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KEY: Fastidious.
SYN: Critical, overnice, overrefined, censorious, punctillious, particular, squeamish, dainty.
ANT: Easy, indulgent, uncritical, coarse, omnivorous.
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KEY: Fat.
SYN: Corpulent, fleshy, brawny, pursy, rich, luxuriant, portly, stout, fertile, unctuous, obese, oleaginous.
ANT: Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant, narrowless, exsanguineous, anatomical.
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KEY: Fatal.
SYN: Calamitous, deadly, destructive, mortal, lethal.
ANT: Beneficial, wholesome, nutritious, vitalizing, salubrious, restorative, slight, superficial, harmless.
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KEY: Fate.
SYN: Necessity, destiny, lot, end, fortune, doom.
ANT: Will, choice, decision, freedom, independence.
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KEY: Fathom.
SYN: Gauge, pierce, measure, sound, probe.
ANT: Survey, glance, scan, overlook, miss, graze, skim.
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KEY: Fathomless.
SYN: Bottomless, profound, abysmal.
ANT: Superficial, shallow, skin-deep.
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KEY: fatigue \n.\
SYN: Weariness, languor, enervation, exhaustion, lassitude.
ANT: Freshness, vigor, activity, indefatigability.
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KEY: Fatigue \v.\
SYN: Harass, weary, tire, jade.
ANT: Inspirit, refresh, animate, enliven.
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KEY: Fatuity.
SYN: Folly, imbecility, idiotcy, infatuation.
ANT: Wisdom, sense, soundness, discernment, sobriety.
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KEY: Fatuous, [See FATUITY].
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KEY: Fault.
SYN: Defect, error, imperfection, flaw, misdeed, failure, omission, want, drawback.
ANT: Sufficiency, correctness, completeness, perfection.
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KEY: Faultless.
SYN: Complete, perfect, correct, accurate, stainless, blameless.
ANT: Incomplete, imperfect, incorrect, inaccurate, defective, corrupt, erroneous, faulty.
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KEY: Faulty, [See FAULT].
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KEY: Favor.
SYN: Permission, grace, concession, predilection, gift, civility, benefit, kindness, good will, regard, condescension, preference, boon, countenance, patronage.
ANT: Refusal, denial, prohibition, disfavor, withdrawal, withholding, frown, disapproval, injury, discountenance.
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KEY: Favorable.
SYN: Permissive, indulgent, propitious, concessive, partial, fond, liberal, advantageous, auspicious, friendly.
ANT: {[Rei'actant]?}, unpropitious, unfavorable, impartial.
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KEY: Favoritism.
SYN: Partiality, invidiousness.
ANT: Odium, prejudice, antipathy.
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KEY: Fawn upon.
SYN: Flatter, wheedle, cajole, cringe, palaver, slaver.
ANT: Insult, deride, satirize, censure, rebuke, reprimand, defy, dare.
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KEY: Fealty, [See FIDELITY].
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KEY: Fear.
SYN: Apprehension, solicitude alarm, fright, dread, terror, trepidation, dismay, consternation, misgiving, horror, timidity, awe.
ANT: Assurance, confidence, courage, fearlessness, trust, boldness.
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KEY: Fearful.
SYN: Timid, hesitating, terrible, awful, apprehensive, frightful, shocking, terrific, afraid, horrible, dreadful.
ANT: Bold, venturesome, confident, audacious, consolatory, inspiriting, assuring, alluring, attractive, hopeful, inviting.
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KEY: Fearless, [See COURAGEOUS].
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KEY: Feasible.
SYN: Possible, manageable, contrivable, permissible, practicable.
ANT: Impossible, unallowable.
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KEY: Feat, [See ACHIEVEMENT].
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KEY: Featly, [See FEAT].
SYN: Neatly, cleverly, dexterously, adroitly.
ANT: Clumsily, hardly, bunglingly.
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KEY: Feature.
SYN: Component, element, characteristic, indication, portion, mark, lineament, sign.
ANT: Whole, system, countenance, case, arrangement, (Here the antonym is the Correlative) Misindication, falsification, excrescence, blind, mask, disguise.
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KEY: Federation, [See CONFEDERACY].
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KEY: Feeble.
SYN: Wretched, weak, poor, frail, debilitated, dull, forceless, puny, nerveless, enfeebled, enervated, faint, infirm, incomplete, vain, fruitless, scanty, pitiable.
ANT: Strong, robust, active, effective, successful, abundant.
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KEY: Feeling.
SYN: Touch, sensation, contact, pathos, tenderness, impression, consciousness, sensibility, emotion, sentiment, passion, sensitiveness.
ANT: Insensibility, callousness, Imperturbability, inexcitable ty, coldness, insensateness.
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KEY: Feign, [See PRETEND].
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KEY: Feint, [See FEIGN].
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KEY: Felicitate, [See CONGRATULATE].
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KEY: Felicitous.
SYN: Happy, timely, successful, opportune, joyous.
ANT: Unfortunate, unhappy, untimely, unsuccessful, disastrous, inopportune, sad.
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KEY: Felicity, [See FELICITOUS].
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KEY: Fell. \a.\
SYN: Cruel, barbarous, inhuman, savage, bloody, direful, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, remorseless, relentless, fierce, truculent.
ANT: Generous, chivalrous, humane, lenient, propitious.
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KEY: Fell. \v.\
SYN: Cut, level, prostrate, demolish, subvert, waste, bare.
ANT: Plant, erect, support, propagate, stock, upraise, rear.
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KEY: Fellow.
