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Fable. Story, myth, legend, allegory, apologue; plot, action, series of events; fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, fabrication, forgery, invention, figment; romance, parable, novel.
Ant. History, fact, narrative.
Fabric. Building, structure, edifice, pile; texture, make, workmanship, conformation; manufactured cloth, woven stuff; work, construction, tissue, web.
Ant. Destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, shreds, rags.
Fabricate. Build, frame, construct; make, manufacture; forge, invent, coin, feign; form, falsify, produce, devise, misrepresent.
Ant. Demolish, tear, spoil, dismember, destroy, narrate, lacerate, copy, represent, repeat, portray.
Fabulous. Invented, fabricated, feigned, unreal, coined, fictitious; incredible, pretended, imaginary, false, monstrous.
Ant. Real, actual, historic, authentic, fair, true, reasonable.
Facetious. Witty, jocose, jocular, humorous, waggish, funny, comical, pleasant, droll; gay, merry, sportive, lively, entertaining, sprightly; playful.
Ant. Matter-of-fact, heavy, dull, grave, serious, saturnine, somber, lugubrious.
Facile. Docile, easy, mild, courteous, affable, complaisant, approachable; pliant, pliable, ductile, flexible, yielding, tractable, manageable, compliant; ready, dexterous; indulgent, weak, irresolute, characterless.
Ant. Resolute, sturdy, obstinate, determined, inflexible, crusty, self-willed, self-reliant, independent.
Facility. Easiness, ease; readiness, dexterity, expertness, ability, knack; condescension, urbanity, affability, civility, complaisance, politeness; pliancy, flexibility, ductility; appliance, convenience, means, advantage, resource; quickness, adroitness.
Ant. Effort, awkwardness, labor, difficulty.
Fact. Occurrence, event, deed, incident, act, performance, circumstance; reality, actuality, certainty, truth.
Ant. Fiction, supposition, unreality, falsehood, chimera, lie, delusion, invention, hallucination, romance.
Factious. Turbulent, refractory, seditious, rebellious, recalcitrant, litigious, adversative, malcontent.
Ant. Genial, complaisant, agreeable, loyal, harmonious, public-spirited, sympathetic, cooperative, auxiliary.
Factitious. Artificial; euphuistic, affected, finical, cramped, conventional, spurious.
Ant. Natural, genial, unaffected, pure, genuine, truthful.
Fade. Vanish, evanesce, disappear, pass away; decline, languish, droop, decay, wither; lose color, grow dim, blanch, bleach, fall, sink, dwindle, pale, change, set, etiolate, fail.
Ant. Rise, increase, bloom, grow, flourish, endure, abide, last, stand.
Fag. Droop, sink, grow weary, flag; drudge, toil; do menial service, tire, fatigue, jade, exhaust; work, slave.
Ant. Idle, lounge, dawdle; strike; bask.
Fail. Fall short, be insufficient, be deficient; decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, break, give out; cease, disappear, become extinct; miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, miss fire, be frustrated; omit, neglect; break, become insolvent, suspend payment; trip, lose.
Ant. Succeed, exceed, surpass, achieve, abound, yield, excel.
Faint. Weak, exhausted, worn, listless, languid, wearied, dim, feeble, fatigued, faint-hearted, faded, faltering, half-hearted, irresolute, purposeless, timid, ill-defined, indistinct; unenergetic; obscure, inconspicuous.
Ant. Prominent, marked, glaring; resolute, sturdy, vigorous, strong, fresh, hearty, daring, energetic; clear, brilliant, bright, conspicuous.
Fair. Spotless, unspotted, unblemished, unstained, untarnished; white, light, blond; handsome, comely, beautiful; pleasant, clear, cloudless, unclouded; favorable, prosperous; promising, hopeful; open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, unencumbered; frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, noble, honorable, upright, impartial; reasonable, proper, equitable, just; passable, tolerable, above mediocrity; serene.
Ant. Lowering, dull, foul, ugly, disfigured, fraudulent, unfair, dishonorable.
Faith. Creed, doctrine, assurance, belief, confidence, assent, credence, opinion, trust, credit, reliance.
Ant. Distrust, disbelief, dissent, doubt, incredulity, infidelity, misgiving, skepticism, unbelief, suspicion, rejection.
Faithful. Firm, loyal, devoted, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering, incorruptible; attached; accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact, equivalent.
Ant. Inaccurate, inexact; faithless, false, fickle, untrue, wavering, untrustworthy, capricious.
Fall. Drop, descend, sink; lapse, droop, gravitate; fall down, be prostrated; be lowered, be depressed; decrease, decline, be diminished, die away, sin, err, transgress, trip, trespass; die, perish; empty, be discharged, flow; happen, befall, come; become, get; pass, be transferred; be dropped, be uttered carelessly.
Ant. Rise, soar, mount, recover, climb, ascend.
Fallacy. Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake, misapprehension, error, misconception; sophism, sophistry, paralogism, deceitful argument.
Ant. Truth, logic, proof, postulate, argument, verity, fact, axiom, soundness.
Fallible. Erring, uncertain, ignorant, weak, frail, imperfect.
Ant. Certain, infallible, unerring, omniscient.
Fallow. Pale red or pale yellow; untilled, unsowed, neglected; inert, inactive, dormant; quiescent, idle, uncultivated, unproductive.
Ant. Cultivated, tilled, productive, worked, sown, prolific, operative, fruitful.
