Fool and Nutty

Fool

Fool adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: he's always got some fool plan or other

Nutty and fool are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nutty" instead an adjective "Fool".

Nutty

Nutty adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: that's a nutty idea that won't work at all

Fool and nutty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fool" instead an adjective "Nutty".

Nearby Words: nutter, nutting

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Played for laughs in the second The Nutty Professor movie, where Sherman, whose mind is decaying rapidly and is just about to meet Denise's parents, assures himself that he won't make a fool of himself because Denise's parents are probably not rocket scientists.
  • Screwy Squirrel Perhaps best encapsulated in 1997, when Screwy Squirrel, on April Fool's day "took over" Cartoon Network and refused to show anything but a repeat viewing of his short Happy-Go-Nutty while demanding his own animated series.
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