SYN: Companion, adherent, equal, compeer, comrade, colleague, member, match, tally, correlative, partner, friend, associate.
ANT: Foe, opponent, stranger, mismatch, opposite, antagonist.
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KEY: Fellowship.
SYN: Association, membership, company, partnership, sociality, brotherhood, familiarity, intimacy, society, acquaintance.
ANT: Severance, disconnection, dismemberment, Felonious, [See CRIMINAL].
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KEY: Feminine.
SYN: Delicate, womanly, tender, modest, soft.
ANT: Robust, manly, indelicate, rude, rough, unfeminine.
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KEY: Fence.
SYN: Circumscribe, enclose, protect, elude, parry, stave.
ANT: Open, disenclose, catch, receive, suffer.
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KEY: Ferine, [See SAVAGE].
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KEY: Ferment.
SYN: Seethe, concoct, brew, warm, chafe, effervesce, rankle, fester.
ANT: Damp, cool, dissipate, subside, disperse, evaporate, heal.
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KEY: Ferocity, [See FIERCENESS].
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KEY: Fertile.
SYN: Rich, luxuriant, teeming, productive, exuberant, causative, conducive, pregnant, fraught, prolific, fecund, fruitful, ingenious, inventive.
ANT: Poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive, fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative.
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KEY: Fervor, [See ARDOR].
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KEY: Fester, [See FERMENT].
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KEY: Festive.
SYN: Convivial, jovial, gay, merry.
ANT: Solitary, deserted, ascetic, gloomy.
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KEY: Festivity, [See FESTIVE].
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KEY: Fetch, [See BRING].
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KEY: Fetid.
SYN: Stinking, corrupt, foul.
ANT: Inodorous, fresh, perfumed, scented, balmy.
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KEY: Fetter.
SYN: Manacle, hinder, restrain, clog, impede, shackle.
ANT: Free, liberate, expedite, accelerate.
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KEY: Feud.
SYN: Fray, affray, broil, contention, enmity, antipathy, animosity, quarrel, strife, bitterness, dissension, hostility.
ANT: Friendliness, sympathy, congeniality, clanship, pacification, reconciliation, sociality, neighborliness.
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KEY: Fever.
SYN: Heat, ardor, fervor, broil, flush, ferment, passion.
ANT: Coolness, composure, frigidity, iciness, indifference.
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KEY: Few.
SYN: Scant, rare, lacking.
ANT: Many, abundant, numerous.
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KEY: Fibre.
SYN: Strength, sinews, thews, toughness.
ANT: Laxity, debility, flabbiness.
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KEY: Fickle.
SYN: Fanciful, fitful, capricious, irresolute, changeable, vacillating, mutable, unreliable, veering, shifting, variable, restless, inconstant, unstable.
ANT: Sober, orderly, reliable, well-regulated, calculable, trustworthy, steady, uniform.
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KEY: Fiction.
SYN: Invention, fabrication, creation, figment, fable, falsehood, romance, myth.
ANT: Fact, truth, verity, reality.
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KEY: Fictitious.
SYN: Unreal, suppositious, spurious, imaginary.
ANT: Real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable.
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KEY: Fidelity.
SYN: Fealty, attachment, truthfulness, allegiance, accuracy, closeness, exactness, faithfulness, integrity, loyalty, honesty.
ANT: Treachery, disloyalty, disaffection, untruthfulness, inaccuracy, inexactness, infidelity.
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KEY: Field.
SYN: Ground, scope, province, arena, scene, opportunity, room.
ANT: Circumscription, constraint, exclusion, debarment, interdiction.
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KEY: Fiendish, [See ANGELIC].
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KEY: Fierce.
SYN: Wild, savage, violent, raging, fiery, furious, impetuous, ferocious.
ANT: Mild, tame, docile, harmless, calm, gentle.
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KEY: Fierceness, [See FIERCE].
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KEY: Fiery.
SYN: Hot, vehement, ardent, fervent, fierce, passionate, irascible, choleric, excited, enkindled, glowing, fervid, impassioned, irritable, hotbrained.
ANT: Cold, icy, indifferent, phlegmatic, passionless, unimpassioned, mild, quenched, extinguished, tame.
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KEY: Fight.
SYN: Battle, contention, struggle, conflict, combat, contest, action, engagement, encounter.
ANT: Pacification, reconciliation.
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KEY: Figurative.
SYN: Metaphorical, poetical, tropical, rhetorical, symbolical, typical, emblematical.
ANT: Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical.
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KEY: Figure.
SYN: Aspect, shape, emblem, type, image, condition, appearance, form, symbol, metaphor, likeness, delineation, illustration.
ANT: Misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement.
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KEY: Filch, [See CABBAGE].
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KEY: File.
SYN: Rasp, polish, smooth, finish, perfect, improve, refine.
ANT: Roughen, jag, denticulate, acuminate, barb, cusp, notch.
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KEY: Filiation, [See AFFILIATION].
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KEY: Fill.
SYN: Replenish, content, supply, satisfy, gorge, glut, occupy, appoint, stuff, store, rise, swell, grow, expand, increase.
ANT: Exhaust, deprive, drain, dissatisfy, stint, vacate, misappoint, subside, shrink, ebb, evaporate, diminish.
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KEY: Filter.
SYN: Strain, percolate, refine, distil, ooze, exude, leak, depurate, defecate, clarify.
ANT: Befoul, muddle, disturb, thicken.
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KEY: Filthy.
SYN: Dirty, nasty, dingy, impure, unclean, squalid, foul.