False. Untrue, mendacious, unveracious, lying; dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonorable, disingenuous, double-tongued, false-hearted, double-faced, two-faced; untrustworthy, untruthful, unreliable, truthless; spurious, counterfeit, forged, not genuine, feigned, sham, hypocritical, make-believe; incorrect, improper, erroneous, unfounded, wrong; fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive, misleading, disappointing; sophistical, mock, bogus, fabricated, unfaithful.
Ant. True, sound, correct, authentic, real, genuine, candid, conclusive, honorable, faithful.
Falsehood. Falsity, lie, fabrication, untruth, fiction, fib; imposture, counterfeit, cheat; fallacy, error, sophistry, forgery, deception.
Ant. Truth, verity, correctness, fact, genuineness, honesty, honor, reality, authenticity.
Falsify. Misrepresent, counterfeit, belie, misstate, garble; disprove, show unsound; violate; mistake, misinterpret, betray.
Ant. Verify, rectify, correct, check, certify, justify, expose, declare, exhibit, publish.
Falter. Hesitate, stutter, stammer; fail, quiver, tremble, totter; waver, be undecided, show weakness; halt, slip, dubitate, demur, flinch, vacillate.
Ant. Proceed, speed, flow, run, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve.
Fame. Celebrity, honor, laurels, distinction, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute, glory, eminence, credit; report, tidings, rumor, bruit, news.
Ant. Silence, suppression, hush; dishonor, discredit, humiliation, infamy, shame, obscurity, contempt, contumely, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, oblivion.
Familiar. Conversant, well-acquainted, well-versed; intimate, close, near, friendly, fraternal, cordial, amicable; social, accessible, sociable, affable, kindly, courteous, civil, companionable, conversible; unceremonious, unconstrained, free, easy, informal; well-known; household, frank, everyday, accustomed.
Ant. Uncommon, rare, extraordinary, strange, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new, unfamiliar, inconversant.
Famous. Celebrated, renowned, distinguished, remarkable, far-famed, eminent, noted, illustrious, glorious.
Ant. Unknown, unsung, inglorious, obscure, forgotten.
Fanatic. Enthusiast, zealot, visionary, bigot.
Ant. Skeptic, unbeliever, cynic.
Fanaticism. Intolerance, superstition, bigotry, credulity; enthusiasm, frenzy.
Ant. Skepticism, cynicism, indifference, freethinking, latitudinarianism; disbelief, profanity; disregard, coldness.
Fanciful. Fantastic, grotesque, visionary, imaginative, chimerical; unreal, eccentric, quaint, imaginary, freakish, erroneous, humorsome, capricious, fitful, erratic, whimsical, absurd.
Ant. Ordinary, usual, regular, commonplace, real, accurate, literal, prosaic, reasonable, sensible, solid, sure, true, sound, calculable, calculated; natural, sober, truthful, correct.
Fancy. Imagination, whim, vagary, caprice, belief, conceit, conception, desire, humor, idea, image, inclination, mood, liking, predilection, supposition; thought, notion.
Ant. Certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity, actuality; object, subject, thought, law, order; aversion, horror.
Farcical. Droll, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous; comic, funny, nonsensical, pantomimic.
Ant. Grave, serious, tragic, solemn, dismal, ghastly, funereal.
Fare. Go, travel, journey, pass; prosper, be treated, prove, happen, turn out, be situated; be entertained, feed; live, speed, do.
Ant. Toil, fast, fail, droop, sink, faint, drop, falter, halt.
Farewell. Adieu, good-by, valedictory, leave-taking, congé, departure, parting.
Ant. Salutation, welcome, greeting.
Fashion. Form, shape, figure, cut, make, model, cast, mold, pattern, appearance, configuration, conformation; way, manner, sort, method; usage, custom, style, mode, conventionality; gentility; guise, character, practice, ceremony.
Ant. Person, work, speech, dress; derangement, formlessness, shapelessness; outlandishness, strangeness, eccentricity.
Fast, a. Fixed, fastened, close, tight; firm, immovable; steadfast, constant, stanch; fortified, strong, impregnable; profound, sound, deep; swift, quick, fleet, rapid; wild, reckless, thriftless, dissipated, thoughtless, extravagant; secure, stable, unyielding, unswerving; accelerated; gay.
Ant. Insecure, loose, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous.
Fasten. Secure, bind, tie, attach; join, unite, connect, hold together; hold compact, affix, annex, grapple, fix.
Ant. Undo, loose, sever, relax, remove, unfasten, detach.
Fastidious. Dainty, squeamish, difficult, overnice, overdelicate, queasy, critical; overrefined, censorious, particular, punctilious.
Ant. Indulgent, uncritical, easy; coarse; omnivorous.
Fat. Unctuous, greasy, fatty, oily; plump, fleshy, obese, corpulent, portly, pursy; coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid; rich, profitable, lucrative; productive, fertile, fruitful; luxuriant, brawny; stout; oleaginous.
Ant. Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant; marrowless; anatomical.
Fatal. Deadly, mortal, lethal; destructive, calamitous, baleful, ruinous, mischievous, baneful, pernicious; fateful.
Ant. Beneficial, wholesome, vitalizing, restorative, salubrious, nutritious, slight, superficial, harmless.
Fate. Destiny, destination, inevitable necessity, fatality; lot, doom, predetermined event; destruction, death; final event, ultimate destruction; fortune, end.
Ant. Will, choice, decision, independence, freedom.
Fathom, v. Sound; divine, penetrate, reach, comprehend, understand; gage, pierce, measure, probe.
Ant. Survey, glance, scan, miss, skin, graze, overlook.
Fathomless. Bottomless, profound, abysmal.
Ant. Superficial, shallow, skin-deep.
Fatigue, n. Weariness, exhaustion, lassitude; labor, hardship, toil; languor, enervation.
