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tomfool
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Synonyms: Adjective
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, featherheaded, fool, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, inept, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
Antonyms: Adjective
judicious, prudent, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wise
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