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Antonyms for fool with
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fool |
Phonetic Transcription : ful |
Definition of fool with
Origin :- late 13c., "silly or stupid person," from Old French fol "madman, insane person; idiot; rogue; jester," also "blacksmith's bellows," also an adjective meaning "mad, insane" (12c., Modern French fou), from Latin follis "bellows, leather bag" (see follicle); in Vulgar Latin used with a sense of "windbag, empty-headed person." Cf. also Sanskrit vatula- "insane," literally "windy, inflated with wind."
- The word has in mod.Eng. a much stronger sense than it had at an earlier period; it has now an implication of insulting contempt which does not in the same degree belong to any of its synonyms, or to the derivative foolish. [OED]
- Meaning "jester, court clown" first attested late 14c., though it is not always possible to tell whether the reference is to a professional entertainer or an amusing lunatic on the payroll. As the name of a kind of custard dish, it is attested from 1590s (the food also was called trifle, which may be the source of the name).
- There is no foole to the olde foole [Heywood, 1546]
- Feast of Fools (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin festum stultorum) refers to the burlesque festival celebrated in some churches on New Year's Day in medieval times. Fool's gold "iron pyrite" is from 1829. Fool's paradise "state of illusory happiness" is from mid-15c. Foolosopher, a most useful insult, turns up in a 1549 translation of Erasmus. Fool's ballocks is described in OED as "an old name" for the green-winged orchid.
- As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
- As in meddle : verb intervene, interfere
- As in monkey : verb fiddle, tamper with
- As in trifle : verb toy with; mess around
- As in interlope : verb meddle
- As in dally : verb dawdle, delay
- As in experiment : verb investigate, test
Synonyms for fool with
- abuse rights
- advance
- amuse oneself
- analyze
- assay
- baffle
- balk
- barge in
- be insincere
- boondoggle
- break in on
- busybody
- butt in
- chime in
- come uninvited
- conflict
- coquet
- crash the gates
- dabble
- dabble in
- dally
- dawdle
- diagnose
- dilly-dally
- discommode
- doodle
- drag
- encroach
- encumber
- examine
- explore
- fidget
- flirt
- foil
- fool
- fool around
- fool with
- fribble
- fritter
- fritter away
- frustrate
- futz around
- get in the way
- get involved
- hamper
- handicap
- hang about
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- horn in
- horse around
- idle
- impede
- impose
- incommode
- inconvenience
- indulge in
- infringe
- inhibit
- inquire
- intercede
- interfere
- interlope
- intermeddle
- intermediate
- intermit
- interpose
- intrude
- invade
- jam
- jerk off
- kibitz
- lag
- lead on
- linger
- loiter
- lollygag
- lounge
- make
- meddle
- mess
- mess around
- mess with
- misuse
- mix in
- molest
- monkey
- monkey with
- obstruct
- obtrude
- oppose
- palter
- philander
- play
- play around
- play around with
- play games with
- play with
- poke nose in
- potter
- practice with
- prevent
- probe
- procrastinate
- prove
- pry
- push in
- put off
- put to the test
- put two cents in
- putter
- remit
- research
- sample
- scrutinize
- search
- shake down
- sidewalk-superintend
- snoop
- speculate
- squander
- step in
- stick nose in
- stop
- string along
- study
- suspend
- tamper
- tarry
- thwart
- tinker
- toy
- trail
- trammel
- trespass
- trifle
- trifle with
- trouble
- try
- try on
- try on for size
- try out
- twiddle
- use up
- venture
- verify
- wanton
- waste
- waste time
- weigh
- while away
- wink at
- worm in
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