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| Main Entry: | tomfool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy*, daffy*, daft, dippy*, doltish*, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, kooky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, softheaded, stupid*, unearthly, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*, cockamamy*, nerdy* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tomfool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | ass, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, bore*, buffoon, clod*, clown, cretin*, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dunce, easy mark*, fair game*, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jackass, jerk*, lightweight*, loon*, mooncalf, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, ninny*, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, sap*, schlemiel*, silly, simple, simpleton, softhead, stooge*, sucker*, turkey*, twit*, victim, birdbrain*, dumb ox*, dunderhead*, fathead*, goose*, halfwit, lamebrain*, twerp* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, bonehead*, cretin, dimwit, dumbbell, dunce, fool, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, kook*, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, pinhead*, simpleton, stupid, dork, muttonhead, ninny, out to lunch, tomfool, twit |
| Notes: | an idiot is a stupid person with a mental age below three years, while a moron is a stupid person with a mental age of between seven to twelve years |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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