ANT: Pure, sweet, clean.
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KEY: Filtration, [See FILTER].
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KEY: Fimbriated.
SYN: Fringed, tasselled, filamentous.
ANT: Bound, hemmed, unfringed, {[sel-]?}.
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KEY: final.
SYN: Terminal, last, latest, conclusive, definite, developed, ultimate, decisive.
ANT: Initiative, open, unconcluded, progressive, continuous, current, incipient, inaugural, inchoate, rudimental, nascent.
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KEY: Finality, [See FINAL].
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KEY: Find.
SYN: Meet, confront, ascertain, experience, perceive, discover, furnish, invent.
ANT: Miss, elude, overlook, lose, withhold, withdraw, misconstrue.
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KEY: Fine.
SYN: Thin, minute, slender, delicate, pure, smooth, filmy, gauzy, keen, artistic, choice, finished, high, Grand, noble, sensitive, refined, generous, honorable, excellent, superior, pretty, beautiful, showy, elegant, ostentatious, presumptuous, nice, casuistical, subtle.
ANT: Coarse, large, rough, blunt, rude, unfinished, mean, petty, illiberal, unimposing, paltry, modest, unaffected, affable, categorical, plain-spoken, unanalytical, unreflective, indissective.
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KEY: Finery.
SYN: Overornament, tawdriness, tinsel, gewgaw, trinkets, trash, dressiness, bedizenment.
ANT: Ornament, dress, decoration, adornment, chastity, simplicity, sobriety.
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KEY: Finical.
SYN: Affected, over nice, dandyish, dallying, foppish, spruce, factitious, euphuistic.
ANT: Unaffected, effective, practical, energetic, real, genuine, natural, outspoken, blunt, coarse, rude.
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KEY: Finish.
SYN: Complete, perfect, accomplish, conclude, achieve, end, shape, terminate.
ANT: Begin, commence, start, undertake, fail, miscontrive, mismanage, botch, mar.
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KEY: Finished.
SYN: Artistic, perfect, refined, high.
ANT: Inartistic, incomplete, rude, poor, coarse, unfinished.
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KEY: Finite.
SYN: Limited, bounded, terminable, restricted.
ANT: Unlimited, unbounded, infinite.
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KEY: Fire, [See FIERY].
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KEY: Firm.
SYN: Fast, secure, strong, steadfast, solid, stable, established, rooted, immovable, robust, unshaken, sturdy, resolute, determined, fixed, decided, attached.
ANT: Loose, insecure, weak, illrooted, tottering, vacillating, irresolute, ductile, exorable, indulgent, disaffected, wavering, unreliable.
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KEY: First.
SYN: Leading, primary, pristine, original, foremost, primitive, principal, primeval, highest, chief, earliest, {[onmost]?}.
ANT: Subsequent, secondary, subordinate, subservient, lowest, unimportant, last, hindmost.
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KEY: Fit.
SYN: Decent, befitting, meet, apt, fitting, adapted, seemly, appropriate, becoming, decorous, qualified, congruous, peculiar, particular, suitable, prepared, adequate, calculated, contrived, expedient, proper, ripe.
ANT: Awkward, ungainly, misfitting, ill-suited, unseemly, inappropriate, unsuitable, unprepared, Inadequate, miscalculated, miscontrived, inexpedient, improper, unfit.
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KEY: Fitful.
SYN: Capricious, fickle, unstable, restless, inconstant, mutable, impulsive, desultory, fanciful, unequal, irregular.
ANT: Regular, equable, systematic, orderly, calculable.
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KEY: Fitness, [See FIT].
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KEY: Fitting, [See FIT].
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KEY: Fix.
SYN: Place, settle, fasten, link, locate, attach, consolidate, tie, plant, root, establish, secure, determine, decide.
ANT: Displace, unsettle, disarrange, remove, uproot, transfer, transplant, disestablish, weaken, shake, reverse, disturb, change, unfix.
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KEY: Flaccid.
SYN: Flabby, limber, lax, tabid.
ANT: Firm, muscular, braced, plump, chubby, brawny.
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KEY: Flag.
SYN: Droop, pine, weary, tire, give in, faint, succumb, languish, decline.
ANT: Hold, freshen, flourish, persevere, battle, struggle, persist, recruit, recover.
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KEY: Flagitious.
SYN: Facinorous, atrocious, enormous, monstrous, disgraceful, nefarious, scandalous, flagrant, heinous, aggravated.
ANT: Noble, creditable, honorable, meritorious, distinguished, pardonable, justifiable, excusable, extenuated.
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KEY: Flagrant, [See FLAGITIOUS].
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KEY: Flaring.
SYN: Flaming, glaring, conspicuous, gaudy, bright, over-colored, flaunting, flashy, showy, tawdry, ostentatious.
ANT: Toned, subdued, harmonized, dull, dim, dowdy, dingy, neutral, colorless.
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KEY: Flashy, [See FLARING].
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KEY: Flat.
SYN: Dull, tame, insipid, vapid, spiritless, level, horizontal, absolute, even, downright, mawkish, tasteless, lifeless.
ANT: Exciting, animated, interesting, thrilling, sensational.
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KEY: Flatter, [See FAWN].
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KEY: Flatterer, [See FLATTER].
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KEY: Flaunt \v.\
SYN: Boast, vaunt, flout, flutter, flounce, display, flourish, parade, figure.
ANT: Suppress, conceal, retire, re-cede, skulk, hide, shrivel, collapse, furl.
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KEY: Flavor.