Ant. Freshness, vigor, indefatigability, activity.
Fatigue, v. Harass, weary, tire, jade, exhaust, fag.
Ant. Inspirit, refresh, enliven, animate.
Fatuity. Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy; folly, madness, absurdity, infatuation.
Ant. Wisdom, sense, soundness, sobriety, discernment.
Fault. Defect, blemish, imperfection, flaw, weakness, failing, frailty; misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, trespass, wrong, transgression, delinquency, indiscretion; slip, error, lapse; failure, omission, want, drawback.
Ant. Perfection, sufficiency, correctness, completeness.
Faultless. Without blemish, perfect; innocent, guileless, blameless, sinless, spotless, immaculate, guiltless, stainless; complete, correct, accurate.
Ant. Incomplete, imperfect, incorrect, defective, inaccurate, corrupt, faulty, erroneous.
Faulty. Bad, defective, imperfect; blamable, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible.
Ant. Correct, complete, perfect, accurate; irreproachable, blameless, unassailable.
Favor, n. Kindness, grace, countenance, friendliness, good will; benefit, good deed, friendly turn; patronage, championship, support; letter, communication, epistle; gift, present; decoration, knot, rosette; permission, leave, pardon; advantage, preference, boon; concession, predilection, civility, regard, condescension.
Ant. Refusal, denial, prohibition, disfavor, withholding, withdrawal, frown, disapproval, injury, discountenance.
Favor, v. Befriend, countenance, patronize, encourage; approve, regard with favor; facilitate, be propitious to; support, help, aid, assist; humor, indulge, extenuate, palliate, ease, spare; resemble, look like.
Ant. Refuse, deny, disapprove, withdraw, withhold, prohibit, discountenance, injure, harm.
Favorable. Kind, friendly, propitious, willing, auspicious; conducive, contributing; beneficial, advantageous, convenient, suitable, fit; permissive, indulgent, concessive, partial, fond, liberal.
Ant. Reluctant, unpropitious, unfavorable, impartial.
Favorite. Dear, beloved, pet, darling.
Favoritism. Partiality, invidiousness.
Ant. Odium, prejudice; impartiality.
Fawn upon. Flatter, wheedle, cajole, cringe, palaver, slaver.
Ant. Insult, deride, defy, censure, dare, satirize, rebuke, reprimand.
Fealty. Homage, loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, faithfulness, honor, good faith, devotion.
Ant. Disloyalty, treachery, infidelity, disaffection, shame, dishonor.
Fear. Dismay, alarm, horror, awe, apprehension, dread, terror, fright, panic, tremor, timidity, trepidation, trembling, affright, consternation, disquietude, misgiving, anxiety, solicitude, concern; veneration, reverence.
Ant. Courage, confidence, assurance, fearlessness; trust, boldness; fortitude.
Fearful. Afraid, apprehensive; timid, nervous, timorous, faint-hearted, cowardly; dreadful, terrible, frightful, dire; awful; shocking, terrific, horrible; hesitating.
Ant. Venturesome, audacious, bold, confident, consolatory, inspiriting, assuring; attractive, alluring, hopeful, inviting.
Feasible. Manageable, possible, permissible, practicable, contrivable.
Ant. Impossible, unallowable, impracticable.
Feast. Treat, banquet, regalement, entertainment, carousal; festival, holiday; delight, enjoyment.
Ant. Starvation, scarcity, want, lack, bareness, scantiness.
Featly. Neatly, cleverly, dexterously, adroitly.
Ant. Clumsily, bunglingly, hardly.
Feature. Lineament, cast of the face; fashion, make, aspect, appearance, conformation; prominent part, outline; characteristic, trait, point, mark, item, component, element, indication, portion, sign.
Ant. Whole, system, countenance; arrangement, case; misindication, misinformation, falsification; blind, mask, disguise; excrescence.
Federation. Uniting, federating, confederation, union, league, allying, alliance, coalition, federal compact, confederacy, combination.
Ant. Secession, disunion, sedition, mutiny, disruption.
Fee. Pay, reward, recompense, compensation, remuneration; feud, fief, fee-simple, unconditional tenure.
Feeble. Weak, not strong, enervated, debilitated, infirm, languid, sickly, languishing, declining, frail, drooping; faint, imperfect, dim; without vigor, lacking intensity; wretched, poor, dull, forceless, puny, enfeebled, nerveless; incomplete, vain, fruitless; scanty, pitiable.
Ant. Strong, robust, active, successful, effective; abundant; powerful, muscular; forcible, cogent, telling; violent, vehement, ardent; lusty, hale, vigorous, hearty.
Feed. Give food to, supply, contribute to, provide for; nourish, cherish, sustain; eat, take food, take nourishment; sustain life, subsist.
Ant. Starve, refuse, deny, withhold, take away; impoverish, steal from; diet, abstain, refrain.
Feel. Perceive, have feeling; be perceived; be moved, be excited, be stirred, be wrought up, be impressed; touch, handle; experience, suffer, or enjoy; be affected by, be moved by; prove, sound, try, put to the test.
Ant. Be hard or callous, insensate, apathetic, dull, numb, imperceivable, indifferent, unsusceptible, or stoical.
Feeling. Sense of touch; sensation, perception by touch; sensibility, emotion, sentiment, affection, passion, impression; tenderness, susceptibility; contact; pathos; consciousness, sensitiveness.
Ant. Callousness, insensibility, imperturbability, inexcitability, coldness, insensateness.
Feign. Invent, imagine, devise, forge, fabricate; counterfeit, affect, assume, simulate, pretend to.
