<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.</li><li>Synonyms: sap, saphead, booby, nincompoop, ninny, dunderhead, ignoramus, numbskull, blockhead, dunce, dolt, simpleton.</li><li>Antonyms: genius.</li><li>A professional jester, formerly kept by a person of royal or noble rank for amusement: the court fool.</li><li>Synonyms: clown, zany.</li><li>A person who has been tricked or deceived into appearing or acting silly or stupid: to make a fool of someone.</li><li>An ardent enthusiast who cannot resist an opportunity to indulge an enthusiasm: He's just a dancing fool.</li><li>A weak-minded or idiotic person.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.</li><li>Synonyms: guudgeon, dupe, cozen, hoax, gull, cheat, hoodwink, delude.</li><li>(Used without object) To act like a fool; joke; play.</li><li>To jest; pretend; make believe: I was only fooling.</li><li>Verb phrase: to spend foolishly, as time or money; squander: to fool away the entire afternoon.</li><li>To putter aimlessly; waste time: She fooled around all through school.</li><li>To handle or play with idly or carelessly: She was hurt while fooling around with a loaded gun.</li><li>It's unkind to fool with someone's affections.</li><li>To flirt or have casual sexual encounters: You should know better than to fool around with someone you work with.</li><li>They're just fooling around—I don't think the relationship is going to go anywhere.</li><li>To be sexually promiscuous, especially to engage in adultery: He's out fooling around while she's at home sick with the flu.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>