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Fable, n. apologue (moral fable); fiction, fabrication, [myth], [untruth].
fabler, n. fabulist.
fabulous, a. fictitious, [feigned], unverified; [exorbitant], inordinate, [excessive].
face, n. [countenance], visage, physiognomy, features; [front], exterior; obverse; facet; effrontery, [confidence], [assurance], audacity, [impudence]. Associated words: facial, domino, complexion, multifaced, [rouge], cosmetic, grimace, Janus-faced, lineament, profile, silhouette, maskoid, [smirk], physiognomist.
face, v. confront, [meet]; [bully], [bluff]; veneer; plane, [dress], [smooth].
face ague. tic douloureux.
face guard. [mask], beaver.
face to face. vis-à-vis, tête-à-tête.
facsimile, n. [duplicate], [copy], [reproduction], [likeness], counterpart.
fact, n. [reality], [actuality], [truth].
faction, n. dissension, [sedition], [rebellion], [insurgency], [division].
factious, a. turbulent, [seditious], [rebellious], [refractory], insubordinate.
factor, n. [broker], [middleman], consignee, commission [merchant], [agent]; constituent, [element].
factory, n. [manufactory], [shop], [plant], mill.
facts, n. pl. data.
faculty, n. [endowment], [capability], [talent], [ability], [knack], [gift]; [competency], [dexterity], skill ingenuity, adroitness.
fade, v. [decay], [decline], [droop], languish, evanesce, [disappear].
fadeless, a. [unfading], [permanent], [fast], [perennial].
fading, a. [fugitive], evanescent, declining.
fæces, n. pl. [excrement], [stools].
fail, v. default, [lack]; [deteriorate], [decline], [retrograde]; [disappoint], [desert]; miscarry, [foil]; become [bankrupt].
failing, n. [shortcoming], [deficiency], [imperfection], foible, [fault], [infirmity], [defect], errancy, [fallibility], [decline], [deterioration].
failure, n. [failing], [deficiency], [shortcoming], [lack]; [omission], pretermission, default, nonperformance, [neglect], dereliction nonfulfillment, nonobservance; nonsuccess, [miscarriage], [frustration], [abortion], [foil], [fizzle], fiasco; [deterioration], [decline], declension, [retrogression]; [bankruptcy], insolvency.
faint, a. [weak], [languid], [exhausted], [feeble]; indistinct, [dim], faded, [dull]; timorous, [faint-hearted].
faint, v. swoon.
faint-hearted, a. timorous, [timid], [diffident], [fearful], [cowardly].
faint-heartedness, n. [timidity], [diffidence].
fainting, n. swoon, syncope.
fair, a. [impartial], equitable, [unbiased], [just], [honorable], [unprejudiced], ingenuous; [average], [middling], [tolerable], [so-so], [passable]; [comely], [attractive], [pretty], handsome; blond, [light]; unsullied, untarnished, [spotless].
fair, adv. [clear], [openly], frankly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, impartially.
fair, n. bazaar; [exposition].
fair and square. equitably, impartially, [fairly], honestly.
fairly, adv. impartially, equitably, [openly], favorably, auspiciously.
fair play. [justice], equity.
fair-spoken, a. [plausible], [bland], [civil], [suave].
fairy, n. fay, [elf], pigwidgeon, pixy, [sprite], sylph, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, Mab, Oberon, Titania.
faith, n. [credence], [belief], [trust], [dependence], [credit], [reliance], [confidence]; [dogma], tenet, [creed], religion, [persuasion]; [fidelity], [loyalty], [faithfulness]; [promise], [engagement], [word]. Antonyms: [doubt], incredulity, [misgiving], [unbelief]. Associated words: Fides, fiduciary, fiducial, bona fide, pistiology.
faithful, a. [true], [constant], [stanch], [unwavering], devoted, [loyal]; trustworthy, [reliable], [conscientious]; [exact], [accurate], [precise].
faithfulness, n. [constancy], [devotion], [loyalty], [fidelity], true-heartedness, fealty, [allegiance], trustworthiness; [exactness], [accuracy].
faithless, a. [unbelieving], [skeptical], incredulous, [doubting], [disloyal], [false]. See unfaithful.
faithlessness, n. [unbelief], incredulity, [doubt]; [disloyalty], [perfidy]. See unfaithfulness.
fake, n. (Slang) [trick], [swindle], [imposture], [fraud], [delusion], [humbug], imposition.
fake, v. (Slang) [cheat], [swindle], [humbug], [defraud], [manipulate], fraudulently.
faker, n. (Slang) [trickster], swindler.
fall, v. descend, [drop], gravitate; collapse, [founder], [slump], [tumble], topple; [subside], [decrease], [decline], [settle], [moderate]; [sin], do [wrong], go astray; apostatize; [empty], [discharge], disembogue.
fall, n. [descent], collapse, [tumble], [drop]; [decrease], [decline], depreciation, [slump]; cadence; declivity, [slope]; prostration, [downfall], subversion; autumn; disemboguement, [discharge].
fallacious, a. [sophistical], [misleading], [illusive], untenable, [inconsistent].
fallacy, n. [deception], [delusion], misconception; [sophism], [sophistry], paralogism.
fallals, n. pl. (Colloq.) frippery, gewgaws, ornaments.
fall away. emaciate; [renounce], [desert], [rebel]; apostatize, [backslide]; [decline], languish.
fall back. recede, [retreat], [retire], [withdraw].
fallen, a. dropped, prostrate, [degraded], depreciated, debased.
fallibility, n. errancy. Antonym: [infallibility].
fallible, a. errable, [erring]. Antonym: [infallible].
fall in. collapse, cave in.
falling away. emaciation, [pining]; [renunciation], [desertion], [revolt], [unfaithfulness]; [apostasy], defection, [backsliding]; [decline], declension.
falling back. recession, [retreat], [retirement], [withdrawal].
falling down. prostration, collapse.
falling in with. [meeting]; concurrence, [agreement], [compliance].
falling off. [dropping]; [withdrawal], [separation], [detachment]; [apostasy], defection, [desertion]; depreciation, [deterioration].
falling out. See quarrel.
falling short. [deficiency], inadequacy, deficit, [shortcoming].
falling sickness. epilepsy.
falling star. [meteor].
falling stone. meteorite, aërolite.
falling to pieces. disintegration, dilapidation.--a. [ramshackle], [dilapidated], disintegrating.
fall off. [drop]; [withdraw], [separate]; apostatize, [backslide]; depreciate, [deteriorate].
fall on. [attack], [assault], [assail].
fall out. See quarrel.
fallow, a. [uncultivated], untilled; [dormant], [inactive].
fall short. be [deficient], be [inadequate].
fall to pieces. disintegrate.
false, a. [spurious], forged, [counterfeit], [sham], supposititious, [unauthentic], [bogus], [feigned], [fallacious], [make believe], [hypocritical], [assumed], pseudo, [sophistical], untenable; unveracious, [dishonest], [erroneous], [untruthful]; [disloyal], [perfidious], [traitorous], disingenuous, [insincere], [recreant], [faithless], [unfaithful].
false friend. traitor, [betrayer], [Judas].
falsehood, n. inveracity, [untruthfulness]; [lie], fiction, [untruth], [mendacity], fabrication, canard.
false key. picklock.
false name. pseudonym, nom de plume. Associated words: pseudonymous, pseudonymity, pseudepigraphous pseudepigraphy.
false swearing. [perjury].
false writing. [forgery], pseudography, pseudograph.
falsification, n. counterfeiting, [forgery], falsifying; [misrepresentation], [distortion].
falsify, v. [misstate], [misrepresent], [garble], [distort], [pervert]; confute, [refute], [disprove].
falter, v. [hesitate], [tremble], [waver], [vacillate].
faltering, a. [wavering], hesitating.
faltering, n. [hesitation], [indecision], [wavering], [vacillation].
fame, n. [celebrity], [note], eminence, [renown], [glory], [reputation], [repute]. Antonyms: [obscurity], ingloriousness, oblivion, [ignominy], [disrepute].
familiar, a. intimate, [close], [cordial], [near], [friendly], bosom; [informal], [unreserved], [unconstrained], [easy], [unceremonious]; conversant, well-known. Antonyms: [unfamiliar], [shy], [ceremonious], [distant].
familiarity, n. intimacy, conversance, [acquaintance]; [informality], [freedom], unconstraint; [disrespect], [unreserve]. Antonyms: unfamiliarity, strangeness.
familiarize, v. [habituate], [accustom], inure, break in.
family, n. [household]; genealogy, lineage, [ancestry]. Associated words: genealogist, foris-familiate, [pedigree], nepotism, nepotic, cadency, gens.
