Fooling synonyms and antonyms
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Part of speech:
Of, like, or characteristic of a rogue
Like, characteristic of, or befitting a wag; roguishly merry
Full of hearty, playful good humor; genial and cheerful
Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert:
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Habitually phony or dishonest:
Full of pranks; mischievous or frolicsome
frolicking
Humorously ironic, mocking, or insincere
jollying
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Having or showing intelligence; bright.
pulling one's leg
grave (antonym)
(--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
seriousness (antonym)
The state or quality of being serious.
Gull is defined as to trick.
To break apart or attenuate to the point of disappearing:
To dupe or cheat
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To undermine in any way; weaken; exhaust
To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart:
To try to mislead opponents in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.
The definition of hoodwink is to trick or deceive someone.
To introduce an adulterant, additive, or impurity into (another substance) in order to produce a deliberate change
Clown means to perform tricks and jokes in a circus or at a party, or to act foolishly.
To twirl or play with lightly or idly
(Informal) To play, fool, trifle, or meddle
(Informal) To play a fiddle
(Informal) To play music in a casual, informal way
To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.
touching (related)
To play (a musical piece).
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thriving (related)
To grow vigorously; flourish:
messin (related)
Having or expressing humor; funny; amusing; comical
Humorous; jesting:
To bungle; muddle; botch
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serious (antonym)
The definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought.
(Intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
(Informal) To fool; deceive
Mislead is defined as to bring in the wrong direction or give the wrong idea.
Kid means to tease or deceive in a fun way.
To deceive by trickery; fool or cheat
To tinker is defined as to play around with something, or to try to change or fix it.
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To tamper is to interfere with something you shouldn't in a harmful way or to change something you shouldn't change.
To busy oneself or proceed in a trifling, ineffective, or aimless way; dawdle
To deceive or dupe; hoodwink.
To deceive or swindle
To fool, as by false promises or wrong notions; mislead; deceive; trick
Tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat
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Of or befitting an imp; mischievous.
Of a claim or assertion in litigation, that it lacks merit or substance; often a pejorative term, implying bad faith or negligence by the pleading party.
Amusingly odd or whimsically comical.
Not harsh or severe:
Joking or trying to be jocular, esp. at an inappropriate time
Joking; humorous; full of fun
putting one on
Being or occurring between sexual partners who are not in an established relationship:
To film a scene in a movie.
Jerk is defined as to pull, push or throw in a sharp sudden motion.
(Intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
To hit or push something with the head or horns.
(Music) To perform on an instrument:
To play or fuss; fiddle:
Meddle is defined as intrude in someone else's life or business.
To deceive or trick.
To betray is to be disloyal, to reveal secrets, or to reveal your location to an enemy.
helping (related)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
mithering (related)
hanky-panky (related)
To violate rules deliberately, as in a game:
Find another word for fooling. In this page you can discover 81 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fooling, like: feigning, roguish, jesting, waggish, teasing, jovial, flippant, insincere, prankish, frolicking and tongue-in-cheek.
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