Dumb vs. Fool
Dumbadjective
(dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
Dumbadjective
(dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words.
Dumbadjective
extremely stupid.
Dumbadjective
(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
Dumbadjective
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.
Dumbverb
To silence.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To make stupid.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To represent as stupid.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
Dumbadjective
Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
Dumbadjective
Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
Dumbadjective
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
Dumbverb
To put to silence.
Dumbadjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
Dumbadjective
unable to speak temporarily;
Dumbadjective
lacking the power of human speech;
Dumbadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Foolnoun
(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Foolnoun
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
Foolnoun
(informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
Foolnoun
Buddy, dude, person.
Foolnoun
(cooking) A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
Foolnoun
A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
Foolverb
To trick; to deceive
Foolverb
To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
Fooladjective
(informal) foolish
Foolnoun
A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; - commonly called gooseberry fool.
Foolnoun
One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
Foolnoun
A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.
Foolnoun
One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
Foolnoun
One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
Foolverb
To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
Foolverb
To infatuate; to make foolish.
Foolverb
To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
Foolnoun
a person who lacks good judgment
Foolnoun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Foolnoun
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
Foolverb
make a fool or dupe of
Foolverb
spend frivolously and unwisely;
Foolverb
fool or hoax;
Foolverb
indulge in horseplay;
Foolnoun
a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person
Foolnoun
a person who is duped or imposed on
Foolnoun
a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household.
Foolnoun
a cold dessert made of pureed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard
Foolverb
trick or deceive (someone); dupe
Foolverb
act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way
Foolverb
engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.
Fooladjective
foolish; silly