family way. pregnancy. Associated words: pregnant, gravid, enceinte.
famous, a. [renowned], famed, [noted], [celebrated], [eminent], illustrious, [distinguished], far-famed. Antonyms: [obscure], inglorious, [unknown], [notorious].
fan, n. flabellum (Eccl.), Associated words: brin, panache, plicate, plicated.
fan, v. winnow; [cool], ventilate; [stimulate], [rouse], [foment], [provoke], [encourage].
fanatic, n. [extremist], [visionary], [zealot].
fanatical, a. [fanatic], [rabid], [uncompromising], over-zealous.
fancied, a. [imaginary].
fanciful, a. [whimsical], [capricious], [visionary], imaginative, [unpractical]; chimerical, [fantastic], [illusive], phantasmic, [quixotic], [bizarre], [erratic].
fancy, n. [imagination], [conception], [conceit], [idea], [apprehension], impression, [opinion], [notion]; [caprice], [whim], [whimsey], fantasy, [vagary], maggot, [crotchet]; [inclination], [liking], [fondness], penchant, [taste].
fancy, a. [ornate], elaborate, [ornamental]; [fanciful], [exorbitant], [fabulous], [extravagant].
fancy, v. believe, [imagine], [apprehend], [conjecture], conceive, [like].
fandangle, a. [fantastic], [highfaluting], [ornamental].
fang, n. tusk.
fan-shaped, a. plicate, flabelliform, flabellate.
fantastic, a. [fanciful], [imaginary]; [unreal], phantasmal, [spectral], [illusive]; [whimsical], [capricious], [erratic]; [grotesque], [irregular], [odd], rococo, baroque, [bizarre].
fantod, n. (Slang) [worry], [excitement], [fuss], fidget; [indisposition], sulks.
far, a. [distant], [remote]; alienated, [estranged], [unfriendly].
farce, n. [burlesque], [travesty], [caricature], [sham], [take-off].
farcical, a. [burlesque], [ludicrous], [ridiculous], [absurd].
farewell, n. adieu, leave-taking, [good-bye], valediction, congé, valedictory.
farewell, a. [parting], valedictory, final.
far-fetched, a. [forced], [strained], catachrestic.
farm, n. grange; plantation; croft; hacienda.
farmer, n. [agriculturist], husbandman, granger.
farming, n. [agriculture], husbandry.--a. agricultural.
far-off, a. [remote], [distant], far-away.
far-sighted, a. hypermetropic, presbyopic; long-sighted, [sagacious].
far-sightedness, n. hypennetropia, presbyopia, hyperopia; long-sightedness, [sagacity].
far-sighted person. presbyope.
fascinate, v. [bewitch], [enchant], [charm], [captivate], enamor, [infatuate], [entrance], enrapture, enravish. Antonyms: [disillusionize], [decharm], [repel].
fascinating, a. [charming], [captivating], [bewitching], [siren], [witching], entrancing.
fascination, n. [enchantment], [witchcraft], [bewitchery], [sorcery], [magic], [witchery], [captivation], [charm], enravishment Antonyms: disenchantment, disillusionment.
fashion, n. vogue, [style], [mode].
fashionable, a. [stylish], in vogue, [smart], modish.
fast, a. [immovable], [firm], [rigid]; impregnable, [strong], [invincible], invulnerable, fortified; [steadfast], [faithful], [true]; [permanent], durable; [rapid], [swift], [fleet], [quick], expeditious, [speedy]; [unrestrained], [dissolute], [dissipated], [rakish], [wanton], profligate, [immoral].
fast, adv. swiftly, [rapidly], quickly, with celerity, post-haste, speedily, expeditiously; fixedly, firmly, immovably.
fast and loose. [inconstant].
fasten, v. [secure], [fix], barricade, [lock], [bind], [tie], [attach], tether, rivet, moor, [cement], [affix], annex, clinch, clamp, append.
fastidious, a. [critical], squeamish, punctilious. Antonyms: [careless], indiscriminate, [slovenly].
fastness, n. fixedness, immovability, firmness, [security], impregnability; [fortress], [stronghold], citadel; [swiftness], celerity, [rapidity], expedition, [quickness], [haste].
fat, a. [fleshy], [plump], corpulent, obese, [portly], pursy, burly, chubby, pampered, [gross], [squab], [stout], pudgy; adipose; [fertile], productive; [lucrative], [remunerative], [profitable].
fatal, a. mortal, [deadly].
fatality, n. fatalness, [fate], [destiny]; mortality; [disaster], [calamity].
fate, n. [destiny], [lot], [doom]; [chance], fortune; Moira; karma; kismet; [predestination].
fated, a. destined, doomed, predestined, foredoomed.
fateful, a. [ominous].
Fates, n. pl. Destinies, Parcæ (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos).
father, n. pater familias, procreator, sire, patriarch; [founder], originator, [author]. Associated words: affiliate, [affiliation], filiation, patricide, patricidal, paternalism, parricide, agnate, agnation, patrimony.
father, v. [beget], engender, procreate.
fatherhood n. paternity.
fatherly, a. paternal.
fatigue, n. [weariness], [lassitude], [languor], [exhaustion].
fatigue, v. [weary], [tire], [jade], [exhaust], fag, [bore].
fatness, n. corpulency, obesity, embonpoint, plumpness, [fleshiness], stoutness, portliness, pudginess; adiposity; [fertility], [richness].
fatten, v. [batten].
fatty, a. adipose, [greasy], unctuous, oleaginous, sebaceous.
fatty tumor. lipoma.
fault, n. [defect], [imperfection], [failing], foible, [shortcoming], [blemish], [flaw]; [demerit], dereliction, [offense], [indiscretion], [lapse], delinquency. Antonyms: [merit], [perfection], [beauty], impeccability.
fault-finder, n. caviler, [critic], [grumbler], carper, repiner, censurer, [censor], complainer.
fault-finding, a. [captious], [caviling], [critical], [derogatory], [dissatisfied], grumbling, [censorious], [discontented], [querulous], [carping].
fault-finding, n. [carping], [criticism], grumbling, [murmuring], captiousness, [cavil], reprehension, [dissatisfaction], animadversion, [stricture], repining.
faultiness, n. defectiveness, [imperfection], culpability, peccability.
faultless, a. [perfect], [blameless], impeccable, inerrable, unblemished.
faulty, a. [imperfect], defective; [blamable], culpable, peccable, [erring].
faun, n. satyr, sylvan.
favor, n. [countenance], [regard], good-will, [kindness]; [support], [promotion], befriending, championship, espousal, countenancing. Antonyms: [disfavor], [opposition].
favor, v. [support], [countenance], [encourage]; resemble.
favorable, a. propitious, [auspicious], conducive, [beneficial], [partial], [helpful]. Antonyms: [unfavorable], unpropitious, inauspicious.
favoring, a. [partial], approving, [helpful].
favoritism, n. [partiality]; nepotism. Antonym: impartiality
fawn, v. [truckle], curry [favor], [court].
fawner, n. [sycophant], bootlicker, [footlicker].
fawning, a. [sycophantic], [obsequious], [servile], truckling.
fear, n. [apprehension], [anxiety], solicitude, [alarm], [dread], trepidation, [consternation], [panic], [dismay], [terror], [fright], cowardliness, [timidity], pusillanimity; [reverence], [awe], [veneration].
fear, v. [apprehend], [dread], be afraid of; [reverence], [venerate], stand in awe of.
fearful, a. [apprehensive], alarmed, [afraid], frightened; [timid], timorous, [faint-hearted], [cowardly], [craven], [pusillanimous], [meticulous]; [terrible], [frightful], [dreadful], grim, [awful], dire, fell, [atrocious], [ghastly], terrifying, [alarming], appalling.
fearless, a. intrepid, [courageous], [bold], valorous, undaunted, [unafraid], [unflinching].
feasibility, n. [practicability].
feasible, a. practicable.
feast, n. [banquet], repast, [regale], Junket, festivity. Associated words: [convivial], conviviality.
feast, v. [banquet], [junket]; delight, [gratify].
feastful, a. [festive], festal.
feat, n. [exploit], [achievement], [stunt], [act], [deed].
feather, n. [plume], quill, [pinion].
feather, v. fledge.
feathered, a. fledged.
feathering, n. endysis.
feather in the cap. (Colloq.) [honor], trophy.
featherless, a. [unfledged], desplumate, [callow].
feathers, n. pl. plumage; aigret; panache, remiges (quill feathers); down (soft under feathers); coverts; rectrices. Associated words: plumassier, pterylography, endysis, ecdysis, [moult], [moulting], [mew], desplumation, preen, barb, midrib, [shaft], barbule, pompon, plumassary.