SYN: Taste, savor, smack, odor, relish, zest.
ANT: Insipidity, tastelessness, inodorousness, inawkishness, scentlessness.
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KEY: Flaw, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Flee, [See ESCAPE].
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KEY: Fleece.
SYN: Strip, despoil, shear.
ANT: Invest, endow, endue.
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KEY: Fleet, [See SWIFT].
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KEY: Fleeting, [See FLEET].
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KEY: Fleshy, [See FAT].
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KEY: Flexible.
SYN: Pliant, lithe, supple, elastic, easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding, pliable.
ANT: Tough, rigid, inelastic, inflexible, hard, inexorable.
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KEY: Flexion, [See FLEXIBLE].
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KEY: Flexure, [See FLEXION].
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KEY: Flicker.
SYN: Flutter, quiver, bicker, falter, waver, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate.
ANT: Stream, blaze, gleam, shine, beam.
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KEY: Flight.
SYN: Volitation, departure, escape, evasion, disappearance, flying, stampede, soaring, begin, fleeing, exodus.
ANT: Recurrence, return, reappearance, perching, alighting, repose.
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KEY: Flighty, [See ECCENTRIC].
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KEY: Flimsy.
SYN: Gauzy, poor, thin, transparent, trifling, trivial, puerile, inane, slight, superficial, weak, shallow.
ANT: Solid, sound, irrefragable, substantial, cogent.
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KEY: Flinch.
SYN: Blench, swerve, wince, recoil.
ANT: Dare, face, bear, meet, endure.
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KEY: Fling.
SYN: Cast, throw, emit, toss, hurl, ejaculate.
ANT: Snatch, grasp, hold, keep, retain, arrest.
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KEY: Flippant.
SYN: Pert, forward, superficial, thoughtless, saucy, malapert.
ANT: Flattering, servile, obsequious, accurate, considerate, deferential, complimentary, respectful.
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KEY: Flit, [See FLUTTER].
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KEY: Flitting, [See FLUTTER].
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KEY: Float.
SYN: Swim, spread, prevail.
ANT: Sink, drown, die, founder, vanish.
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KEY: Flock \v.\
SYN: Herd, congregate, throng, assemble, crowd.
ANT: Disperse, scatter, separate, segregate.
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KEY: Flock \n.\ [See FLOCK \v.\].
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KEY: Flood.
SYN: Deluge, inundation, abundance.
ANT: Drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence.
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KEY: Florid.
SYN: Rubicund, flowery, sanguine, ornate, overwrought, meretricious.
ANT: Pallid, exsanguineous, bare, unadorned, nude, sober, chaste.
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KEY: Flounce, [See FLAUNT].
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KEY: Flounder.
SYN: Roll, blunder, bungle, boggle, wallow, tumble.
ANT: Emerge, flow, course, career, speed, rise, flourish, skim.
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KEY: Flourish.
SYN: Prosper, thrive, speed, triumph, brandish, wave.
ANT: Fail, fade, decline, miscarry, founder, arrest, sheath, ground.
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KEY: Flout, [See FLAUNT].
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KEY: Flow.
SYN: Stream, issue, progress, glide, course, career, run.
ANT: Halt, stick, stickle, stop, hesitate, fail, stint, beat, recoil, regurgitate, ebb.
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KEY: Flower.
SYN: Perfection, blossom, bloom, acme, pride, ornament, gem, cream.
ANT: Disappointment, deformity, blot, abortion, scum, dregs, blight.
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KEY: Flowing.
SYN: Copious, abundant, fluent, exuberant, easy, eloquent.
ANT: Dribbling, dry, strained, meagre, labored, unready, difficult.
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KEY: Fluctuate.
SYN: Waver, oscillate, hesitate, vacillate, vary, veer.
ANT: Persist, abide, stay, stick, adhere.
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KEY: Fluent, [See FLOWING].
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KEY: Flummery.
SYN: Nonsense, trash, emptiness, froth.
ANT: Sense, nourishment, satisfaction, solidity, reason.
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KEY: Flurry \v.\
SYN: Agitate, excite, worry, ruffle, fluster.
ANT: Soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize.
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KEY: Flurry \n.\ [See VERB].
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KEY: Fluster, [See FLURRY].
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KEY: Fluted, [See CORRUGATE].
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KEY: Flutter.
SYN: Vibrate, quiver, palpitate, flicker, flit.
ANT: Perch, roost, nestle, settle, subside, collapse, rest, lull, pause, {[re]?}, pose, sink.
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KEY: Flux.
SYN: Flow, motion, progression, change, substitution, transmutation.
ANT: Stagnation, stillness, invariableness, identity, immutability, crystallization, arrestation.
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KEY: Fly, [See FLEE].
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KEY: Focus.
SYN: Centre, standpoint, rendezvous, convergence, nucleus.
ANT: Circle, dispersion, dissipation, divergence, Foe, [See FRIEND].
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KEY: Foggy.
SYN: Confused, dazed, absent, stupid, hazy, obscure, misty.
ANT: Clear, alive, alert, awake, luminous, lucid, bright, shrewd, sharp.
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KEY: Foible.
SYN: Peccadillo, failing, fault, weakness, infirmity.
ANT: Crime, atrocity, enormity, sin.
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KEY: Foil \v.\ [See BAFFLE].
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KEY: Foil \n.\
SYN: Set-off, background, contrast, enhancement, setting, elucidation.
ANT: Eclipse, outshining, extinction, overshadowing.
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KEY: Foist.
SYN: Falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass.
