ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Foolish', Synonyms of 'Foolish' & More on 'Foolish'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Foolish \Fool"ish\, a.
   1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding;
      weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly;
      unwise.
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            I am a very foolish fond old man.     --Shak.
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   2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind
      or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion;
      as, a foolish act.
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   3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
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            A foolish figure he must make.        --Prior.

   Syn: Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple;
        irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious;
        silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See
        Absurd.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Foolish:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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