feathery, a. plumy, pennaceous.
feature, n. [aspect], [appearance]; lineament; trait, [characteristic], [peculiarity].
federation, n. [confederation], [league], confederacy, [union].
fee, n. retainer, [tip], honorarium, perquisite.
feeble, a. infirm, [doddering]. See weak.
feeble-minded, a. [half-witted], defective, [imbecile].
feeble-minded person, defective, [imbecile].
feed, n. provender, [fodder].
feel, v. [touch], [handle]; grope, grabble; experience, suffer.
feeler, n. antenna, tentaculum, tentacle, [horn], palpus. pl. antennæ, tentacula, palpi.
feeling, a. [susceptible], [sensitive], [sentient], [sympathetic]. Antonyms: insentient, [unfeeling], stoic, impassive.
feeling, n. [sensibility], [sensation], sentiency; emotion. Antonyms: [insensibility], impassivity, [numbness].
feign, v. [pretend], dissemble, [simulate], [affect], [counterfeit], [assume].
feigned, a. pretended, [simulate], simulated, [counterfeit], dissembled, [assumed]. Antonyms: [real], [sincere], [unfeigned].
feigning, n. [simulation], dissembling.
feint, n. [pretense], [blind], [stratagem].
felicitate, v. [congratulate].
felicitation, n. [congratulation].
fellow-countryman, n. compatriot.
fellowship, n. [companionship], [communion], [converse], [association].
felon, n. [criminal], [convict]; whitlow.
felonious, a. [heinous], [atrocious], [nefarious], flagitious, [infamous].
female, a. feminine; pistillate (Bot.).
female warrior. Amazon.
fence, n. [pale], palings, palisade, stockade, hurdle, raddle, [defense], [protection], enclosure.
fence, v. [defend], fortify, [protect]; equivocate, [evade], [parry], [shift], prevaricate.
fencing, n. swordsmanship, gladiature, swordplay, gladiatorism.
fend, v. ward off, [avoid], [parry].
fender, n. [protection], [defense], [screen], [guard]; [dashboard], splashboard.
ferment, n. [harm], leaven, [yeast]; enzyme, histozyme, zyme, zymophite.
fern, n. [brake], bracken, maiden [hair], Venus [hair], poly-pody.
ferns, n. pl. Filices, Pteridophyta. Associated words: pteridology, filicology, pteridologist, filical, filicic, filici-form, filicoid, frond, spore, filicite, cryptogamous.
ferocious, a. [rapacious], [ravenous], truculent, fell, [savage].
ferocity, n. [rapacity], fierceness.
ferrotype, n. [tintype].
fertile, a. [fruitful], fecund; pistillate. Antonyms: infertile infecund, [barren].
fertility, n. fruitfulness, fecundity, [richness]. Antonyms: infertility, infecundity, [barrenness].
fertilization, n. enriching; fecundation, [impregnation].
fertilize, v. [enrich], [manure]; fecundate, [impregnate].
fertilizer, n. [manure], guano, phosphate of [lime], compost.
fervency, n. See ardor.
fervent, a. See ardent.
fervid, a. See ardent.
fervor, n. See ardor.
fester, v. suppurate, [maturate], [ulcerate]; rankle.
fester, n. [sore], pustule, [festering], [abscess], imposthume, [rankling].
festering, n. suppuration, [maturation], ulceration; [fester], [rankling].
festering, a. suppurating, maturating; [rankling].
festival, n. fête, [banquet], [feast], [holiday].
festive, a. festal, [convivial], [festival].
festoon, n. [garland].
fetid, a. malodorous, [stinking], [noisome].
fetter, n. [shackle], [bond], [hamper], [restraint].
fetter, v. [shackle], [manacle], [hamper]; [restrain], [impede].
fever, n. Associated words: febrifacient, febrific, febrierous, febrifuge, febrifugal, pyretology, pyretic.
feverish, a. febrile.
fever spots. petechiæ.
fewness, n. paucity.
fiat, n. [order], [decree], [mandate], [edict], [command].
fib, n. [falsehood], [untruth].
fiber, n. staple, [thread], filament, [pile].
fickle, a. [vacillating], [volatile], mercurial, [irresolute], [fitful], [capricious], [unstable], [inconstant], [variable], [wavering]. Antonyms: [constant], [unwavering], [steadfast], [resolute].
fickleness, n. [vacillation], [irresolution], [inconstancy], volatility, tergiversation, capriciousness.
fiddle, n. [violin]; kit.
fiddler, n. violinist.
fidelity, n. [loyalty], fealty, [faithfulness]; [truth], integrity. Antonyms: infidelity, [faithlessness].
fidgets, n. pl. [restlessness]; dysphoria.
field, n. [meadow], [lea]; campaign, savanna, croft; [scope], [range], [room], province, [domain], [region], [realm], rowen (stubble field).
fiend, n. [demon].
fiendish, a. diabolical, [atrocious], infernal.
fierce, a. [violent], [unrestrained], [furious], [immoderate], impetuous, [vehement], [passionate], [ferocious], [fiery], [mettlesome]. Antonyms: [tame], [gentle], [docile].
fiery, a. igneous; [vehement], impetuous, [passionate], irascible, [irritable].
fifteen-sided figure. quindecagon.
fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October. ides.
fig, n. fico, [snap], fillip.
fig, n. Associated words: caprification, caricous.
fight, n. [combat], [battle], [engagement], [struggle], [encounter], [fray], affray, [mêlée], scrimmage (Colloq.); pugnacity, belligerence. Associated words: militant, [combative], combativeness, [bellicose], [belligerent], pugnacious.
fight, v. [battle], [combat], militate, [struggle], cope with.
fighter, n. warrior, [champion], [combatant], [vindicator], gladiator, [belligerent].
fight shy. [avoid], elude.
figment, n. fabrication.
figurative, a. [typical], [representative], emblematical; metaphorical, tropical.
figure, n. [shape], [form], [outline], tournure, conformation, [image], effigy, [statue], bust, figurehead, [likeness]; numeral, digit, [number]; [type], emblem, symbol; caryatid; atlantes, telamones; figurine; diagram, [drawing]; [dash], conspicuousness, [show].
figure, v. [compute], [cipher], [calculate]; [contrive], [scheme], [plan]; [symbolize], [typify], [represent].
figure of speech. trope, [metaphor].
file, n. [line], [row]; [rasp], quannet.
filing, n. limature, limation.
fill, n. [sufficiency], [plenty].
fill, v. [satisfy], [cloy], [satiate], sate, [glut], [stuff]; [occupy], [hold]; replenish; [expand], [dilate], distend, [inflate], [bloat]; pervade.
fill out. [extend], [inflate], [complete], amplify.
film, n. pellicle.
filter, v. [strain], clarify, filtrate; [percolate], exude, [ooze], [seep], transude, infiltrate.
filtering, n. filtration; [percolation], exudation, transudation, infiltration.
filth, n. squalor, foulness, [corruption], Augean [stable], muck, [dirt].
filthy, a. [nasty], [dirty], [squalid], [foul]; [smutty], [obscene], [indecent], [ribald], [lewd].
finally, adv. [ultimately], eventually, [lastly].
find fault. [object], disapprove, demur, [cavil], except, criticize, [carp], [repine], [complain], [grumble].
finding, n. [discovery]; [verdict].
finding out. detection, [discovery].
find out. [discover], detect, ascertain, solve, unriddle.
fine, n. amercement, mulet, [penalty].--v. mulet, amerce.
fine, a. [refined], [nice], [exquisite], [excellent], recherché, [elegant], [splendid], admirable, [choice], [select], [attractive], [delicate], [subtle], [minute], capillary, tenuous, [thin], [subtile], ethereal, attenuated, filmy, [flimsy], gossamery, [slender]; comminuted, bolted, pulverized, impalpable, powdered. Antonyms: [coarse], [crude], unbolted, [stout], [crass], [thick].
fine arts. Associated words: esthetics, æsthetic, æstheticism, æsthete.
finedrawn, a. [subtle].
finery, n. ornaments, decorations, frippery, [clothes], gewgaws.
finespun, a. [subtle], attenuated.
finesse, n. [artifice], [stratagem], maneuvering, ruses.
finger, n. digit; medius (middle finger); minimus (Little finger); index (fore or index finger). Associated words: digital, digitation, interdigital.
finger, v. [touch], [handle]; thrum, strum.
finger bone. phalanx, internode; pl. phalanges.
finger-shaped, a. digitiform.
finical, a. over-particular, [fastidious].