Ant. Detect, test, unmask, refute, verify, substantiate.
Felicitous. Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, seasonable, opportune, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious; prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, propitious; timely, joyous.
Ant. Unhappy, unfortunate, inauspicious, untimely, inopportune, disastrous, sad.
Felicity. Bliss, blessedness, happiness; aptness, aptitude, fitness, propriety, felicitousness, suitableness; success, luck, fortune.
Ant. Ill luck, bad fortune, sorrow, unhappiness, disaster, misfortune; sadness, mourning, melancholy.
Fell, a. Inhuman, cruel, barbarous, relentless, ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, pitiless, malignant, malicious, malign, savage, ferocious, bloody, blood-thirsty; direful, merciless, remorseless, fierce, truculent.
Ant. Generous, chivalrous, lenient, humane, propitious.
Fell, v. Prostrate, level, bring to the ground, hurl down, knock down; cut down, hew down, lay low; hem; demolish, subvert, waste, bare.
Ant. Plant, erect, support; stock, upraise, rear, propagate.
Fellow. Associate, companion, comrade; equal, peer, compeer; mate, match, counterpart; adherent, colleague, member; correlative, tally; partner, friend.
Ant. Foe, opponent, antagonist, stranger, mismatch, opposite.
Fellowship. Companionship, familiarity, intimacy, brotherhood, acquaintance; participation, partnership, joint interest; converse, intercourse, communion; sociability, affability, kindliness; association, company; membership, society.
Ant. Severance, disconnection, dismemberment; non-intercourse.
Felonious. Malignant, malign, malicious, nefarious, infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, felon; perfidious, traitorous, disloyal, base.
Ant. Legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; legitimate, legalized; permissible, allowable; just, proper.
Feminine. Female, womanish, womanly, effeminate; delicate, tender, modest, soft.
Ant. Robust, manly; indelicate, unfeminine; rough, rude; masculine.
Fen. Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.
Fence, v. Enclose, guard, fortify, defend, circumscribe, protect; elude, parry, stave.
Ant. Open, disenclose; receive, catch, suffer.
Ferment, n. Yeast, leaven, fermentation; agitation, commotion, tumult; fever, heat, glow.
Ferment, v. Set in fermentation; excite, agitate, heat; seethe, concoct, brew; warm, chafe; effervesce, rankle, fester.
Ant. Damp, cool; dissipate; subside, evaporate, disperse; heal.
Fertile. Prolific, fecund, breeding, bearing; fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming; causative, conducive; pregnant; fraught, ingenious, inventive.
Ant. Poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive, fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative.
Festive. Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festival.
Ant. Solitary, deserted, ascetic, gloomy.
Fetid. Stinking, offensive, rank, rancid, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, foul, strong-smelling, corrupt.
Ant. Inodorous, fresh, perfumed, scented, balmy.
Fetter, n. Chains, bondage, custody, durance, duress, manacles, irons, shackles, imprisonment, handcuffs, gyves, bonds.
Fetter, v. Shackle, clog, hamper, trammel; chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain, encumber; manacle, hinder, impede.
Ant. Free, liberate, accelerate, expedite.
Feud. Contest, controversy, dispute, enmity, hostility, quarrel, strife, dissension, affray, animosity, bitterness, broil, contention, brawl, fray; antipathy.
Ant. Friendliness, congeniality, sympathy, clanship, pacification, reconciliation, sociality, neighborliness.
Fever. Heat, flush, excitement, agitation, ferment; ardor, fervor, broil, passion.
Ant. Coolness, iciness, frigidity; composure, indifference.
Few. Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any; scant, rare, lacking.
Ant. Many, abundant, numerous.
Fiber. Strength, sinews, thews, toughness; thread, staple, pile, filament.
Ant. Laxity, debility, flabbiness.
Fickle. Wavering, unsteady, unstable, inconstant, variable, vacillating, volatile, mercurial, fitful, changeable, irresolute, unsettled, capricious, fanciful, unreliable, mutable; veering, restless, shifting.
Ant. Sober, orderly, reliable, calculable, well-regulated, uniform, steady, trustworthy.
Fiction. Fable, falsehood, myth, invention, novel, romance, figment, story, fabrication, legend, allegory, apologue; creation.
Ant. History, fact, literalness, reality, truth, verity, certainty.
Fictitious. Feigned, imaginary, invented, unreal, purely ideal, fanciful; false, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious.
Ant. Real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable.
Fidelity. Faithfulness, devotedness, devotion, truth, loyalty, true-heartedness, fealty, adherence to duty; accuracy, closeness, exactness, truthfulness, precision, attachment, honesty, allegiance, integrity.
Ant. Disloyalty, treachery, untruthfulness, disaffection, inaccuracy, infidelity, inexactness.
Field. Tract of land; battle-field, scene of war; surface, expanse, range, scope; province, department, region, realm, domain; ground, arena; room, opportunity.
Ant. Circumscription, constraint; interdiction, exclusion, debarment.
Fierce. Ravenous, infuriate, barbarous, fell; vehement, turbulent, passionate, uncurbed, untamed, raging; furious, savage, ferocious, fiery, violent, wild, impetuous; uncultivated, untrained.
Ant. Gentle, harmless, kind, patient, submissive, sweet, tender, docile, affectionate, mild, peaceful, tame; calm.
Fiery. Hot, ardent, heated, fervid, flaming, glowing; impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned; irascible, choleric, excited, enkindled, hot-blooded, irritable.
Ant. Cold, icy, frigid, chilly; indifferent, phlegmatic, passionless, unimpassioned, mild, tame; extinguished, quenched.
