Synonyms for tomfool
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : tom-fool |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒmˈful |
Top 10 synonyms for tomfool Other synonyms for the word tomfool
- asinine
- brainless
- cockamamy
- crazy
- cretin
- daffy
- daft
- dimwit
- dippy
- dolt
- doltish
- dope
- dotty
- dumb ox
- dunce
- dunderhead
- easy mark
- fair game
- fantastic
- fathead
- fatuous
- feebleminded
- goose
- half-baked
- half-witted
- halfwit
- harebrained
- idiot
- idiotic
- ignoramus
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- illiterate
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- imprudent
- incautious
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- innocent
- insane
- irrational
- jackass
- jerk
- jerky
- kooky
- lamebrain
- lightweight
- loon
- loony
- ludicrous
- lunatic
- mad
- mooncalf
- moron
- moronic
- nerd
- nerdy
- nincompoop
- ninny
- nitwit
- nonsensical
- numskull
- nutty
- oaf
- preposterous
- ridiculous
- sap
- schlemiel
- senseless
- short-sighted
- silly
- simple
- simpleton
- softhead
- softheaded
- stooge
- stupid
- sucker
- turkey
- twerp
- twit
- unearthly
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unwise
- victim
- wacky
- weak
- witless
- zany
Définition of tomfool
Origin :- "buffoon, clown," 1640s, from Middle English Thom Foole, personification of a mentally deficient man (mid-14c.), see Tom + fool (n.).
- adj foolish
- noun fool
- That tomfool letter we sent ruined whatever chance I had left.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- Then aloud in Spanish: "What's the good of all that tomfool business?"
- Extract from : « Lone Pine » by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
- Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in.
- Extract from : « "Carrots:" » by Mrs. Molesworth
- And think of that tomfool of a Tommy-Bill-beg sending the man to me.
- Extract from : « She's All the World to Me » by Hall Caine
- "I'll stop all night in your tomfool wood and up your tomfool trees," he said.
- Extract from : « The Trees of Pride » by G.K. Chesterton
- “If she wa'n't dead and gone, I wouldn't believe one word of such a tomfool story,” said she, with vicious energy.
- Extract from : « The Shoulders of Atlas » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- If Dalrymple really meant what he had said, and would stick to it, she need not mind being called a tomfool by her mother.
- Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope
- Dorcas objected to this name, but Tabitha remarked sagely that at any rate it was better than "Tomfool."
- Extract from : « Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales » by Henry Rider Haggard
- This ought to be read before all the tomfool peace societies and anti-imperialist societies of the present-day.
- Extract from : « Letters to His Children » by Theodore Roosevelt
- If anyone asks, youve been for a spin with a tomfool skipper who didnt know dirty weather when he saw it.
- Extract from : « Twos and Threes » by G. B. Stern
Antonyms for tomfool
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