ANT: Expose, detect, verify, authenticate.
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KEY: Fold.
SYN: Double, enfold, embrace, envelop, inclose, wrap.
ANT: Unfold, disengage, expose.
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KEY: Follow.
SYN: Pursue, chase, accompany, obey, Imitate, succeed, result, ensue, attend, shadow, observe, copy.
ANT: Avoid, elude, quit, disobey, precede, cause, produce, abandon, shun.
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KEY: Follower.
SYN: Partisan, adherent, disciple, henchman, retainer, pursuer, attendant.
ANT: Leader, teacher, antagonist, opponent, rival.
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KEY: Folly.
SYN: Madness, nonsense, misconduct, imprudence, silliness, foolishness, weakness, absurdity, imbecility.
ANT: Sense, wisdom, sanity, judgment, prudence, sobriety.
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KEY: Foment.
SYN: Excite, cherish, fan, propagate, encourage.
ANT: Allay, extinguish, discourage, extirpate, quench.
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KEY: Fond.
SYN: Loving, attached, affectionate, foolish, silly, weak, doting, empty, enamored, devoted.
ANT: Unloving, averse, unaffectionate, strong-minded, austere, rational, well-grounded, sensible, undemonstrative.
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KEY: Fondle.
SYN: Dandle, pet, caress.
ANT: Tease, worry, annoy, chafe, irritate, ruffle.
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KEY: Fondness, [See FOND].
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KEY: Foolish.
SYN: Senseless, idiotic, crazed, shallow, weak, silly, injudicious, irrational, absurd, contemptible, objectionable, witless, brainless, imbecile, preposterous, ridiculous, nonsensical, simple.
ANT: Sensible, sane, deep, clearsighted, sound, sagacious, strongminded, wise, prudent, judicious, calculating, advisable, eligible.
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KEY: Footing.
SYN: Standing, status, condition, foundation, foothold.
ANT: Dislodgment, ousting.
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KEY: Foppish.
SYN: Finical, coxcombical, dandified, dressy.
ANT: Modest, unassuming, unaffected, dowdy, slovenly, clownish.
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KEY: Foray.
SYN: Raid, sally, inroad, {[dragonade]?}, escapade.
ANT: Flight, retreat, recall, decampment, stampede.
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KEY: Forbear.
SYN: Abstain, refrain, withhold, forego, avoid.
ANT: Seek, indulge, Forbid, [See BID].
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KEY: Forbidding.
SYN: Repulsive, deterrent, prohibitory, offensive.
ANT: Attractive, encouraging, alluring, seductive, permissive.
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KEY: Force.
SYN: Power, strength, agency, instrumentality, compulsion, cogency, vigor, might, dint, vehemence, pressure, host, army, coercion, validity, violence.
ANT: Feebleness, weakness, counteraction, neutralization, inefficiency, inconclusiveness, debility, pointlessness.
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KEY: Forego.
SYN: Waive, drop, abandon, abjure, renounce, give up, relinquish, yield, surrender, resign.
ANT: Claim, assume, vindicate, seize, grasp, retain.
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KEY: Foreign.
SYN: Strange, exotic, outlandish, alien, irrelevant, extraneous.
ANT: Domestic, native, congenial, pertinent, germane.
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KEY: Forerunner.
SYN: Predecessor, precursor, harbinger, herald, omen, Avant-courier.
ANT: Successor, follower.
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KEY: Foresee.
SYN: Predict, anticipate, foretell, forecast, foreknow, forebode, divine.
ANT: Reflect, remember, recollect, recurl.
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KEY: Forestall, [See ANTICIPATION].
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KEY: Forestallment, [See FORESTALL].
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KEY: Foretell.
SYN: Predict, preindicate, prognosticate, forebode, prophesy, presage, augur, foreshow, betoken, portend, forewarn.
ANT: Recite, narrate, detail.
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KEY: Forewarn, [See WARN].
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KEY: Forfeit.
SYN: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, damages, loss.
ANT: Premium, bribe, douceur, remuneration, compensation, reward, gratuity.
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KEY: Forefend.
SYN: Stave, obviate, prevent.
ANT: Rectify, mend, cure, redress, remedy.
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KEY: Forge.
SYN: Work, frame, produce, elaborate, fabricate, counterfeit, feign, falsify, form, shape, make falsely.
ANT: Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose, verify, misconstrue, misfabricate, misshape.
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KEY: Forgery.
SYN: Falsification, counterfeit.
ANT: Signature, verification, attestation.
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KEY: Forget.
SYN: Lose, pretermit, {[un]?}, learn, obliviate, overlook.
ANT: Acquire, learn, remember, recollect, mind, retain, treasure.
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KEY: Forgive, [See PARDON].
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KEY: Forgotten.
SYN: Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, disregarded, neglected.
ANT: Remembered, present, treasured, guarded, regarded, cherished.
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KEY: Forlorn.
SYN: Abandoned, deserted, forsaken, solitary, destitute, desolate, hapless, luckless, helpless, disconsolate, lone, woe-begone, lonesome, wretched.
ANT: Supported, attended, cherished, protected, befriended, cheered.
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KEY: Form.
SYN: Shape, mould, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise.
ANT: Deform, dislocate, distort, dissipate, derange, dismember, disintegrate, analyze, disorganize.
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KEY: Formal.
SYN: Regular, complete, shapely, sufficient, correct, stately, dignified, ceremonious, pompous, stiff, precise, explicit, exact, affected, methodical.
