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Synonyms for fooling
fool·ing

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  1. fooling, casualadjective

    characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

    "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

    Synonyms:
    daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, casual, everyday

    Antonyms:
    heavy

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  1. foolingnoun

    Synonyms:
    foolishness, folly, zanyism, mummery, buffoonery, monkey-tricks, harlequinism

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  1. List of paraphrases for "fooling":

    deluding, joke, deceiving

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#756daily
#4394everyday
#4833casual
#6675joke
#8529occasional
#31918effortless
#40664fooling
#44934deceiving
#49265cursory
#92204perfunctory
#103712nonchalant
#126481deluding
#265579insouciant

How to use fooling in a sentence?

  1. M. C. Escher:

    I can't keep from fooling around with our irrefutable certainties. It is, for example, a pleasure knowingly to mix up two and three dimensionalities, flat and spatial, and to make fun of gravity.

  2. Beijing Metal Consulting Xu:

    Aggressive acquisitions...big investment in overseas mining and fooling around with private mills all caused the firm to become what it is today.

  3. Jack Santino:

    They are people who were kind of ridiculous and there is a kind of 'Emperor Has No Clothes' element, at Halloween, people just mock them to say, 'We all know you're ridiculous. You’re not fooling anyone.'.

  4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    ras cardo speaks: one of the greatest blunders and mistakes jamaica has made to-reggae- is the ostracizing and exclusion of the trench town people from the rest of the society. they never knew us, because they never wanted to get to know us. so, now, when I hear them talking about reggae music as their- cultural export - one wonders, who are they fooling? the damage is already done.

  5. Mukaibar Shah:

    Stupids who wear masks can't see that they are being fooled by govt and media through fake propaganda of COVID cases and forged medical reports. Fooling and looting is being done by doctors and hospitals.


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