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Fable.Story, myth, legend, allegory, apologue; plot, action, series of events; fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, fabrication, forgery, invention, figment; romance, parable, novel.
Ant.History, fact, narrative.
Fabric.Building, structure, edifice, pile; texture, make, workmanship, conformation; manufactured cloth, woven stuff; work, construction, tissue, web.
Ant.Destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, shreds, rags.
Fabricate.Build, frame, construct; make, manufacture; forge, invent, coin, feign; form, falsify, produce, devise, misrepresent.
Ant.Demolish, tear, spoil, dismember, destroy, narrate, lacerate, copy, represent, repeat, portray.
Fabulous.Invented, fabricated, feigned, unreal, coined, fictitious; incredible, pretended, imaginary, false, monstrous.
Ant.Real, actual, historic, authentic, fair, true, reasonable.
Facetious.Witty, jocose, jocular, humorous, waggish, funny, comical, pleasant, droll; gay, merry, sportive, lively, entertaining, sprightly; playful.
Ant.Matter-of-fact, heavy, dull, grave, serious, saturnine, somber, lugubrious.
Facile.Docile, easy, mild, courteous, affable, complaisant, approachable; pliant, pliable, ductile, flexible, yielding, tractable, manageable, compliant; ready, dexterous; indulgent, weak, irresolute, characterless.
Ant.Resolute, sturdy, obstinate, determined, inflexible, crusty, self-willed, self-reliant, independent.
Facility.Easiness, ease; readiness, dexterity, expertness, ability, knack; condescension, urbanity, affability, civility, complaisance, politeness; pliancy, flexibility, ductility; appliance, convenience, means, advantage, resource; quickness, adroitness.
Ant.Effort, awkwardness, labor, difficulty.
Fact.Occurrence, event, deed, incident, act, performance, circumstance; reality, actuality, certainty, truth.
Ant.Fiction, supposition, unreality, falsehood, chimera, lie, delusion, invention, hallucination, romance.
Factious.Turbulent, refractory, seditious, rebellious, recalcitrant,litigious, adversative, malcontent.
Ant.Genial, complaisant, agreeable, loyal, harmonious, public-spirited, sympathetic, cooperative, auxiliary.
Factitious.Artificial; euphuistic, affected, finical, cramped, conventional, spurious.
Ant.Natural, genial, unaffected, pure, genuine, truthful.
Fade.Vanish, evanesce, disappear, pass away; decline, languish, droop, decay, wither; lose color, grow dim, blanch, bleach, fall, sink, dwindle, pale, change, set, etiolate, fail.
Ant.Rise, increase, bloom, grow, flourish, endure, abide, last, stand.
Fag.Droop, sink, grow weary, flag; drudge, toil; do menial service, tire, fatigue, jade, exhaust; work, slave.
Ant.Idle, lounge, dawdle; strike; bask.
Fail.Fall short, be insufficient, be deficient; decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, break, give out; cease, disappear, become extinct; miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, miss fire, be frustrated; omit, neglect; break, become insolvent, suspend payment; trip, lose.
Ant.Succeed, exceed, surpass, achieve, abound, yield, excel.
Faint.Weak, exhausted, worn, listless, languid, wearied, dim, feeble, fatigued, faint-hearted, faded, faltering, half-hearted, irresolute, purposeless, timid, ill-defined, indistinct; unenergetic; obscure, inconspicuous.
Ant.Prominent, marked, glaring; resolute, sturdy, vigorous, strong, fresh, hearty, daring, energetic; clear, brilliant, bright, conspicuous.
Fair.Spotless, unspotted, unblemished, unstained, untarnished; white, light, blond; handsome, comely, beautiful; pleasant, clear, cloudless, unclouded; favorable, prosperous; promising, hopeful; open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, unencumbered; frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, noble, honorable, upright, impartial; reasonable, proper, equitable, just; passable, tolerable, above mediocrity; serene.
Ant.Lowering, dull, foul, ugly, disfigured, fraudulent, unfair, dishonorable.
Faith.Creed, doctrine, assurance, belief, confidence, assent, credence, opinion, trust, credit, reliance.
Ant.Distrust, disbelief, dissent, doubt, incredulity, infidelity, misgiving, skepticism, unbelief, suspicion, rejection.
Faithful.Firm, loyal, devoted, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering, incorruptible; attached; accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact, equivalent.
Ant.Inaccurate, inexact; faithless, false, fickle, untrue, wavering, untrustworthy, capricious.
Fall.Drop, descend, sink; lapse, droop, gravitate; fall down, be prostrated; be lowered, be depressed; decrease, decline, be diminished, die away, sin, err, transgress, trip, trespass; die, perish; empty, be discharged, flow; happen, befall, come; become, get; pass, be transferred; be dropped, be uttered carelessly.
Ant.Rise, soar, mount, recover, climb, ascend.
Fallacy.Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake, misapprehension,error, misconception; sophism, sophistry, paralogism, deceitful argument.
Ant.Truth, logic, proof, postulate, argument, verity, fact, axiom, soundness.
