Butt
Butt noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.
Usage example: the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes
Fool is a synonym for butt in person topic. In some cases you can use "Fool" instead a noun "Butt", when it comes to topics like wise, object of ridicule, object of joking.
Fool
Fool noun - A person who lacks good sense or judgment.
Usage example: only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared
Butt is a synonym for fool in person topic. Sometimes you can use "Butt" instead a noun "Fool", if it concerns topics such as wise, dupe, object of ridicule, laughing stock.
How words are described
| long | long butt | long fool |
| common | common butt | common fool |
| complete | complete butt | complete fool |
| poor | poor butt | poor fool |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, big, little, useless, young, drunk, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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At the Fall Frolic dance Harold is cruelly stripped of his illusions, learning that he is looked upon as a fool and the butt of jokes.
Source: Film / The Freshman -
The other occurs in "Cat's Cradle," when the penguins rub a stray cat's butt against a tree to leave his scent behind fool an animal control officer.
Source: Heh Heh, You Said "X" -
Shining Armor went from a Captain of the Royal Guard to getting his butt constantly handed to him by the Big Bad and making a fool of himself in front of the main cast.
Source: Badass Decay
Cite this Source
Fool and Butt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/fool
Butt & Fool. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/fool>.
Fool or Butt. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/fool.
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