Chapter 14

Frantic.Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied, distracted; maniacal.

Ant.Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed.

Fraternity.Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood, sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.

Fraternize.Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with, coöperate with; coalesce.

Ant.Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize.

Fraud.Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice, trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.

Ant.Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity.

Fraught.Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding, pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.

Ant.Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant.

Freakish.Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome; sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.

Ant.Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, equable, uniform.

Free,a.Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released, emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted, open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal, lavish, immoderate;ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous, spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal; detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional, untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.

Ant.Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged; occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable, amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly.

Freedom.Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing; franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.

Ant.Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity.

Frenzy.Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.

Ant.Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity.

Frequent,a.Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated, recurrent, general, numerous, continual.

Ant.Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual.

Fresh.New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing, unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed; rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid, vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted, unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool, refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw, uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young, untried, modern.

Ant.Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original, ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy, musty, fusty.

Fretful.Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered; fractious, impatient, discontented.

Ant.Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring.

Friction.Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing; grating, contact.

Ant.Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation.

Friend.Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère, fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron, adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate, coadjutor.

Ant.Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy.

Friendly.Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate, brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social, tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty, sincere.

Ant.Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic, unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile, cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose.

Friendship.Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity, consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.

Ant.Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy.

Frighten.Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall, browbeat, depress, dismay.

Ant.Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage.

Frightful.Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, alarming; ugly, monstrous.

Ant.Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful.

Frigid.Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame, spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing, repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.

Ant.Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous.

Frisk.Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance, sport, play.

Ant.Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose.

Frisky.Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.

Ant.Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative.

Fritter.Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate, idle.

Ant.Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal.

Frivolous.Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle, flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.

Ant.Serious, earnest, important, grave.

Frolic,n.Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery; merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment, gaiety, spree.

Ant.Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking.

Frolicsome.Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry, joyous; wanton, festive.

Ant.Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious.

Froward.Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish, cross, captious, petulant.

Ant.Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile.

Frugal.Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary, thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate.

Ant.Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate, self-indulgent.

Frugality.Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing, miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.

Ant.Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty, affluence, abundance, riches.

Fruit.Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect, consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward, outgrowth.

Ant.Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth.

Fruitful.Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich, plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful, effectual, useful.

Ant.Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive, ineffectual.

Fruition.Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.

Ant.Loss, disappointment, non-attainment.

Fugacious.Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral, fleeting.

Ant.Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual.

Fulfil.Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate, complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.

Ant.Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook, disregard, slight.

Fulminate.Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine, hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.

Ant.Laud, panegyrize, eulogize.

Fulsome.Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous, disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome, sickening, fawning.

Ant.Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate.

Fume,v.Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm, bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.

Ant.Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur.

Function,n.Exercise, performance, execution, discharge; employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province; character, capacity, operation, administration, power.

Ant.Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration.

Functionary.Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage, incumbent.

Fund.Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund; money, means, resources; investment.

Ant.Expenditure, outlay, disbursement.

Fundamental.Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional, indispensable, principal, important.

Ant.Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious.

Funereal.Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber, melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.

Ant.Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical.

Funny.Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous, amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.

Ant.Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad, lamentable.

Furbish.Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.

Ant.Dull, tarnish, cloud.

Furnish.Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow, contribute, present, purvey, yield.

Ant.Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep.

Furtive.Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.

Ant.Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved.

Fuse.Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle; coalesce.

Ant.Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate.

Fuss,n.Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation, excitement, tumult.

Ant.Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity.

Futile.Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain, idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.

Ant.Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid.

Future.Forthcoming, coming, advenient.

Ant.Past, gone, bygone.


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