Fool and Joking

Fool

Fool adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.

Joking and fool are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joking" instead the word "Fool" as a noun or an adjective.

Joking

Joking adjective - Marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing.
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Synonyms for Joking

Fool and joking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead the word "Joking" as a noun or an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: joke, joker, joked, jokingly, joky

Both words in one sentence

  • Got Volunteered: King Arthur gets Bugs to retrieve the Singing Sword after joking that "only a fool would go after the Singing Sword" threatening him with execution if he doesn't.
  • This is the guy who acts like a joking, immature fool in every single episode.
    Source: Aesop Amnesia
  • Mermaid Problem Discussed and averted in Mercedes Lackey's Fortune's Fool, where the mer-princess heroine falls for a human and has to endure some ribald joking from her father about how it's fortunate her ancestors were sirens and not mermaids.
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