finicky, a. (Colloq.) [finical], [fastidious], squeamish, [dainty].
finish, v. [complete], elaborate.
finish, n. [completion], elaboration.
fire, v. ignite, [kindle]; (Slang) [discharge], [dismiss]; inflame, [irritate], [arouse], [excite], [incite]; [animate], [quicken], vitalize, enthuse, inspirit; stoke; bake, [burn], torrefy.
fire, n. combustion, ignition, [burning]; phlogiston; conflagration, holocaust, deflagration; [flame], [blaze]; bonfire, balefire, feu de joie, [beacon]. Associated words: pyrology, pyrography, pyromania, pyrophobia, incendiary, incendiarism, arson, lurid, Moloch, [fuel], combustible, pyroleter, smolder, [ignis fatuus], Vulcan, Hephæstus.
fire-arm, n. See gun.
fire-arms, n. pl. [guns], gunnery, artillery.
firebug, n. incendiary, pyromaniac.
fire-damp, n. carbureted hydrogen.
firedog, n. andiron.
fireman, n. fire-tender, stoker.
fireproof, a. incombustible, asbestic.
fireside, n. hearth, ingleside.
fireworks, n. pl. Associated words: pyrotechnics, pyrotechnist, pyrotechnician, pyrotechnic, pyrotechny.
fire-worship, n. pyrolatry, Parseeism, Mazdeism, Magianism, Zoroastrianism.
fire-worshiper, n. pyrolater, Gheber, Parsee, Magian, Zoroastrian.
firm, a. [fast], [immovable], [secure]; [compact], [solid], dense, compressed; [fixed], [resolute], [constant], [unwavering], unshaken, [steadfast], [stanch], determined, [invincible], [inflexible], incompliant. Antonyms: flaccid, [soft], [vacillating], [irresolute], [lax], [yielding], facile, [inconstant].
first, a. earliest; foremost, [leading], [chief], premier; primary, primal, primordial, [primitive], primeval, pristine, [original], aboriginal, primogenial; [elementary], [rudimentary], initial.
first, adv. primarily, originally.
firstborn, n. Associated words: primogeniture, primogenial, primogenitureship.
first-formed, a. [original], protoplastic.
first installment. [earnest], handsel.
first principles. rudiments, principia.
first produce or offspring. firstling.
first-rate, a. [excellent], first-class.
fish, n. fry, alevin (young fish); ichthyolite, monilife, (fossil fish). See fishes.
fish, v. [angle], trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).
fisherman, n. fisher, piscator, angler.
fishes, n. pl. Pisces; Piscifauna (fishes of a region), Associated words: ichthyology, ichthyologist, ichthyophagy, ichthyophagist, ichthyography, ichthyolatry, piscatology, pisciculturist, piscary, piscine, [shoal], kench, [minnow], aquarium, piscivorous, piscatorial, warren, [spawn], cauf, creel, kibblings, [bait], pisciform, piscinal.
fish culture. pisciculture.
fish glue. [isinglass], ichthyocoll; carlock.
fish hawk, n. osprey.
fishing, n. angling, trawling, trolling, whiffing, spillet [fishing], bultow [fishing].
fishlike, a. pisciform, ichthyic.
fish line. Associated words: snell, snood, [leader], [sinker], [bob], [float], boulter.
fishskin, n. ichthyosis.
fish soup. chowder.
fishy, a. [fishlike]; (Colloq.) [extravagant], [exaggerated], improbable.
fistic, a. pugilistic.
fisticuffs, n. pl. [boxing], pugilism.
fit, n. [spasm], paroxysm, [convulsion]; access, [outburst], [attack]; epilepsy, catalepsy; [humor], [whim], [caprice], [fancy].
fit, a. [meet], [becoming], [suitable], [proper], [appropriate], congruous, [adequate], expedient, congruent, apposite, [qualified], eligible, [competent], [befitting], [apt], [convenient].
fit, v. [adapt], [qualify], prepare, [equip], [accommodate], [shape], adjust, [trim].
fitful, a. [variable], [capricious], [unstable], [inconstant], [spasmodic], [changeable].
fitness, n. becomingness, appropriateness, [competency], [qualification], congruity, eligibility.
fitting, a. [suitable], [proper], [fit], [befitting].
five, n. cinque, quintuplet, quintette; quintuplets. Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.
five-angled, a. pentagonal.
five-angled figure. pentagon, pentahedron.
five cents. nickel.
fivefold, a. quintuple.
five languages. Associated word: pentaglot.
five-sided, a. pentagonal, pentahedral.
five years. quinquennium, lustrum. Associated words: quinquennial, quinquennially.
fir, v. [mend], [repair], [restore], adjust; rivet, [fasten]; [settle], [fasten], [establish], [implant], define.
fix, n. (Colloq.) [dilemma], predicament, [plight], [quandary]. Antonyms: extrication, [release].
fixed, a. [immovable], established, [stable], [firm], unchangeable [steadfast], stereotyped.
fixings, n. pl. (Colloq.) embellishments, trimmings.
fizzle, n. (Colloq.) [failure], fiasco.
flabbergast, v. (Jocular) [astonish], [amaze], [surprise], [dumfound].
flabbergastation, n. (Jocular) [astonishment], [amazement].
flabbiness, n. flaccidity, limpness.
flabby, a. [yielding], [limp], [soft], flaccid. Antonyms: [firm], [stiff], [rigid].
flag, n. colors, [standard], [banner], gonfalon, pennon, pennant, ensign, guidon, [streamer], banderole; [iris], fleur-de-luce. Associated words: furl, unfurl.
flagrant, a. [glowing], [flaming], [ardent]; [atrocious], [heinous], [wicked].
flake, n. [film], [flock], lamina, [scale].
flame, n. [blaze], [fire]; [love], [sweetheart]. Associated words: lambent, flamineous, flammiferous, flammivomous, flambage.
flame, v. [blaze]. Antonym: smolder.
flameless, a. aphlogistic.
flaming, a. [blazing], afire, [flagrant]; [dazzling], [brilliant]; [ardent], [passionate].
flare, v. flicker, [flutter]; [dazzle], [blaze], [glare]; flaunt.
flare, n. [glare], flicker.
flare-up, n. (Colloq.) [passion], [anger], [outburst].
flash, n. [gleam], [glare], coruscation.
flash, v. [glitter], [gleam], [glisten], coruscate, [sparkle].
flash, n. instant, [moment].
flashy, a. [dazzling], coruscant; [gaudy], [tawdry], meretricious [showy].
flask, n. betty, matrass, bolthead.
flat, a. [level], [even], plane, [smooth]; prostrate, prone; [stale], insipid, [vapid], [tasteless], [unsavory], unpalatable, [mawkish]; peremptory, [unqualified], [positive]; spatulous, spatulate; sonant, vocal. Antonyms: [convex], [concave], [warped], cambered, undulating, protuberant, projecting.
flat, n. lowland, champaign; [floor], [suite].
flatboat, n. punt.
flatfoot, n. splayfoot.
flatfooted, a. splayfooted; (Slang) determined, [resolute], [unwavering], firmfooted.
flatiron, n. sadiron.
flatnosed, a. simous.
flatter, v. [blandish], [cajole], [wheedle], compliment.
flatterer, n. wheedler, [sycophant], [toady], pickthank, [flunky], Jenkins, adulator, blandisher.
flattering, a. [wheedling], adulatory, [alluring], blandiloquent, [sycophantic], [obsequious].
flattery, n. adulation, [blandishment], [wheedling], flummery, blandiloquence, [cajolery].
flaunting, a. [ostentatious], [showy].
flavor, n. savor, [taste], relish, [zest], [gusto], [race], tang, sapidity.
flavorless, a. insipid, [vapid], unpalatable, savorless, [tasteless].
flavorous, a. sapid, palatable, [savory], gustable.
flaw, n. [defect], [fault], [blemish], [imperfection].
flawless, a. [faultless], [perfect].
flawy, a. defective, [faulty].
flay, v. [skin], excoriate.
fleece, v. [plunder], [swindle], despoil, [strip].
fleet, n. squadron, navy, flotilla, armada.
fleeting, a. impermanent, [transient], transitory, evanescent, ephemeral, [fugitive], [temporary].
flesh, n. [meat], carnage; pulp (of fruit); carnality, sensual appetites; carrion (decaying flesh). Associated words: incarnate, [incarnation], excarnate, excarnation, carnate, carneous, trichina, trichinosis, carnassial, carnification, carnify.
flesh-eaters, n. pl. Carnivora.
flesh-eating, a. carnivorous, sarcophagous.--n. sarcophagy.
flesh-eating animal. carnivore, sarcophagan, sarcophile.