Fallible.Erring, uncertain, ignorant, weak, frail, imperfect.
Ant.Certain, infallible, unerring, omniscient.
Fallow.Pale redorpale yellow; untilled, unsowed, neglected; inert, inactive, dormant; quiescent, idle, uncultivated, unproductive.
Ant.Cultivated, tilled, productive, worked, sown, prolific, operative, fruitful.
False.Untrue, mendacious, unveracious, lying; dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonorable, disingenuous, double-tongued, false-hearted, double-faced, two-faced; untrustworthy, untruthful, unreliable, truthless; spurious, counterfeit, forged, not genuine, feigned, sham, hypocritical, make-believe; incorrect, improper, erroneous, unfounded, wrong; fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive, misleading, disappointing; sophistical, mock, bogus, fabricated, unfaithful.
Ant.True, sound, correct, authentic, real, genuine, candid, conclusive, honorable, faithful.
Falsehood.Falsity, lie, fabrication, untruth, fiction, fib; imposture, counterfeit, cheat; fallacy, error, sophistry, forgery, deception.
Ant.Truth, verity, correctness, fact, genuineness, honesty, honor, reality, authenticity.
Falsify.Misrepresent, counterfeit, belie, misstate, garble; disprove, show unsound; violate; mistake, misinterpret, betray.
Ant.Verify, rectify, correct, check, certify, justify, expose, declare, exhibit, publish.
Falter.Hesitate, stutter, stammer; fail, quiver, tremble, totter; waver, be undecided, show weakness; halt, slip, dubitate, demur, flinch, vacillate.
Ant.Proceed, speed, flow, run, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve.
Fame.Celebrity, honor, laurels, distinction, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute, glory, eminence, credit; report, tidings, rumor, bruit, news.
Ant.Silence, suppression, hush; dishonor, discredit, humiliation, infamy, shame, obscurity, contempt, contumely, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, oblivion.
Familiar.Conversant, well-acquainted, well-versed; intimate, close, near, friendly, fraternal, cordial, amicable; social, accessible, sociable, affable, kindly, courteous, civil, companionable, conversible; unceremonious, unconstrained, free, easy, informal; well-known; household, frank, everyday, accustomed.
Ant.Uncommon, rare, extraordinary, strange, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new, unfamiliar, inconversant.
Famous.Celebrated, renowned, distinguished, remarkable, far-famed, eminent, noted, illustrious, glorious.
Ant.Unknown, unsung, inglorious, obscure, forgotten.
Fanatic.Enthusiast, zealot, visionary, bigot.
Ant.Skeptic, unbeliever, cynic.
Fanaticism.Intolerance, superstition, bigotry, credulity; enthusiasm, frenzy.
Ant.Skepticism, cynicism,indifference, freethinking, latitudinarianism; disbelief, profanity; disregard, coldness.
Fanciful.Fantastic, grotesque, visionary, imaginative, chimerical; unreal, eccentric, quaint, imaginary, freakish, erroneous, humorsome, capricious, fitful, erratic, whimsical, absurd.
Ant.Ordinary, usual, regular, commonplace, real, accurate, literal, prosaic, reasonable, sensible, solid, sure, true, sound, calculable, calculated; natural, sober, truthful, correct.
Fancy.Imagination, whim, vagary, caprice, belief, conceit, conception, desire, humor, idea, image, inclination, mood, liking, predilection, supposition; thought, notion.
Ant.Certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity, actuality; object, subject, thought, law, order; aversion, horror.
Farcical.Droll, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous; comic, funny, nonsensical, pantomimic.
Ant.Grave, serious, tragic, solemn, dismal, ghastly, funereal.
Fare.Go, travel, journey, pass; prosper, be treated, prove, happen, turn out, be situated; be entertained, feed; live, speed, do.
Ant.Toil, fast, fail, droop, sink, faint, drop, falter, halt.
Farewell.Adieu, good-by, valedictory, leave-taking, congé, departure, parting.
Ant.Salutation, welcome, greeting.
Fashion.Form, shape, figure, cut, make, model, cast, mold, pattern, appearance, configuration, conformation; way, manner, sort, method; usage, custom, style, mode, conventionality; gentility; guise, character, practice, ceremony.
Ant.Person, work, speech, dress; derangement, formlessness, shapelessness; outlandishness, strangeness, eccentricity.
Fast,a.Fixed, fastened, close, tight; firm, immovable; steadfast, constant, stanch; fortified, strong, impregnable; profound, sound, deep; swift, quick, fleet, rapid; wild, reckless, thriftless, dissipated, thoughtless, extravagant; secure, stable, unyielding, unswerving; accelerated; gay.
Ant.Insecure, loose, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous.
Fasten.Secure, bind, tie, attach; join, unite, connect, hold together; hold compact, affix, annex, grapple, fix.
Ant.Undo, loose, sever, relax, remove, unfasten, detach.
Fastidious.Dainty, squeamish, difficult, overnice, overdelicate, queasy, critical; overrefined, censorious, particular, punctilious.
