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FFable,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, commissionmerchant,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; becomebankrupt.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. Seeunfaithful.faithlessness,n.unbelief, incredulity,doubt;disloyalty,perfidy. Seeunfaithfulness.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, dowrong, 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.Seequarrel.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.Seequarrel.fallow,a.uncultivated, untilled;dormant,inactive.fall short.bedeficient, beinadequate.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, enravishmentAntonyms: 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.

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, commissionmerchant,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; becomebankrupt.

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. Seeunfaithful.

faithlessness,n.unbelief, incredulity,doubt;disloyalty,perfidy. Seeunfaithfulness.

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, dowrong, 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.Seequarrel.

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.Seequarrel.

fallow,a.uncultivated, untilled;dormant,inactive.

fall short.bedeficient, beinadequate.

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, enravishmentAntonyms: 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.


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