ANT: Irregular, incomplete, informal, inadequate, incorrect, easy, unassuming, unceremonious.
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KEY: Formalism.
SYN: Rigidity, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, parade, punctilio.
ANT: Simplicity, unostentatiousness, unaffectedness, unceremoniousness.
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KEY: Formality.
SYN: Ceremony, parade, affectation, stateliness, punctiliousness, etiquette.
ANT: [See FORMALISM].
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KEY: Formation.
SYN: Shape, structure, construction.
ANT: Deformity, malformation, dislocation, distortion.
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KEY: Former.
SYN: Preceding, antecedent, previous, prior, earlier, ancient, bygone, anterior, first-mentioned, foregoing.
ANT: Succeeding, subsequent, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future.
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KEY: Formidable.
SYN: Awful, terrible, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, serious, appalling, fearful, dreadful, horrible, shocking.
ANT: Despicable, weak, contemptible, light, trivial.
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KEY: Formless, [See FORM].
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KEY: Forsake, [See ABANDON].
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KEY: Forswear, [See ABJURE].
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KEY: Forthwith.
SYN: Immediately, instantly, directly, instantaneously.
ANT: By-and-by, hereafter, soon, presently.
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KEY: Fortify.
SYN: Strengthen, confirm, corroborate, garrison, brace, intrench.
ANT: Weaken, invalidate, dismantle.
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KEY: Fortitude.
SYN: Courage, endurance, braveness, calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, resolution, stoicism, firmness.
ANT: Timidity, flinching, impatience, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness.
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KEY: Fortuitous.
SYN: Accidental, undesigned.
ANT: Designed, purposed.
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KEY: Fortunate.
SYN: Lucky, propitious, happy, felicitous, prosperous, auspicious, providential, successful.
ANT: Unlucky, unfortunate, unhappy, infelicitous.
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KEY: Fortune, [See CHANCE].
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KEY: Forward.
SYN: Advanced, ready, eager, anxious, obtrusive, self-assertive, impertinent, progressive, onward, confident, bold, presumptuous.
ANT: Tardy, backward, reluctant, indifferent, slow, retiring, modest.
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KEY: Foster, [See CHERISH].
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KEY: Foul, [See CORRUPT].
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KEY: Found.
SYN: Establish, institute, fix, set, build, set up, base, endow, rest, ground, plant, root.
ANT: Disestablish, subvert, supplant, uproot.
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KEY: Foundation.
SYN: Institution, establishment, footing, base, basis, origin, ground, groundwork, rudiments, substratum, underlying principle.
ANT: Disestablishment, superstructure.
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KEY: Founder \n.\
SYN: Author, instituter, establishes originator, planter.
ANT: Subverter, destroyer.
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KEY: Founder \v.\ [See FOUND and SINK].
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KEY: Fractious.
SYN: Snappish, peevish, cross, pettish, fretful, touchy, petulant, testy.
ANT: Good-humored, blithesome, genial, agreeable, complaisant.
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KEY: Fragile.
SYN: Delicate, frail, brittle, weak, slight, frangible.
ANT: Tough, hardy, stout, strong.
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KEY: Fragment.
SYN: Piece, bit, chip, morsel, driblet, scrap, remnant.
ANT: Bulk, body, mass, whole.
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KEY: Fragrant.
SYN: Odorous, scented, perfumed, balmy, sweet-smelling, aromatic, sweet-scented, odoriferous, spicy.
ANT: Inodorous, scentless, fetid.
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KEY: Frail.
SYN: [See FRAGILE], Irresolute, erring, mutable.
ANT: Resolute, virtuous, lasting.
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KEY: Frame, [See FORM].
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KEY: Franchise.
SYN: Freedom, immunity, exemption, right.
ANT: Obligation, disability, jurisdiction, liability, disqualification.
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KEY: Frangible, [See FRAGILE].
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KEY: Frank.
SYN: Ingenuous, candid, open, unreserved, artless, free, familiar, honest, easy, sincere, outspoken, plain.
ANT: Disingenuous, close, reserved.
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KEY: Frantic.
SYN: Mad, raving, furious, distracted, wild, frenzied, maniacal.
ANT: Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed.
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KEY: Fraternity, [See BROTHERHOOD].
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KEY: Fraternize.
SYN: Sympathize, consort, co-operate, associate with.
ANT: Renounce, abjure, forswear.
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KEY: Fraud, [See CHEAT].
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KEY: Fraught.
SYN: {[Loadal]?}, full, pregnant, teeming, abounding, charged.
ANT: Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant.
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KEY: Freakish.
SYN: Sportful, frisky, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, erratic.
ANT: Steady, sober, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, uniform, equable.
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KEY: Free.
SYN: Detached, playing, operating, open, unoccupied, unobstructed, unimpeded, permitted, unhindered, exempt, gratuitous, unconditional, at liberty, clear, liberal, untrammelled, uncounted, careless, loose, easy, munificent, unreserved, frank, bountiful, generous, bounteous.
ANT: Subservient, bound, shackled, restricted, clogged, occupied, obstructed, impeded, compulsory, unlawful, biased, subject, liable, amenable, conditional, qualified, niggardly, stingy.
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KEY: Freight, [See CARGO].
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KEY: Frenzy.
SYN: Fanaticism, madness, raving, fury, fire.
ANT: Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity.
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KEY: Frequent.
SYN: Many, repeated, numerous, recurrent, general, continual, usual, common.
ANT: Few, solitary, rare, scanty, casual.
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KEY: Fresh.