Fight, n. Combat, conflict, contest, battle, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, fray, affray, brush; broil, riot; spirit, fighting temper; resistance, disposition to struggle, contention.
Ant. Pacification, reconciliation.
Figurative. Typical, representative, emblematical; metaphorical, tropical; flowery, florid, ornate; poetical, rhetorical, symbolical.
Ant. Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical.
Figure, n. Form, shape, configuration, conformation, outline; image, likeness, representation, effigy; appearance; pattern, design; metaphor, trope; diagram, drawing; price; symbol, type, emblem; digit, number, numeral, character; aspect, delineation, condition, illustration.
Ant. Misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement.
Figure, v. Adorn, variegate, diversify; represent, signify, typify, symbolize; imagine, image, conceive, picture, represent; calculate, compute, cipher; appear, act, perform; show off, cut a dash.
Ant. Disfigure, harm, destroy; miscalculate, mistake.
File. Rasp, smooth, finish; place on file; polish; perfect, refine, improve.
Ant. Roughen, jag, acuminate, denticulate, barb, notch, cusp.
Fill. Make full, fill up; pervade, occupy; dilate, expand, stretch, distend; store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock; satisfy, content, sate, satiate, cloy, pall; occupy, hold, fulfil, perform; become full, be filled; gorge, appoint, glut; stuff; rise; swell, grow, increase.
Ant. Exhaust, drain, dissatisfy, deprive, stint, vacate; misappoint; subside, ebb, evaporate, shrink, diminish.
Filter. Strain, ooze, percolate, exude, transude; refine, distil, leak; purify, cleanse, depurate, defecate, clarify.
Ant. Muddle, disturb, befoul, thicken.
Filthy. Dirty, nasty, foul, defiled, unclean, squalid; impure, corrupt, gross; dingy, unsanitary, unwholesome.
Ant. Pure, sweet, healthy, clean, sanitary, wholesome.
Final. Latest, last, eventual, ultimate; decisive, conclusive, definitive; terminal; definite, developed.
Ant. Initiative, open, progressive, continuous, incipient, current, unconcluded, inchoate, inaugural, nascent, rudimental.
Find. Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet; obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to; observe, remark, perceive, notice, discover; detect, catch; supply, furnish, provide, contribute; determine judicially, declare by verdict; confront, ascertain, experience, invent.
Ant. Withdraw; miss, lose, elude, withhold, overlook, miscontrive.
Fine, n. Forfeit, penalty, forfeiture, mulct, amercement.
Fine, a. Minute, small, comminuted, little; slender, capillary, delicate; thin, tenuous, subtile, attenuated; light, keen, sharp; exquisite, nice, refined; excellent, superior, very good; brilliant, accomplished; beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant; clear, pure, unadulterated; gay, showy, garish, flashy, filmy, artistic, choice, finished, high, grand, noble, generous, honorable, pretentious, pretty, ostentatious; presumptuous, casuistical.
Ant. Rough, mean, petty, unfinished; illiberal, unimposing, paltry; modest, unaffected, affable; plain-spoken, categorical; unanalytical, unreflective; coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick, blunt, big, clumsy.
Finery. Gewgaws, trinkets, ornaments, trimmings, tawdriness, decorations, trappings, bedizenment, tinsel, trash, dressiness.
Ant. Ornament, dress, decoration, adornment; chasteness, sobriety, simplicity.
Finical. Fastidious, dainty, overparticular, squeamish, overnice, affected, elegant; dandyish, foppish, spruce.
Ant. Effective, unaffected, practical, energetic, real, genuine, natural; outspoken, blunt, coarse, rude.
Finish, v. Accomplish, execute, complete, perform, achieve, do, get done; perfect, polish, elaborate; end, terminate, close, conclude, put an end to; shape.
Ant. Start, commence, begin; fail, undertake; miscontrive, botch, mar, mismanage.
Finished. Perfect, artistic, refined, high.
Ant. Inartistic, incomplete, poor, rude, coarse, unfinished.
Finite. Bounded, limited, conditioned, contracted, restricted, terminated.
Ant. Infinite, unlimited, unbounded.
Fire. Blaze, burning, conflagration, flame, combustion; discharge; heat, ardor, fervor, violence, force, passion, impetuosity, fervency, intensity, animation, vigor, spirit, enthusiasm; light, luster, radiance, splendor; vivacity, inspiration, imagination; torture, affliction, trouble, bitter trial, persecution.
First. Foremost, leading; chief, highest, principal, capital; elementary, primary, rudimentary; earliest; primitive, primeval, pristine; in the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and foremost; original, onmost.
Ant. Subsequent, secondary, subordinate, subservient, lowest, unimportant, last, hindmost.
Fit, a. Competent, fitted, qualified; suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, befitting, proper, good, decent, convenient, fitting, decorous, adapted, congruous, peculiar, particular, prepared, adequate, calculated, ripe, right, contrived, expedient.
Ant. Awkward, misfitting, ungainly, ill-suited, inappropriate, unseemly, unprepared, unsuitable, inadequate, miscalculated, miscontrived, improper, unfit, inexpedient.
Fitful. Variable, irregular, impulsive, spasmodic, unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd; eventful, checkered; restless, inconstant, mutable, desultory, unequal.
Ant. Regular, equable, orderly, systematic, calculable.
Fix. Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm; attach, tie, connect; determine, define, appoint, limit, settle; rivet, direct steadily, adjust; solidify, consolidate; link, locate, root, secure; decide.
Ant. Displace, unsettle, remove, disarrange, uproot, transplant, transfer, weaken, shake, disestablish, reverse, disturb, change, unfix.
