Synonyms for tomfoolery
All synonyms
Noun
1. Buffoonery
buffoonery, foolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence, harlequinade
Other
non-sense, monkey-shine, mummery, shenanigan informal, vagary, jewelry rare US, jewellery UK
Definitions
- n. 1
Foolish behaviour or speech.
Related words
- Word family
- tomfoolerous
Forms
- Plural
- tomfooleries → buffooneries, fooleries, lunacies, crazinesses…
Example sentences
- craziness I have had enough of the craziness of our lives.
- lunacy Don't succumb to lunacy too much, tomorrow is your wedding!
- buffoonery The mime's buffoonery entertained passers-by.
- foolery Mark's foolery is already making Rosa sick.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tomfoolery | rising | |
| craziness | rising | |
| lunacy | steady | |
| buffoonery | steady | |
| foolery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- folly2
- 6 letters
- lunacy3, vagary3
- 7 letters
- jewelry3, foolery3, mummery
- 9 letters
- jewellery, craziness3
- 10 letters
- indulgence3, buffoonery, shenanigan4
- 12 letters
- harlequinade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (folly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bouffonnerie
- Español
- bufonada