SYN: New, young, vigorous, cool, recent, renewed, unimpaired, untarnished, unfaded, blooming, ruddy, novel, untried, modern, unskilled.
ANT: Old, stale, jaded, weary, former, stagnant, ordinary, original, impaired, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, mouldy, musty, fusty.
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KEY: Fret, [See CHAFE].
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KEY: Fretful.
SYN: Irritable, fractious, peevish, impatient, petulant, waspish.
ANT: Patient, forbearing, contented, meek, resigned, unmurmuring.
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KEY: Friable, [See FRAGILE].
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KEY: Fribble, [See TRIFLE].
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KEY: Friction.
SYN: Rubbing, grating, attrition, abrasion, contact.
ANT: Lubrication, detachment, isolation, noncontact.
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KEY: Friend.
SYN: Associate, companion, acquaintance, familiar, ally, chum, messmate, coadjutor, confidant, adherent.
ANT: Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy.
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KEY: Friendless, [See FRIEND and FORLORN].
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KEY: Friendly.
SYN: Well-inclined, welldisposed, amicable, kindly, social, neighborly, sociable, affectionate, favorable, cordial.
ANT: ill-inclined, ill-disposed, hostile, inimical, adverse, antagonistic.
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KEY: Friendship, [See FRIEND].
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KEY: Fright, [See ALARM].
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KEY: Frightful.
SYN: Terrible, horrible, alarming, ugly, hideous, monstrous, dreadful, direful, awful, shocking, horrid, terrific.
ANT: Pleasing, attractive, beautiful, fair, encouraging, lovely.
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KEY: Frigid.
SYN: Cold, inanimate, lifeless, passionless, distant, forbidding.
ANT: Warm, ardent, impassioned.
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KEY: Fringed, [See FIMBRIATED].
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KEY: Frippery.
SYN: Trumpery, finery, tawdriness.
ANT: Apparel, costume, uniform, dress, decoration, ornament.
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KEY: Frisk.
SYN: Sport, leap, jump, play, dance, wanton.
ANT: Lie, ruminate, rest, repose, roost, mope, sulk.
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KEY: Frisky.
SYN: Sportive, playful, wanton.
ANT: Demure, sedate, meditative, pensive.
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KEY: Fritter.
SYN: Dribble, waste, idle, dissipate.
ANT: Economise, husband, cultivate.
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KEY: Frivolous.
SYN: Trifling, silly, trivial, petty, worthless.
ANT: Serious, earnest, important, grave.
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KEY: Frolic.
SYN: Play, game, sport, festivity, entertainment, gambol, gayety, lark, spree, merrymaking, prank.
ANT: Study, undertaking, purpose, engagement, occupation.
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KEY: Frolicsome.
SYN: Playful, gamesome, sportive, wanton, festive.
ANT: Serious, grave, studious, laborious, earnest.
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KEY: Front, [See FACE].
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KEY: Froth, [See BALDERDASH].
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KEY: Froward.
SYN: Contrary, perverse, untoward, wayward, refractory, fractious, disobedient.
ANT: Favorable, docile, amenable, ductile, agreeable, obedient, Frown, [See FAVOR].
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KEY: Frugal.
SYN: Sparing, economical, parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate, saving, thrifty, provident.
ANT: Profuse, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, self-indulgent, intemperate.
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KEY: Fruit.
SYN: Production, outcome, outgrowth, result, consequence, produce, reward.
ANT: Seed, origin, cause, growth, operation.
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KEY: Fruitful.
SYN: Productive, prolific, pregnant, fraught, causative, effectual, useful, successful, fertile, abundant, plenteous, fecund, plentiful.
ANT: Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, ineffectual, useless, abortive.
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KEY: Fruition.
SYN: Reaping, attainment, enjoyment, use, possession.
ANT: Disappointment, loss, nonattainment.
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KEY: Fruitless, [See FRIENDLY].
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KEY: Frustrate, [See BAFFLE].
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KEY: Frustration, [See FRUSTRATE and DISAPPOINTMENT].
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KEY: Fugacious.
SYN: Ephemeral, fugitive, fleeting, transient.
ANT: Persistent, perennial, perpetual, permanent.
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KEY: Fugitive, [See FUGACIOUS].
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KEY: Fulfil.
SYN: Fill, complete, discharge, verify, accomplish, achieve, execute, effect.
ANT: Neglect, ignore, disappoint, falsify.
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KEY: Fulminate.
SYN: Thunder, clamor, roar, vociferate, denounce.
ANT: Laud, panegyrize, eulogize.
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KEY: Fulsome.
SYN: Excessive, gross, loathsome, nauseous, sickening, fawning, offensive.
ANT: Chaste, sober, nice, delicate.
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KEY: Fumble, [See BUNGLE].
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KEY: Fumbler, [See BUNGLER].
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KEY: Fume.
SYN: Vapor, chafe, frown.
ANT: Acquiesce, smile.
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KEY: Function.
SYN: Office, part, character, capacity, business, administration, discharge, operation, exercise, power, duty, employment.
ANT: Usurpation, maladministration, misconduct, misdemeanor.
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KEY: Functionary.
SYN: Official, officer, servant, personage.
ANT: [See FUNCTION].
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KEY: Fund.
SYN: Stock, capital, investment.
ANT: Expenditure, outlay, disbursement.
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KEY: Fundamental.
SYN: Primary, important, indispensable, essential.
ANT: Secondary, unimportant, adventitious, ascititious, nonessential.
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KEY: Funereal.
SYN: Lugubrious, dismal, woeful, sombre, mournful, plaintive, deathlike, solemn.
