Fool and Wise

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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
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Wise is an antonym for fool.
Nearby Words: foolish, foolishness, foolery, foolishly, fooled

Wise

Wise adjective - Having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge.
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Fool is an antonym for wise.
Nearby Words: wisely, wised
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  • The Mole: Adam Cassidy is forced into this role by Miles Meechum Spared by the Adaptation: Frank Cassidy's horrible lifestyle does not kill him in the film, and instead he is shown as the wise mentor, instead of the old fool he was in the book.
    Source: Film / Paranoia (2013)
  • It Was with You All Along In "A Pottle O' Brains" (collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales), the fool finally goes to the wise woman with his clever wife to answer her riddles and get a pottle of brains.
    Source: It Was with You All Along
  • Film / Sling Blade Seemingly Profound Fool: Karl is seen as wise by Vaughan and a few others, but he's really just simple (and single) minded.
    Source: Film / Sling Blade
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