Flaccid. Limber, lax, drooping, flabby, soft, limp, yielding, relaxed, inelastic, pendulous.
Ant. Firm, braced, plump, muscular, chubby, brawny, vigorous, strong, powerful.
Flag, n. Flagstone; streamer, banner, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign, gonfalon.
Flag, v. Hang loose, droop; languish, faint, decline, pine, sink, succumb, grow weak, become dejected; pall, grow stale, lose interest, weary, tire; give in.
Ant. Freshen, flourish; persevere, hold, brace up, struggle, persist, battle, recruit, recover.
Flagitious. Atrocious, heinous, flagrant, scandalous, villainous, corrupt, abandoned, profligate; enormous, monstrous, disgraceful, nefarious, aggravated.
Ant. Creditable, honorable, noble, meritorious, justifiable, distinguished, extenuated, excusable, pardonable.
Flaring. Flaming, glaring, conspicuous, bright, gaudy, overcolored, flaunting, flashy, ostentatious, showy, tawdry.
Ant. Subdued, toned, harmonized, dull, dim, dingy, neutral, dowdy, colorless.
Flat, a. Level, horizontal; even, plane, smooth; low, prostrate, laid low; dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting; pointless; vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, jejune; peremptory, absolute, positive; downright, mawkish.
Ant. Animated, exciting, interesting, thrilling, sensational, emotional, melodramatic.
Flaunt. Wave ostentatiously, insolently, brazenly, or boldly; display, vaunt, flourish, toss, disport, boast; flout, flounce, flutter, parade, figure.
Ant. Conceal, suppress, retire, skulk, recede, hide, shrivel, collapse, furl.
Flavor. Taste, savor, relish, zest, smack, gusto; aroma, essence, subtle quality, spirit, soul; odor.
Ant. Insipidity, tastelessness, inodorousness, mawkishness, scentlessness, flatness.
Flexible. Pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, crooked; affable, tractable, compliant, docile, gentle; elastic; easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding.
Ant. Tough, rigid, inelastic, hard, inflexible, inexorable.
Flicker. Quiver, flutter, falter, waver, glimmer, bicker, shimmer, scintillate.
Ant. Stream, blase, beam, shine, gleam.
Flight. Flying, soaring, volitation, mounting, fleeing, departure; flock; volley, shower; escape, evasion, disappearance; stampede, hegira, exodus.
Ant. Recurrence, return, reappearance; repose, perching, alighting.
Flimsy. Gauzy, poor, transparent, thin; trifling, trivial, inane, puerile; weak, shallow, superficial, slight, unsubstantial; feeble, frivolous, foolish, light, trashy.
Ant. Solid, sound, irrefragable, cogent, substantial.
Flinch. Wince, swerve, recoil, blench, shrink, draw back.
Ant. Dare, face, bare, meet, endure, challenge, defy.
Fling. Throw, cast, toss, hurl, dart, pitch, chuck; prostrate, overthrow, throw down; wince, flounce; jeer, sneer, gibe, scoff, flaunt, taunt; emit, ejaculate.
Ant. Snatch, grasp, hold, keep, retain, arrest, catch.
Flippant. Fluent, voluble, glib, talkative, nimble of speech; impertinent, pert, malapert, forward, bold; superficial, saucy, thoughtless.
Ant. Servile, considerate, obsequious, flattering, deferential; accurate; complimentary, respectful.
Float. Waft, swim, be buoyed up; bear up, buoy up; spread, prevail.
Ant. Sink, drown, die, vanish, founder.
Flock, n. Brood, bevy, herd, lot, group, pack, swarm, set, hatch, drove, covey, litter; collection, company, congregation.
Flock, v. Herd, congregate, assemble, throng, crowd, troop.
Ant. Disperse, scatter, separate, segregate, distribute, rout.
Flood, n. Deluge, abundance, inundation, overflow, freshet; downrush, multitude.
Ant. Drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence.
Florid. Flowery; flushed, rubicund; ornate, rhetorical, figurative, embellished; overwrought, sanguine, meretricious.
Ant. Pallid, exsanguine; bloodless, anemic, unadorned, bare, sober, nude, chaste.
Flounder. Struggle, toss, wallow, tumble, flounce; roll, blunder, bungle.
Ant. Emerge, course, career, speed, rise, skim, flourish.
Flourish. Thrive, grow; prosper, succeed, be successful; vapor, boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, show off; attain one’s prime, be in vigor; brandish, wave; speed, triumph.
Ant. Fail, decline, fade, arrest, founder, miscarry; sheath, ground.
Flow. Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along; melt, liquefy, be molten; issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result; glide, wave, undulate, float, waver, abound, be full, flood, deluge, overflow; career, progress, course.
Ant. Halt, stick, stop, hesitate, fail, stickle, stint, beat, recoil, ebb, regurgitate; stagnate.
Flower, n. Blossom, bloom; best part; prime, vigor; figure, expression; perfection, acme, ornament, pride, gem, cream.
Ant. Deformity, disappointment, blot, abortion; blight; scum; dregs.
Flowing. Running; fluent, copious, smooth; abundant, exuberant, easy, eloquent.
Ant. Dry, dribbling, meager, strained, labored, difficult, unready, forced.
Fluctuate. Veer, waver, swerve, vacillate, vary, undulate, oscillate, hesitate.
Ant. Abide, adhere, persist, stand fast, stay, stick, hold fast.
Fluctuation. Oscillation, undulation, unsteadiness, variation, change, shifting, rise and fall, inconstancy, hesitation, wavering, vacillation.
Ant. Steadiness, firmness, steadfastness, constancy, stability, fixedness, stolidity; persistence, perseverance, pertinacity, obstinacy, tenacity.
