Synonyms & related words for foolery

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of foolery — including tomfoolery, folly, lunacy, craziness, desipience, foolishness. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to foolery

Explore words related to foolery — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include tomfoolish, kidstakes, tomfool, insipience, ganderism, nitwittery, meshugaas, nincompoopery. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for foolery

Common synonyms for foolery include tomfoolery, folly, lunacy, craziness, desipience, foolishness, buffoonery, silliness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does foolery come from?

The word foolery breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and French origin: fool, from Latin follis (“bellows, windbag; fool”); and -ery, from French erie (“conduct, condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.