fleshiness, n. corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint. See [fatness].
fleshliness n. carnality, [sensuality].
fleshly, a. [carnal], [sensual], [sensuous].
fleshy, a. corpulent, [fat], [portly], obese, [plump].
flexibility, n. [pliability], pliancy, suppleness, litheness, ductility, [compliance].
flexible, a. [pliable], [supple], flexile, pliant, lithe, [limber]; [compliant], [yielding]. Antonyms: [inflexible], incompliant.
flight, n. [flying]; exodus, hegira; fleeing, absconding.
flighty, a. [volatile], [capricious], mercurial, [giddy], [fickle].
flimflam, n. [trick], [deception], [lie].--v. [trick], [deceive].
flimsy, a. superficial, unsubstantial, [weak], [feeble], [shallow], [frivolous].
flinch, v. [shrink], [wince], [recoil], [blench], [withdraw].
flinders, n. pl. splinters, fragments.
flinty, a. [unimpressible], [impenetrable], adamantine, [unyielding].
flippant, a. [voluble], [glib], [fluent]; [pert], malapert, [forward].
flirt, n. [coquette], [jilt], [jill].--v. coquet, philander.
flirtation, n. coquetry.
flirtatious, a. coquettish.
float, n. [raft]; buoy.
floating, n. flotation, flotage, supernatation.--a. supernatant.
flock, n. covey, [herd], [bevy], [drove], [pack], [lot], [group], [brood], [litter]. Associated words: gregarious, gregal, gregariously, gregariousness.
flog, v. See whip.
flood, n. deluge, inundation, [overflow], cataclysm, freshet. Associated words: antediluvial, antediluvian, diluvial, diluvian, alluvium, alluvial, alluvion.
flood, v. inundate, deluge, [overflow], [submerge].
flood-gate, n. sluice-gate.
floor, v. prostrate, fell, [overthrow]; [embarrass], [nonplus].
floor, n. planching, pavement; [story], loft.
floor timber. joist.
floral ornament. anthemion, boughpot, palmette.
florid, a. flushed, [rubicund]. See red.
florist, n. floriculturist.
flounce, n. [ruffle], [furbelow], [frill].--v. flounder.
flour, n. Associated words: farinaceous, farina, gluten, [meal], aleurometer, aleuromancy, stive, dredge, [bolt].
flour box. dredging [box].
flourish, v. [thrive]; [wave], brandish.
flourish, n. [embellishment]; [curlycue], paraph; fanfare, [call]; [parade], [show], [display]; brandishing, waving.
flout, v. [mock], [jeer], [gibe], [sneer], [deride].
flow, v. [circulate]; proceed, emanate, [issue]. Antonyms: stagnate, [ebb].
flower, n. [blossom], [bloom]; floret, floweret (little flower). Associated words: floral, floricultural, floriculture, [florist], floriculturist, florilege, florification, floriferous, [botany], botanical, [botanist], botanize, inflorescence, estivation, anther, petal, calyx, corolla, sepal, anthesis, anthography, anthoid, antholite, anthology, anthomania, anthophagous, anthophilous, anthotaxy, [bouquet], bract, corona, corymb, cyme, chloranthy, efflorescence, Flora, perianth, pistil, pistillate, staminate, pollen, prefloration raceme, reflorescence, pollinate, pollination, stamen, stigma, umbel, verticil, verticillate, whorl, spadix, spathe, floriated, floriation.
flower beds. Associated words: parterre, platband, [terrace].
flowering, a. phænogamous, phænogamian.--n. inflorescence
flowering plants. Phænogamia.
flowerless, a. cryptogamous.
flowerless plants. Cryptogamia.
flower pot. Associated words: cachepot, girandole.
flowery, a. [florid], [ornate], [figurative].
flowing, a. [running], gliding, [fluent], cursive. Antonym: [stagnant].
flowing back. refluent, [ebbing].--n. refluence, [ebb].
flowing in. influx.--a. influent, incurrent.
flowing out. efflux, effluxion, effluence.--a. effluent, excurrent.
flowing round. circumfluent.
fluctuate, v. [vacillate], [waver], [oscillate], whiffle, [swerve]. Antonyms: continue, [persist], adhere, [abide], [remain], stand [fast].
fluctuation, n. [vacillation], [wavering], oscillation, instability.
fluent, a. [flowing], gliding; [voluble].
fluid, n. [liquid], liquor, [solution].
flunk, v. (Colloq.) [fail], [back out].--n. [failure].
flunky, n. [lackey], [footman], [servant]; [snob], [toady], [sycophant].
flunkyism, n. toadyism, [sycophancy].
flurried, a. agitated, [excited], [perturbed], confused.
flurry, n. squall, [breeze], [wind]; [agitation], [excitement], [commotion].
flush, n. blush, glow; thrill; rosiness, redness.
flush, a. [liberal], [prodigal], [free], [lavish]; [even], plane, [level], [flat]; prolific, fecund, [exuberant]; affluent.
fluster, v. [perturb], discompose, [confuse], disconcert, [embarrass], [agitate].
fluster, n. [perturbation], discompose, [confusion], [agitation].
flustrate, v. (Colloq.) [fluster], [agitate].
flustration, n. (Colloq.) [agitation], [fluster], [perturbation], [confusion].
fluted, a. chamfered, channeled, [grooved].
flutter, v. [tremble], palpitate; hover; [oscillate], [fluctuate], [vacillate], [waver].
flutter, n. tremor, [agitation], palpitation; [confusion], [disorder], [commotion].
fly, a. (Slang) [wide-awake], [knowing].
fly, v. [wing], soar, flit, [mount], hover; decamp, abscond, flee.
flyaway, a. [flighty], [giddy], [unrestrained], [volatile].
flying, a. awing, volant, volitant, soaring.
flying, n. aviation, [flight].
flying machine. aëroplane, aërodrome, biplane, monoplane. Associated words: hangar, aviator, aërodynamics, aviatrix.
foam, n. [froth], spume, spumescence.--v. [froth], spume.
foamy, a. [frothy], spumy.
fodder, n. provender, forage, stover; ensilage. Associated words: silo, ensile.
foe, n. [antagonist], [enemy], [adversary], [opponent].
fog, n. [haze], [mist], [vapor], brume; confusion (of the mind).
fog, v. befog, [obscure], [confuse].
foggy, a. [misty], [hazy], brumous, [vaporous]; beclouded, confused, [obscure].
fogy, n. (Colloq.) fogram, mossback.
foil, v. [baffle], [frustrate], [thwart], circumvent.
foist, v. interpolate.
fold, n. [doubling], [plait], convolution; sheep-pen, cote; embrace.
fold, v. [double]; embrace, infold, [clasp].
folding stool. faldstool.
foliage, n. leafage, [leaves].
folks, n. pl. (Collog.) [people], persons.
follow, v. succeed, [chase], pursue, tag; [dodge]; [result], proceed, [flow], ensue, [spring], [issue]; pursue, [practice], engage in; [trace], [track], [trail].
follower, n. pursuer; [attendant], retainer, henchman; [disciple], [partisan], [advocate], adherent, [votary]; [imitator], [copier].
following, n. pursuance, pursuing, pursuit; [sequence], consecution, [succession]; adherents, dependents, [retinue]; vocation, [trade], [profession], [business].
following, a. [succeeding], ensuing, consecutive, pursuant.
folly, n. [foolishness], fatuity, [indiscretion], unwisdom, [absurdity], imprudence.
foment, v. [encourage], instigate, [nurse]; stupe.
fond, a. [indulgent], over-affectionate, doting; [affectionate], [loving]; [baseless], [vain], [unfounded].
fondle, v. caress, [pet], [coddle], cosset, [indulge], [humor].
fondness, n. [indulgence], doting; affection, [devotion], [love]; [partiality], [liking], preference, predilection, propensity, [appetite].
food, n. aliment, [nutriment], [nourishment], pabulum, [nutrition], fare, diet, [bread], [meat], rations, victuals, subsistence, commons, provisions, viands, regimen, [finding], sustenance, eatables, refreshments, comestibles, trencher, ambrosia, broma, manna. Associated words: bromatology, bromatologist, alimental, alimentary, pabular, [appetite], alimentation, [nutrition], superalimentation, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy, polyphagous, polyphagy, bromography, dietary, regimen, dietarian, dietetics, dieter, dietist, asitia, [cater], [caterer], sitology, [chyle], [chyme], victualer, [steward], cibation, sitophobia, omnivorous, delicatessen, proteid, [nitrogen], protein, commissariat, commissary.
food for cattle. [feed], [fodder], provender, forage, pasturage.