Fluency. Smoothness, flowing quality, liquidness; copiousness, affluence, command of language, readiness of speech.
Ant. Solidity, density, compactness, hardness; difficulty, slowness; paucity.
Flurry, v. Excite, agitate, disconcert, confuse, disturb, perturb, hurry, ruffle, worry, fluster.
Ant. Soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize.
Flutter. Hover, flap, flirt; palpitate, tremble; flaunt; fluctuate, waver, oscillate, vacillate, be inconstant, be unsteady; flit, quiver, flicker.
Ant. Perch, roost, nestle, settle, subside, collapse, rest, repose, pause, sink, lull.
Flux. Flow, flowing; mutation, change, shifting, transition; fusion, melting; solvent; motion, progression, substitution, transmutation.
Ant. Stagnation, stillness, identity, invariableness, immutability, arrestation, crystallization.
Focus. Center; standpoint; convergence, rendezvous, nucleus.
Ant. Circle, dispersion, divergence, dissipation.
Foggy. Misty, hazy; confused, dazed, bewildered, muddy, muddled; absent, stupid, obscure.
Ant. Alert, alive, awake; lucid, clear, bright; shrewd, sharp.
Foible. Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, imperfection, infirmity, fault, weak point; peccadillo.
Ant. Crime, atrocity, sin, enormity.
Foil, n. Contrast, background, set off; rapier; enhancement, setting; elucidation.
Ant. Eclipse, outshining, extinction, overshadowing.
Foist. Impose, thrust; falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass.
Ant. Expose, detect, verify, authenticate.
Fold, v. Double, enfold, enwrap, envelop, wrap, embrace, enclose.
Ant. Unfold, expose, disengage.
Follow. Attend, accompany, result, pursue, succeed, chase, go after, come after, copy, ensue, heed, imitate, observe, obey, practice; shadow.
Ant. Avoid, elude, precede, quit, disobey, cause, produce, shun, abandon.
Follower. Pursuer; attendant, retainer, supporter, dependant, companion, associate; adherent, disciple, pupil, partisan; imitator, copier.
Ant. Leader, teacher, rival, antagonist, opponent.
Folly. Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness; absurdity, extravagance, infatuation, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion; slip, lapse, misstep; madness, misconduct, silliness, weakness.
Ant. Wisdom, sanity, sense, prudence, judgment, sobriety.
Foment. Bathe; excite, instigate, stimulate, brew, encourage, promote, abet, stir up; fan, cherish, propagate.
Ant. Allay, extinguish, extirpate, quench, discourage.
Fond. Foolish, silly, weak, absurd, empty, vain, senseless, baseless; doting, affectionate, loving, attached, enamored, devoted.
Ant. Averse, unloving, unaffectionate, strong-minded, rational, austere, sensible, well-grounded, undemonstrative.
Fondle. Caress, coddle, blandish, pet; dandle; spoil, indulge.
Ant. Worry, annoy, tease, chafe, irritate, ruffle.
Fondness. Delusion, folly, silliness, weakness, absurdity; tenderness, doting; liking, preference, partiality, predilection, affection; relish, appetite.
Ant. Repulsion, aversion, dislike, antipathy; hatred, contempt; harshness, brutality, loathing.
Food. Aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, viands, sustenance, victuals, provender, regimen, pabulum, fodder, diet, forage, feed, fare; bread, meat, provisions, cheer, commons, rations, subsistence.
Fool. Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton, dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.
Ant. Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master.
Foolish. Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial, trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable, imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.
Ant. Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound, sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable.
Footing. Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank, grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.
Ant. Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness.
Foppish. Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.
Ant. Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly.
Foray. Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade, dragonnade.
Ant. Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment.
Forbear. Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist, pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.
Ant. Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance, progress; rebel, resist.
Forbidding. Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent, disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.
Ant. Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging.
Force, n. Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion, violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop, legion, battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence, pressure.
Ant. Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization, debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness.
Fore, a. Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former, foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.
Ant. Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last.
Forefather. Progenitor, ancestor, father.
Ant. Descendants, progeny.
Forefend. Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave, obviate.
Ant. Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress.
Forego. Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.
Ant. Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate.
Foreign. Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.
Ant. Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane.
Forerunner. Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier; prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.
Ant. Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment.
Foresee. Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate, foretell, forebode, divine.
Ant. Remember, recollect, recall, reflect.
Foretell. Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate, forewarn.
Ant. Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember.
Forethought. Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision, prudence.
Ant. Delay, procrastination.
Forever. Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever, endlessly, evermore, aye.
Ant. Never, at no time.
Forfeit, Forfeiture. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation, penalty; damages.
Ant. Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward, remuneration.
Forge. Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin; falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely, shape.
Ant. Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue, misshape, misfabricate; verify.
Forgery. Counterfeit; falsification, fraudulent imitation.
Ant. Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness.
Forget. Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.
Ant. Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind.
Forgetful. Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless, neglectful, mindless.
Ant. Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful.
Forgetfulness. Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.
Ant. Retentiveness, recollection, recalling.
Forgotten. Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, neglected, disregarded.
Ant. Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded.
Forlorn. Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless; wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.
Ant. Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered.
Form, n. Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut; mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind, order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality, ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance, empty show.
Form, v. Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent, compose, dispose, combine.
Ant. Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember, dissipate, disorganize, analyze.
Formal. Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set, methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious, starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete, shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.
Ant. Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy, unassuming, unceremonious.
Formalism. Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, punctilio.
Ant. Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness, unceremoniousness.
Formality. Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness, stateliness.
