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TOMFOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tomfool mean?
• TOMFOOL (noun)
The noun TOMFOOL has 1 sense:
1. a person who lacks good judgment
Familiarity information: TOMFOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who lacks good judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fool; muggins; sap; saphead; tomfool
Hypernyms ("tomfool" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomfool"):
ass (a pompous fool)
buffoon; clown (a rude or vulgar fool)
flibbertigibbet; foolish woman (a female fool)
fucker (a stupid despised man)
bozo; cuckoo; fathead; goof; goofball; goose; jackass; twat; zany (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)
meshuggeneh; meshuggener ((Yiddish) a crazy fool)
morosoph (a learned fool)
putz ((Yiddish) a fool; an idiot)
wally (a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid)
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