food room. [larder], buttery, [pantry], spence.
fool, n. [idiot], [imbecile], [natural]; [simpleton], dolt, [dunce], defective, witling, dotterel, [driveler], [blockhead], beetlehead, ninny, [ignoramus], [numskull], [booby], clodpate, [nincompoop], [ass], [wiseacre], dunderhead, halfwit, oaf, dullard, [coot], mooncalf; [zany], harlequin, buffoon, [jester], merry-andrew, [droll], [clown], scaramouch. Associated words: stultify, stultification.
fool, v. [dupe], [gull], delude, [hoodwink], [deceive], hoax, [trick], [beguile], victimize, cully; [trifle], [toy], dawdle.
fooling, n. [foolishness], [folly]; [zanyism], [mummery], buffoonery, monkey-tricks, harlequinism.
foolhardy, a. daredevil, [reckless], [rash].
foolish, a. [idiotic], [senseless], irrational, [silly], [imbecile], witless, insensate, [weak-minded], [half-witted], [brainless], fatuous, fatuitous, insagacious, unintelligent; [indiscreet], imprudent, [ridiculous], [absurd], asinine, inept, [nonsensical], [puerile].
foolishness, n. [idiocy], [imbecility], fatuity, [silliness], irrationality, insagacity; imprudence, [indiscretion], unwisdom, [folly], [absurdity], ineptitude, puerility.
fool's bauble. marotte.
foot, n. paw; hoof; [base], [bottom], extremity. Associated words: chiropody, chiropodist, pedicure, orthopedy, orthopedic, orthopedist, pedal, plantigrade, bastinado, taligrade, palmigrade, [cloven], [ball], [instep], phalanges.
foot-bath, n. pediluvium, pedilavium (Eccl.).
footing, n. foothold; [rank], [status], [standing], grade; [amount], total; tread, [step].
footlicker, n. [sycophant], [fawner], [toady], lickspittle.
footman, n. infantryman (foot-soldier); [lackey].
footpad, n. [highwayman], [brigand], [robber], [thug].
footprint, n. footmark, [track], [footstep]; [spoor].
foot-shaped, a. pediform.
foot-soldiers, n. pl. infantry.
footstep, n. footmark, [footprint], [track], [trace], [vestige]; [spoor]; footfall, tread, [step].
footstool, n. [cricket], hassock.
foozle, v. bungle.--n. foozling, bungle, bungler.
fop, n. [coxcomb], [dude], [dandy], [exquisite], popinjay, [blade], jackadandy. Antonyms: sloven, [guy].
foppish, a. coxcombical, [dandified], [finical], [exquisite]. Antonyms: [slovenly], [seedy].
foppishness, n. foppery, dandyism, coxcombry, dudishness.
for all that. [nevertheless].
forasmuch as. in as much as, since, whereas, seeing that.
foray, n. See raid.
forbear, v. [refrain], [stop], [pause], [withhold], [abstain]; [endure], [tolerate].
forbearance, n. [withholding], refraining; [long-suffering], [patience], [indulgence], [toleration].
forbearing, a. [long-suffering], [patient], [indulgent], [tolerant], [lenient].
forbears, n. pl. ancestors, forefathers.
forbid, v. [prohibit], interdict, inhibit, [restrain], [taboo], preclude, proscribe.
forbidden, a. prohibited, proscribed, interdicted, [contraband], inhibited, [illicit], [taboo].
forbidding, a. [repellent], [repulsive], [offensive], [abhorrent], [odious], repelling, grim.
forbidding, n. prohibition, interdiction, proscription, [restraint], inhibition, [taboo].
force, v. [compel], [coerce], necessitate, constrain, [oblige], [make]; impel, obtrude, extort, [wrest]; [capture], [storm]; [rape], [ravish]. Antonyms: induce, [inveigle], [seduce], [persuade].
force, n. [strength], [energy], [power], [vigor], [might], potency, cogency, [validity], [efficacy], efficiency; [compulsion], [coercion], [violence], [constraint], tension, [impetus]; armament, troops, [army], [legion], battalion, phalanx. Associated words: dynamics, dyne, statics, perforce, dynamic, mechanics, brunt, kinit.
forced, a. [involuntary], [compulsory], [strained], [far-fetched]. Antonyms: [spontaneous], [voluntary], [discretional], [optional], elective.
forcible, a. [energetic], [potent], [effective], [compulsory], coercive, drastic, [vigorous].
forcing, n. [compelling], [compulsion], [coercion], [extortion], necessitation, [constraint]; [rape], [ravishment]. Antonyms: [discretion], [option], election, [free-will].
forearm, n. antibrachium.
forebode, v. [portend], [presage], [foreshadow], augur [betoken], [foretell].
foreboding, n. premonition, presentiment, [augury], prescience, [foreknowledge].
forecast, n. predetermination, premeditation, [forethought].
foredoom, v. predestine, preordain.
forefather, n. [ancestor], progenitor, [forbear]; pl. [ancestry], lineage, progenitors, [forbears].
forego, v. [quit], [relinquish], [surrender], [yield], [do without]; precede.
foregoer, n. predecessor, [forefather]; [forerunner], [herald], [harbinger], precursor, avant-courier.
foregoing, a. [previous], [anterior], [preceding], fore, [prior], [antecedent], aforesaid.
forehead, n. [brow], sinciput. Antonym: occiput.
foreign, a. [alien], extraneous, exotic, peregrine; [remote], adventitious, [inappropriate].
foreigner, n. [alien]; [emigrant], immigrant. Antonyms: [native], indigene, [citizen].
foreign word, plant, or custom. exoticism, exotic.
foreknowledge, n. prescience.
foremilk, n. colostrum.
foreordain, v. preordain, predestinate, [foredoom], predetermine.
foreordination, n. [predestination], predetermination.
forerun, v. precede, [herald].
forerunner, n. precursor, [harbinger], [herald], avant-courier.
foreshadow, v. [presage], presignify, prognosticate, prefigure, [augur].
foresight, n. prescience, [foreknowledge], [prudence].
foreskin, n. prepuce. Associated words: circumcise, circumcision, preputial.
forest, n. [wood], woodland, timber-land, [woods], wold, wildwood. Associated words: sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, Silenus, hamadryad, glade, [reforestize], reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, [hag], assart, camass, cruise, cruiser.
forestall, v. [anticipate]; preoccupy, [monopolize].
foretell, v. [predict], [prophesy], prognosticate, [augur], [presage], [portend], [forebode], [bode], [divine], [foreshadow], presignify.
foreteller, a. See prophet.
foretelling, a. [prophetic], prognostic, [portentous], predictive, oracular, augurial, divinatory.
foretelling, n. [prediction], [prophecy], foreshowing, prognostication, [augury], [presage], [foreboding], presignification, divination, oracle.
forethought, a. [aforethought], prepense, [deliberate].
forethought, n. premeditation, prescience, [forecast], precaution, [prudence], providence.
foretoken, n. [omen], prognostic, premonition, [sign], [augury].
forever, adv. eternally, continually, perpetually, everlastingly.
forewarning, n. premonition.--a. premonitory.
forfeit, n. forfeiture, philopena; [fine], [mulct], [penalty], amercement.
forge, n. smithy, stithy, smithery.
forger, n. fabricator, falsifier, counterfeiter.
forgery, n. counterfeiting, [falsification], [counterfeit], pseudograph, pseudography; (Civ. Law) falsi crimen.
forgetfulness, n. amnesty, amnesia, oblivion, Lethe; ecmnesia.
forget-me-not, n. myosotis.
forgivable, a. [pardonable], [venial].
forgive, v. [pardon], [excuse], [absolve], condone, exculpate, connive, [acquit].
forgiveness, n. [pardon], [remission], [absolution], condonation, [acquittal], [indulgence].
forgiving, a. compassionate, [indulgent], [placable], remissive. Antonyms: [unforgiving], [implacable].
forgo, v. [omit], [relinquish], let [slip].
fork, n. fourchette; divarication, [branch], [crotch]; prong, tine; [pew], [grain].
fork, v. ramify, [branch], divaricate.
forked, a. furcated, bifurcated, crotched, zigzag.
forked support. [crotchet].
forlorn, a. [deserted], [forsaken], [lorn], [disconsolate], lonesome.
form, n. [shape], structure, configuration, [figure], conformation, [cast], [mould], tournure; [formula], [ritual]; [formality], ceremonial, conventionality; [symmetry]; [image], [phantom]; [mould], [pattern], [model].
form, v. [shape], [fashion], [mould].
formal, a. ceremonial, [express], explicit, punctilious, [methodical], [prim], [ceremonious], conventional.