Ant. Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality.
Formation. Creation, production; composition, constitution; arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape, structure.
Former. Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing; quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named, first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.
Ant. Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future.
Formidable. Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible, dreadful, fearful, shocking.
Ant. Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless, despicable, weak, helpless.
Forthwith. Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay, instantaneously.
Ant. Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently.
Fortification. Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel; bulwark, fortified place.
Fortify. Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen; confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.
Ant. Weaken, dismantle; invalidate.
Fortitude. Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness, patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, stoicism.
Ant. Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness.
Fortuitous. Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental, undesigned.
Ant. Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen.
Fortunate. Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous, propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.
Ant. Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched, woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed.
Fortune. Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood; estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches, opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result, event; success.
Ant. Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause, failure.
Forward, a. Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior; ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous, confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early, premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.
Ant. Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent.
Forward, v. Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage, aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch, expedite; transmit, send on, ship.
Ant. Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate.
Foul. Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished, soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous, infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick, turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.
Ant. Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied, stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy.
Found, v. Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct, raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast, mold; endow, root.
Ant. Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish.
Foundation. Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment, settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground, substratum, underlying principle.
Ant. Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow.
Founder. Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster; author.
Ant. Subverter, destroyer.
Fountain. Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first principle.
Fraction. Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.
Ant. Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate.
Fractious. Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful, irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.
Ant. Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial.
Fragile. Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak, feeble, delicate, slight.
Ant. Tough, hardy, stout, strong.
Fragment. Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece, morsel.
Ant. Bulk, body, whole, mass.
Fragrance, Fragrancy. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense, grateful odor or smell, pleasant scent.
Fragrant. Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.
Ant. Inodorous, scentless, fetid.
Frail. Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute, erring, mutable.
Ant. Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout.
Frame, n. Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure, system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.
Frame, v. Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make, constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.
Franchise. Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.
Ant. Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability, jurisdiction.
Frank. Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted, without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.
Ant. Close, reserved; disingenuous.
Frantic. Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied, distracted; maniacal.
Ant. Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed.
Fraternity. Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood, sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.
Fraternize. Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with, coöperate with; coalesce.
Ant. Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize.
Fraud. Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice, trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.
Ant. Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity.
Fraught. Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding, pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.
Ant. Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant.
Freakish. Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome; sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.
Ant. Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, equable, uniform.
Free, a. Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released, emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted, open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal, lavish, immoderate; ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous, spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal; detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional, untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.
Ant. Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged; occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable, amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly.
Freedom. Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing; franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.
Ant. Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity.
Frenzy. Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.
Ant. Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity.
Frequent, a. Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated, recurrent, general, numerous, continual.
Ant. Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual.
Fresh. New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing, unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed; rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid, vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted, unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool, refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw, uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young, untried, modern.
Ant. Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original, ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy, musty, fusty.
Fretful. Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered; fractious, impatient, discontented.
Ant. Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring.
Friction. Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing; grating, contact.
Ant. Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation.
Friend. Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère, fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron, adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate, coadjutor.
Ant. Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy.
Friendly. Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate, brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social, tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty, sincere.
Ant. Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic, unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile, cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose.
Friendship. Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity, consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.
Ant. Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy.
Frighten. Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall, browbeat, depress, dismay.
Ant. Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage.
Frightful. Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, alarming; ugly, monstrous.
Ant. Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful.
Frigid. Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame, spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing, repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.
Ant. Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous.
Frisk. Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance, sport, play.
Ant. Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose.
Frisky. Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.
Ant. Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative.
Fritter. Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate, idle.
Ant. Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal.
Frivolous. Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle, flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.
Ant. Serious, earnest, important, grave.
Frolic, n. Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery; merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment, gaiety, spree.
Ant. Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking.
Frolicsome. Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry, joyous; wanton, festive.
Ant. Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious.
Froward. Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish, cross, captious, petulant.
Ant. Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile.
Frugal. Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary, thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate.
Ant. Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate, self-indulgent.
Frugality. Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing, miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.
Ant. Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty, affluence, abundance, riches.
Fruit. Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect, consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward, outgrowth.
Ant. Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth.
Fruitful. Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich, plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful, effectual, useful.
Ant. Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive, ineffectual.
Fruition. Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.
Ant. Loss, disappointment, non-attainment.
Fugacious. Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral, fleeting.
Ant. Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual.
Fulfil. Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate, complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.
Ant. Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook, disregard, slight.
Fulminate. Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine, hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.
Ant. Laud, panegyrize, eulogize.
Fulsome. Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous, disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome, sickening, fawning.
Ant. Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate.
Fume, v. Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm, bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.
Ant. Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur.
Function, n. Exercise, performance, execution, discharge; employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province; character, capacity, operation, administration, power.
Ant. Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration.
Functionary. Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage, incumbent.
Fund. Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund; money, means, resources; investment.
Ant. Expenditure, outlay, disbursement.
Fundamental. Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional, indispensable, principal, important.
Ant. Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious.
Funereal. Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber, melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.
Ant. Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical.
Funny. Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous, amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.
Ant. Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad, lamentable.
Furbish. Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.
Ant. Dull, tarnish, cloud.
Furnish. Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow, contribute, present, purvey, yield.
Ant. Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep.
Furtive. Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.
Ant. Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved.
Fuse. Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle; coalesce.
Ant. Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate.
Fuss, n. Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation, excitement, tumult.
Ant. Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity.
Futile. Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain, idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.
Ant. Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid.
Future. Forthcoming, coming, advenient.
Ant. Past, gone, bygone.