive, psych out
Antonyms:	come clean, reveal, tell truth

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Main Entry:	buffoon
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	clownlike person
Synonyms:	antic, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, wag, zany, bozo, merry-andrew

Main Entry:	bungler
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who blunders
Synonyms:	blockhead, bonehead, butcher, butterfingers, clod, dolt, donkey, dunce, fool, goof off, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz, numskull, screw up, addlebrain, blunderer, botcher, bumbler, clumsy oaf, duffer, featherbrain, foul-up*, fumbler, goofball, harebrain, mismanager, muddler, muffer, spoiler
Antonyms:	success

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Main Entry:	clod
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, boor, chump, clown, dimwit, dolt, dope*, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, imbecile, lout, oaf, simpleton, lame-brain

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Main Entry:	comic/comical
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	amusing
Synonyms:	Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky, fool, foolheaded, for grins, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus, goofy, gump, horse's tail, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, off the wall, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty
Antonyms:	sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny

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Main Entry:	competent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	able
Synonyms:	adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked
Antonyms:	inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable

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Main Entry:	con
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deceive, defraud
Synonyms:	bamboozle, bilk, cajole, cheat, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off, rook, swindle, trick, wheedle, chicane, sweet-talk
Antonyms:	be forthright, be honest

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Main Entry:	coquet
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tease
Synonyms:	dally, flirt, fool, operate, string along, titillate, toy, trifle, vamp, wanton, gold-dig, lead on, make eyes at, philander, wink at*
Antonyms:	be shy

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Main Entry:	corner
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	trap
Synonyms:	bottle, capture, catch, collar*, fool, nab, put out, seize, tree, trick, trouble, bring to bay, get on ropes, have up a tree, mousetrap
Antonyms:	allow, release, let go

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Main Entry:	cretin
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	obnoxious stupid person
Synonyms:	creep, fool, idiot, imbecile, loser, moron

Main Entry:	deceive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mislead; be dishonest
Synonyms:	bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners
Antonyms:	be honest

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Main Entry:	dimwit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	a stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, bonehead, dolt, dullard, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, moron, numskull, simpleton, twit

Main Entry:	dolt
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, boob, chump, dimwit, dope, dumbbell, dunce, fool, goon, idiot, ignoramus, nitwit, sap, simpleton, stupid, airhead, clodpate, dodo, dork, dumdum, lamebrain, lunkhead, meathead, yo-yo
Antonyms:	brain, genius

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Main Entry:	dullard
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	dolt
Synonyms:	blockhead, boob, dimwit, dope, dumbbell, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, nitwit, simpleton, airhead, dork, lamebrain*, lunkhead, meathead, stupid person

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Main Entry:	dunce
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	ass, blockhead, bonehead, buffoon, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, drip, dullard, fool, goof, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, lightweight, moron, nerd, nincompoop, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead*, simpleton, birdbrain, dork, dunderhead, goof ball, knucklehead, lame-brain, ninny, scatterbrain, schnook, twit
Antonyms:	brain, genius

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Main Entry:	dupe
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who is fooled
Synonyms:	butt, chump, easy mark, fish, fool, mark, patsy, pushover, sap, sitting duck, sucker, victim, pigeon
Antonyms:	cognizant

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