formality, n. ceremoniousness, [precision], punctiliousness, [ceremony]; conventionality.
formative, a. [plastic], [creative].
former, a. [antecedent], [preceding], [previous], [prior], [foregoing], bygone, [quondam], ci-devant.
formerly, adv. heretofore, aforetime.
formless, a. [shapeless], amorphous, chaotic.
formula, n. [ritual], [ceremony], ceremonial; [rule], principle; [recipe].
formulary, n. [ritual], ceremonial, [rule], [formula].
forsake, v. [quit], [abandon], [leave]; [renounce], [reject], [relinquish], [forswear].
forsaken, a. [abandoned], [deserted], [derelict], [lorn].
forsaking, n. [desertion], [abandonment].
forswear, v. [renounce], abjure, disavow.
fort, n. [fortress], [fortification], citadel, [fastness], [stronghold], [bulwark], redoubt.
forthwith, adv. [immediately], [directly], [instantly].
fortification, n. See fort.
fortress, n. See fort.
fortunate, a. [lucky], favored; [auspicious], [favorable]. Antonyms: See [unfortunate].
fortune-teller, n. chiromancer, palmist, chirosophist, fatiloquist, sibyl.
fortune-telling, n. chiromancy, palmistry.
forty-niner, n. Argonaut.
forum, n. tribunal.
forward, a. [anterior], fore; overready, presumptuous, brazen, [impertinent], [obtrusive], [intrusive]; premature, precocious.
forward, v. [advance], [promote], accelerate, expedite, further; transmit, [send], [ship].
forwarding, n. transmission.
fossil, n. Associated words: paleontology, paleontography, ichnology, fossiliferous, in situ.
fossilist, n. paleontologist.
fossilization, n. fossilification, lapidification.
fossilize, v. [petrify], lapidify; mummify.
fossilized, a. petrified; [antiquated], [old-fashioned].
foster, v. [nourish], [nurse], [support]; [promote], [encourage], [advance].
foul, a. [filthy], [squalid], [dirty], polluted; [scurrilous], [abusive], [obscene], [insulting], blasphemous, vituperative, [vulgar]; [shameful], [detestable], [odious], [abominable], loathsome, [disgusting], [repulsive], [offensive]; unpropitious, [unfavorable]; feculent, [roily], turbid, dreggy, dreggish.
foul, v. [defile], [soil], [dirty], [pollute].
foul-mouthed, a. [scurrilous], opprobrious, [abusive]; blasphemous, [profane], [obscene], [smutty].
found, v. [establish], [plant], institute; [cast], [form], [mould].
foundation, n. substructure, [base], [groundwork]; founding [establishment]; [endowment]; grillage. Antonym: superstructure. Associated words: [fundamental], basic, caisson.
founder, n. establisher, institutor, [father], planter, originator, moulder; closh.
founder, v. [fall], stumble; [fail], miscarry.
fount, n. [spring], [fountain].
fountain, n. [fount], [spring], jet d'eau; [source], fountainhead, [origin]; Castalia.
four, n. quaternion, quaternary, tetrad, quadruplet, quartette; quadruplets. Associated words: quadrisection quadripartite, quadripartition, quadruplication, quarter, quadruply, quadruple.
four cities. tetrapolis.
fourfold, a. quadruple, quadruples, quadruplicate.
four-footed, a. quadruped.
four-handed, a. quadrumanous.
four-handed animals. Quadrumana.
four hundred. Associated word: quadrigenarious.
four-sided, a. quadrangular, [square], quadrilateral, tetragonal, tetrahedral.
four-sided figure. [square], tetragon, quadrangle, rhombus.
foursquare, a. quadrangular.
fourth, n. quarter.
four years, quadrennium. Associated words: quadrennial, quadrennially.
fox, n. Reynard, Renard, tod, Charlie. Associated words: vulpine, vulpicide, [skulk].
foxglove, n. digitalis.
foxy, a. [cunning], [sly], [wily], [crafty].
foyer, n. greenroom.
fracas, n. [brawl], [uproar], [disturbance], [quarrel].
fractious, a. [unruly], [perverse], [irritable], [ugly], [waspish].
fracture, n. [rupture], [breach], [breaking].
fragile, a. [brittle], frangible, [frail], [delicate].
fragility, n. [brittleness], frangibility, [frailty].
fragment, n. remnant, chip, [scrap], flinder, [piece], flitter.
fragmentary, a. [disconnected], fractional, [incomplete].
fragrance, n. [perfume], aroma, redolence. Antonyms: fetor, [stench], inodorousness.
fragrant, a. [sweet-smelling], redolent, [aromatic], [balmy], sweet-scented. Antonyms: inodorous, scentless, [fetid].
frail, a. [fragile], [brittle], frangible; [feeble], [weak], infirm.
frailty, n. [fragility], frangibility, [brittleness]; [imperfection], [fault], [defect].
frame, v. [devise], [plan], [contrive], compose; invent, fabricate; adjust, [fit], conform.
framework, n. [frame], skeleton.
frank, a. [candid], [unreserved], [outspoken], ingenuous, undisguised.
frankness, n. [candor], [unreserve], ingenuousness.
frantic, a. [distracted], [frenzied], crazed, [raving].
fraternal, a. [brotherly].
fraternity, n. [brotherhood], brotherliness.
fraud, n. [imposture], [deceit], [humbug], duplicity, imposition, [chicanery], [wile], circumvention, [guile], [hypocrisy], malversation, [graft], surreption. Associated words: collude, collusion, collusive, connivance.
fraudulent, a. [deceptive], [wily], [crafty], [subtle], surreptitious, [knavish].
fraught, a. laden, freighted, charged, pregnant.
fray, n. [fight], [battle], [combat], [broil], affray; [fret], [chafe].
frazzle, v. [fray], tatter.
frazzle, n. tag [end], tatter.
freak, n. [whim], [vagary], [caprice], [whimsey], [humor], [crotchet], [fancy].
freakish, a. [whimsical], [capricious], [fanciful], [erratic], [crotchety], vagarious.
freckle, n. lentigo, lenticula.
freckled, a. [spotted], lentiginous.
free, v. [liberate], manumit, disinthrall, deliver, emancipate, [release], enfranchise, [disengage], exonerate, [acquit], extricate, disentangle.
free, a. exempt, immune, [independent], [unrestrained]; liberated, freed, released, emancipated, delivered; [unconstrained], [unreserved], [informal], [familiar], [frank], ingenuous, communicative, [artless], [candid]; [gratuitous], [spontaneous], [voluntary], [optional]; [liberal], open-handed, [generous], [bountiful], [lavish], [flush], munificent, hospitable; [unrestrained], [immoderate], [prodigal], [dissolute], [lax]; ready, eager, [prompt], [willing]. Antonyms: [subject], [reserved], [formal], coercive, [arbitrary], restrained, [bound].
free and easy. (Colloq.) [informal], [unceremonious], [unrestrained].
freebooter, n. buccaneer, pillager, [pirate], sea [robber].
freebooting, n. [plunder], pillaging, [robbery].
freedom, n. exemption, immunity; [liberty], [independence], [self-government], autonomy; privileges, immunities, franchises; [ease], facility, unconstraint, laxity; [candor], [frankness], [informality]; latitudinarianism. Antonyms: [subjection], [liability], [dependence], heteronomy, [reserve], [constraint], subordination, [repression].
free-handed, a. [liberal], open-handed, [lavish].
freeing, n. emancipation, manumission, [liberation], [release], disinthrallment, enfranchisement, extrication, disengagement, [discharge], exoneration.
free-liver, n. [epicure], [epicurean], [voluptuary], bon vivant.
free-living, n. [epicurism].
freely, adv. bounteously, readily, abundantly, gratuitously, voluntarily, liberally, copiously, spontaneously, unreservedly.
free-thinker, n. [infidel], [unbeliever], [skeptic].
free-will, a. [voluntary].
freezable, a. congealable.
freeze, v. congeal.
freezing, n. congelation, congealment.
freight, n. [cargo], lading, [load]; freightage.
Frenchism, n. Gallicism.
French policeman. gendarme.
