Synonyms for foolery
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Foolish behaviour or speech.
Forms
- Plural
- fooleries → tomfooleries, follies, buffooneries, foolishnesses…
Example sentences
- folly Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.
- foolishness I'm getting endlessly annoyed by this foolishness.
- tomfoolery Tatoeba? It's nothing but a bunch of tomfoolery.
- buffoonery The mime's buffoonery entertained passers-by.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| foolery | rising | |
| folly | steady | |
| foolishness | rising | |
| tomfoolery | rising | |
| buffoonery | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- folly2
- 6 letters
- lunacy3
- 9 letters
- craziness3
- 10 letters
- indulgence3, tomfoolery, buffoonery
- 11 letters
- foolishness3
- 12 letters
- harlequinade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (folly2 = 2 syllables).