ANT: Joyous, festive, ridiculous, funny, stirring, lively, farcical.
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KEY: Funny.
SYN: Sportive, droll, comical, laughable, humorous, jocose, ridiculous, ludicrous, diverting.
ANT: Dull, tedious, mournful, lugubrious, dismal, grave, serious, sad, lamentable.
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KEY: Furbish.
SYN: Brighten, polish, burnish.
ANT: Dull, cloud, tarnish.
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KEY: Furious, [See FRANTIC].
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KEY: Furnish.
SYN: Supply, provide, equip, afford, yield, bestow, purvey, give.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, dismantle.
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KEY: Further, [See ADVANCE].
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KEY: Furtive.
SYN: Stealthy, clandestine, secretive, secret, sly.
ANT: Open, public, undisguised, unreserved, unconcealed.
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KEY: Fury, [See FURIOUS].
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KEY: Fuse.
SYN: Liquefy, melt, smelt, amalgamate, commingle, consolidate.
ANT: Disunite, disincorporate, diffuse, disamalgamate, Fusion, [See FUSE and BLEND].
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KEY: Fuss.
SYN: Stir, excitement, tumult, worry, ado, bustle, flurry, fidget.
ANT: Quiet, peace, sedateness, tranquillity, composure, calm.
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KEY: Fustian, [See BOMBAST].
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KEY: Fusty, [See FRESH].
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KEY: Futile.
SYN: Weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory, unavailing, vain, trifling.
ANT: Powerful, effective, cogent, useful, solid, substantial.
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KEY: Future.
SYN: Forthcoming, coming, advenient.
ANT: Gone, bygone, past.
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KEY: Gabble \n.\
SYN: Prate, jabber, jargon, stuff, babble, rattle, twaddle, gibber, chatter, gibberish.
ANT: Conversation, speech, eloquence, reticence, taciturnity, mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence.
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KEY: Gabble \v.\ [See GABBLE, \n.\].
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KEY: Gaffer, [See CODGER].
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KEY: Gag.
SYN: Silence, stifle, burke, muzzle, hush.
ANT: Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate.
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KEY: Gage.
SYN: Engage, bind, pledge, secure, pawn, deposit.
ANT: Intimate, promise, acquit, release, redeem.
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KEY: Gaiety, [See GAY].
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KEY: Gain \v.\
SYN: Acquire, get, win, procure, obtain, profit, benefit, earn, attain, realize, achieve, reap, reach.
ANT: Lose, forfeit, suffer.
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KEY: Gain \n.\ [See GAIN \v.\].
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KEY: Gainful.
SYN: Profitable, beneficial, advantageous, winning.
ANT: Unprofitable, detrimental, injurious, disadvantageous, gainless, losing.
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KEY: Gainless, [See GAINFUL].
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KEY: Gainsay, [See AFFIRM].
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KEY: Galaxy, [See BEVY].
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KEY: Gallant.
SYN: Brave, chivalrous, intrepid, courteous, heroic, fearless, courageous, valiant, bold, splendid, showy, gay.
ANT: Cowardly, churlish, discourteous.
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KEY: Gambol \v.\
SYN: Frolic, sport, frisk, play, caper, jump.
ANT: Tire, weary, droop, flog.
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KEY: Gambol \n.\ [See GAMBOL \v.\].
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KEY: Game.
SYN: Sport, recreation, pastime, amusement, frolic, diversion, play.
ANT: Study, toil, labor, business, duty, weariness, flagging.
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KEY: Gamesome, [See GAME and MERRY].
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KEY: Gang, [See CREW].
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KEY: Garb.
SYN: Dress, uniform, clothing, costume, vestments, apparel.
ANT: Undress, tatters, rags, shreds, nudity.
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KEY: Garble.
SYN: Misrepresent, misquote, mutilate, cook, dress, color, falsify, pervert, distort.
ANT: Quote, cite, extract, recite.
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KEY: Garbled, [See GABBLE].
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KEY: Garnish.
SYN: Deck, furnish, adorn, dress, furbish, beautify, embellish, decorate, ornament.
ANT: Denude, strip, dismantle.
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KEY: Garniture, [See GARNISH].
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KEY: Garrulity.
SYN: Verbosity, loquacity, talkativeness, chatter.
ANT: Reticence, taciturnity, laconism.
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KEY: Garrulous, [See GARRULITY].
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KEY: Gather, [See COLLECT].
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KEY: Gaud.
SYN: Trinket, trumpery, finery, gewgaw, bauble, kickshaw, gimcrack, whim.
ANT: Decoration, ornament, gem, jewel, valuable.
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KEY: Gaudy.
SYN: Tawdry, fine, meretricious, bespangled, glittering, showy, gay, garish.
ANT: Rich, simple, handsome, chaste.
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KEY: Gauge.
SYN: Measure, fathom, probe.
ANT: Survey, conjecture, view, {[ecan]?}, guess, observe, mismeasure.
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KEY: Gaunt.
SYN: Grim, savage, lean, lank, hungry, thin, spare, attenuated, emaciated.
ANT: Docile, tractable, tame, sleek, well-fed.
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KEY: Gawky.
SYN: Awkward, ungainly, uncouth, clumsy, clownish.
ANT: Neat, handy, graceful, handsome.
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KEY: Gay.
SYN: Merry, blithe, lively, jolly, sportive, sprightly, smart, festive, gladsome, pleasuresome, cheerful.
ANT: Heavy, melancholy, grave, sad, sombre, dull, dowdy.