French Protestant. Huguenot.
frenzied, a. [distracted], [frantic].
frenzy, n. [distraction], [rage], [fury], delirium.
frequenter, n. habitué.
freshen, v. [refresh], [revive], renovate, [renew].
fresh-water, a. fresh, unsalted; [unskilled], [raw], [inexperienced], untrained.
fret, v. [chafe], abrade, [fray], [rub]; gnaw, [corrode]; roughen, [ruffle], [agitate]; [worry], [harass], [tease], [irritate], [vex], [fume], rankle.
fret, n. [vexation], [agitation], irritation; herpes, [tetter], [ringworm]; whelk, wale, [ridge].
fretful, a. [irritable], [petulant], [querulous], [peevish], [captious], [spleeny].
fribbling, a. [frivolous], [trifling].
friction, n. abrasion, attrition, confrication, [rubbing]; clashing, [disagreement].
friend, n. wellwisher, intimate, confidante, [chum], [associate]; [patron], [advocate], adherent, [supporter]; [ally], confrère; [Quaker].
friendliness, n. [comity], [amity], good [will], amicability.
friendly, a. [amicable], [favorable], [kind]; [fraternal], hospitable, neighborly, [cordial]; [favorable], propitious, salutary, advantageous. Antonyms: See unfriendly.
friendship, n. [amity], intimacy, amicability, [friendliness]. Antonyms: [enmity], [estrangement], [alienation], disaffection, [hostility], aloofness.
fright, n. [alarm], [fear], [consternation], [terror], [dismay]; ogre, [scarecrow], [guy], [dowdy].
frighten, v. [terrify], [alarm], [scare], intimidate, [dismay], affright, [daunt], appall, terrorize.
frightful, a. [terrible], [dreadful], [hideous], ogreish, [fearful], [alarming], grewsome, grim, dire, direful, [awful], Gorgonian, [horrible].
frill, n. [ruffle], [gathering], [furbelow].
fringe, n. edging, [margin], [confine], [border], fimbriation.
fringed, a. fimbriate, fimbriated, fimbricate.
frisk, n. [frolic], [gambol].--v. [leap], [skip], [gambol], [frolic], [play].
frisky, a. [frolicsome], [sportive], [coltish], [playful], [gay].
frivolous, a. [trivial], [trifling], [petty], [puerile], [insignificant].
friz, v. [curl], [crisp], [frizzle].--n. [curl], [frizzle].
frizzle, n. [curl], [friz].--v. [curl], [crisp], frizz.
frock, n. [gown]; smock-frock; [soutane], [cassock].
frog-eating, a. ranivorous, batrachophagous.
frogs, n. pl. Associated words: Batrachomyomachy, ranarium, amphibious, batrachoid, batrachian, ranine.
frolic, n. [prank], [lark], [gambol], escapade, [fun].
frolicsome, a. [playful], [prankish], [sportive], [frisky].
from head to foot. throughout, completely, cap-a-pie.
front, n. facade; obverse, [face]; van, fore-rank, front [rank].--a. [anterior], foremost.
frost, n. [rime], hoarfrost; uncordiality, unsociability, [reserve].
frosting, n. icing.
frosty, a. [cold], [icy]; uncordial, [distant], aloof, [unsociable]; pruinose.
froth, n. spume, [foam].
frothing, n. [rant].
frothy, a. spumy, [foamy], spumous; [trivial], [frivolous], unsubstantial.
froward, a. [refractory], [unyielding], [disobedient], insubmissive, untoward.
frown, n. [scowl], [lower], glower.
frowning, a. [scowling], [lowering], glowering, [stern].
frowzy, a. [strong-smelling], [fetid], [rank], [musty], [rancid], malodorous; [slatternly], [disordered], [untidy], [disheveled], [dowdy].
frugal, a. [economical], [saving], [sparing], [thrifty], provident.
frugality, n. [economy], parsimony, thriftiness, [thrift].
fruit, n. produce, [harvest], [crop]; [offspring], [consequence], [result], [outcome], fruitage.
fruit, n. fruitage, fruitery. Associated words: pomology, Pomona, pomologist, carpology, carpologist, carpophagous, drupe, carpomania, raceme, fructiferous, fructify, fructification, bletting, pulp, [rind], orchard, [nursery], pepinnery, fruitchafer, pomiculture, sarcocarp.
fruit-eating, a. frugivorous, fructivorous, carpophagous.
fruiterer, n. fruit-dealer, costermonger, coster.
fruitful, a. prolific, productive, [fertile], frugiferous, fecund, [bountiful].
fruitless, a. [unfruitful], infertile, infecund, acarpous, [barren]; [unavailing], [useless], [vain].
fruit-seller, n. [fruiterer], coster, costermonger ([peddler]).
fruit sugar. levulose.
frump, n. (Colloq.) [gossip].
frustrate, v. [baffle], [defeat], [disappoint], [foil], [balk], [thwart], circumvent, [nullify].
frustration, n. [defeat], [disappointment], balking, foiling, [nullification].
frying-pan, n. [spider], skillet.
fuddled, a. [muddled], tipsy, [drunk], intoxicated, boozy, groggy.
fudge, n. See balderdash.
fuel, n. combustibles.
fugitive, a. fleeing; evanescent, [short-lived], fugacious, [volatile], ephemeral, impermanent, [transient].
fugitive, n. [runaway], [runagate], [renegade], [deserter].
fulfill, v. [accomplish], [complete], [consummate], [realize], [satisfy], [fill], [answer], [meet]; [discharge], [perform].
fulfillment, n. [consummation], [accomplishment], fruition, [realization]; [discharge], [performance].
full, a. filled up, replete; [copious], [ample], plethoric, [plenteous], [bountiful], [abundant], [liberal]; [complete], plenary; sated, surfeited, cloyed, glutted, gorged, saturated; engrossed with.
full swing. carte blanche, [liberty], [unrestraint].
fulsome, a. [offensive], [nauseous], [disgusting], [excessive], [gross], [immoderate].
fume, n. exhalation, [reek], [smoke], [steam], [vapor].
fume, v. [smoke], [reek]; [storm], [rage], [bluster].
fun, n. [merriment], [mirth], [gayety], [frolic], [jest], [pleasantry], [drollery], [waggery], waggishness, facetiousness, divertisement [amusement], [relaxation], [jocularity].
function, n. [duty], province, [office], [business], [part]; [discharge], [performance], [execution]; [party], [entertainment], festivity, [reception].
fundament, n. buttocks.
fundamental, a. basal, [elementary], [original], [essential], [radical].
fundamentally, adv. primarily, essentially, [radically].
funeral, n. obsequies.
funeral director. undertaker.
funeral oration. éloge.
funeral pile. pyre.
funeral song. [dirge], elegy, requiem.
funereal, a. exequial, [mournful], [solemn], [sad].
Fungi, n. pl. Thallophytes (toadstools, [mushrooms], etc.). Associated words: [spawn], spore, mycophagy, fungivorous, mycetophagous, amanitine, mycelium, fungic, fungicide, fungoid, fungiform, fungous, mycologist.
fungology, n. mycology.
fungus, n. thallogen, thallophyte; granulation, proud [flesh].
funk, v. [stink]; (Colloq.) [flinch], [recoil], shrink [back].
funk, n. (Colloq.) recoiling, flinching; [shirk], [coward].
funnel, n. [tunnel].
funnel-shaped, a. infundibular, infundibulate, infundibuliform.
funny, a. comic, [comical], [amusing], [droll], [laughable], [farcical], [witty], [jocular], [jocose], [ludicrous], [burlesque], facetious, [risible], [absurd], [waggish], [humorous], [jesting].
fur, n. peltry, pelage. Associated words: furrier, furriery, tippet, pelisse.
furbelow, n. [flounce], [frill], [ruffle].
furbish, v.polish, burnish, scour, [clean].
Furies, n. pl. Erinyes, Eumenides (Tisiphone, Alecto Megæra).
furious, a. infuriated, [angry], [raging], [violent], [frenzied], turbulent, [fierce].
furnish, v. [supply], [provide], contribute, bestow, purvey, [cater].
furniture, n. [goods], movables. Associated words: cabinet-maker, cabinet-making, upholstering, shook.
furthermore, adv. moreover, [besides].
fury, n. [wrath], [rage], indignation, ire, [frenzy]; virago, termagant, [shrew], [vixen], beldame, Xantippe; [agitation], [excitement], turbulence.
fuse, v. [melt], liquefy, [dissolve], smelt; commingle, [blend], amalgamate, intermix.
fusion, n. [melting], fluidity; intermingling, amalgamation, coalition, blending, intermixture.
fuss, n. [ado], [bustle], to-do, [pother], [agitation], [excitement].
fuss, v. [pother], [fume], [fret]; [disturb], [annoy], [bother].
fussy, a. fidgety, [fastidious], [finical], [particular], [scrupulous], [overnice], [pernickety].
fustian, n. [bombast], [rant], rodomontade; [twaddle], [nonsense], [balderdash].
futile, a. [vain], [bootless], ineffectual, [unavailing], [abortive], [useless].
fuzz, n. [down], pubescence.
fuzzy, a. [downy], pubescent.