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). Seefishes.fish,v.angle, trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).fish eggs.spawn,roe.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, spilletfishing, bultowfishing.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, unchangeablesteadfast, 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, meretriciousshowy.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.Seefatness.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.Seewhip.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. Seered.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.dredgingbox.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.inflorescenceflowering 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, standfast.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.
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). Seefishes.
fish,v.angle, trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).
fish eggs.spawn,roe.
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, spilletfishing, bultowfishing.
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, unchangeablesteadfast, 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, meretriciousshowy.
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.Seefatness.
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.Seewhip.
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. Seered.
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.dredgingbox.
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, standfast.
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.