Dictionary Definition
foolish adj
1 devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish
remarks"; "a foolish decision" [ant: wise]
2 having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous
anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool
idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, goosey, goosy, gooselike]
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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
foolish- (of a person, action) lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
- Being foolish once in a while does not make one a foolish person.
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Antonyms
Translations
lacking good sense or judgement; unwise
resembling or characteristic of a fool
- ttbc Portuguese: tolo
- ttbc French: idiot
Extensive Definition
Foolish may refer to:
- Foolish (album), Superchunk's fourth studio album
- "Foolish" (song), the debut single by Ashanti
- Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love, a book of stories and poems by Ashanti
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, arch, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, bemused, besotted, beyond belief,
bizarre, blockheaded, boneheaded, brainless, brash, buffoonish, catchpenny, cockamamie, cockeyed, confused, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dazed, demented, devilish, dim, dim-witted, dippy, dizzy, dopey, doting, dotty, dull-witted, dumb, elfish, elvish, empty, empty-headed, erratic, extravagant, fantastic, fatuitous, fatuous, feebleminded, flaky, flimsy, fond, fool, foolhardy, foolheaded, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fuddled, full of mischief,
futile, gaga, goofy, grotesque, gulled, hasty, headless, headlong, heedless, high-flown,
high-spirited, idiotic,
idle, ignorant, ill-advised,
ill-considered, illogical, imbecile, imbecilic, impetuous, impish, impolitic, imprudent, inane, incautious, incredible, indiscreet, inept, infatuated, injudicious, insane, insensate, irrational, knavish, kooky, lackbrained, laughable, lean-minded,
lean-witted, light,
light-headed, loony,
ludicrous, mad, maudlin, mindless, mischief-loving,
mischievous,
misguided, monstrous, moronic, nonsensical, not bright,
nugacious, nugatory, numskulled, nuts, nutty, obtuse, of little brain, otiose, outrageous, outre, pea-brained, pin-brained,
playful, poppycockish, potty, prankish, pranksome, pranky, preposterous, puckish, rash, reasonless, reckless, ridiculous, roguish, rubbishy, sappy, scampish, scapegrace, scatterbrained, screwy, senseless, sentimental, shallow, short-sighted, silly, skimble-skamble, slackminded, slackwitted, slender, slight, slow-witted, sportive, stolid, stupid, superficial, thick, thickheaded, thoughtless, trashy, trickish, tricksy, trifling, trite, trivial, twaddling, twaddly, ungifted, unintellectual, unintelligent, unorthodox, unreasonable, unreasoning, unstable, untalented, unthinking, unwary, unwise, unwitty, vacuous, vain, vapid, wacky, waggish, weak-minded, weird, wet, wild, windy, witless