Ant.Indulgent, uncritical, easy; coarse; omnivorous.
Fat.Unctuous, greasy, fatty, oily; plump, fleshy, obese, corpulent, portly, pursy; coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid; rich, profitable, lucrative; productive, fertile, fruitful; luxuriant, brawny; stout; oleaginous.
Ant.Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant; marrowless; anatomical.
Fatal.Deadly, mortal, lethal; destructive, calamitous, baleful, ruinous, mischievous, baneful, pernicious; fateful.
Ant.Beneficial, wholesome, vitalizing, restorative, salubrious, nutritious, slight, superficial, harmless.
Fate.Destiny, destination, inevitable necessity, fatality; lot, doom, predetermined event; destruction, death; final event, ultimate destruction; fortune, end.
Ant.Will, choice, decision, independence, freedom.
Fathom,v.Sound; divine, penetrate, reach, comprehend, understand; gage, pierce, measure, probe.
Ant.Survey, glance, scan, miss, skin, graze, overlook.
Fathomless.Bottomless, profound, abysmal.
Ant.Superficial, shallow, skin-deep.
Fatigue,n.Weariness, exhaustion, lassitude; labor, hardship, toil; languor, enervation.
Ant.Freshness, vigor, indefatigability, activity.
Fatigue,v.Harass, weary, tire, jade, exhaust, fag.
Ant.Inspirit, refresh, enliven, animate.
Fatuity.Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy; folly, madness, absurdity, infatuation.
Ant.Wisdom, sense, soundness, sobriety, discernment.
Fault.Defect, blemish, imperfection, flaw, weakness, failing, frailty; misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, trespass, wrong, transgression, delinquency, indiscretion; slip, error, lapse; failure, omission, want, drawback.
Ant.Perfection, sufficiency, correctness, completeness.
Faultless.Without blemish, perfect; innocent, guileless, blameless, sinless, spotless, immaculate, guiltless, stainless; complete, correct, accurate.
Ant.Incomplete, imperfect, incorrect, defective, inaccurate, corrupt, faulty, erroneous.
Faulty.Bad, defective, imperfect; blamable, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible.
Ant.Correct, complete, perfect, accurate; irreproachable, blameless, unassailable.
Favor,n.Kindness, grace, countenance, friendliness, good will; benefit, good deed, friendly turn; patronage, championship, support; letter, communication, epistle; gift, present; decoration, knot, rosette; permission, leave, pardon; advantage, preference, boon; concession, predilection, civility, regard, condescension.
Ant.Refusal, denial, prohibition, disfavor, withholding, withdrawal, frown, disapproval, injury, discountenance.
Favor,v.Befriend, countenance, patronize, encourage; approve, regard with favor; facilitate, be propitious to; support, help, aid, assist; humor, indulge, extenuate, palliate, ease, spare; resemble, look like.
Ant.Refuse, deny, disapprove, withdraw, withhold, prohibit, discountenance, injure, harm.
Favorable.Kind, friendly, propitious, willing, auspicious; conducive, contributing; beneficial, advantageous, convenient, suitable, fit; permissive, indulgent, concessive, partial, fond, liberal.
Ant.Reluctant, unpropitious, unfavorable, impartial.
Favorite.Dear, beloved, pet, darling.
Favoritism.Partiality, invidiousness.
Ant.Odium, prejudice; impartiality.
Fawn upon.Flatter, wheedle, cajole, cringe, palaver, slaver.
Ant.Insult, deride, defy, censure,dare, satirize, rebuke, reprimand.
Fealty.Homage, loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, faithfulness, honor, good faith, devotion.
Ant.Disloyalty, treachery, infidelity, disaffection, shame, dishonor.
Fear.Dismay, alarm, horror, awe, apprehension, dread, terror, fright, panic, tremor, timidity, trepidation, trembling, affright, consternation, disquietude, misgiving, anxiety, solicitude, concern; veneration, reverence.
Ant.Courage, confidence, assurance, fearlessness; trust, boldness; fortitude.
Fearful.Afraid, apprehensive; timid, nervous, timorous, faint-hearted, cowardly; dreadful, terrible, frightful, dire; awful; shocking, terrific, horrible; hesitating.
Ant.Venturesome, audacious, bold, confident, consolatory, inspiriting, assuring; attractive, alluring, hopeful, inviting.
Feasible.Manageable, possible, permissible, practicable, contrivable.
Ant.Impossible, unallowable, impracticable.
Feast.Treat, banquet, regalement, entertainment, carousal; festival, holiday; delight, enjoyment.
Ant.Starvation, scarcity, want, lack, bareness, scantiness.
Featly.Neatly, cleverly, dexterously, adroitly.
Ant.Clumsily, bunglingly, hardly.
Feature.Lineament, cast of the face; fashion, make, aspect, appearance, conformation; prominent part, outline; characteristic, trait, point, mark, item, component, element, indication, portion, sign.
Ant.Whole, system, countenance; arrangement, case; misindication, misinformation, falsification; blind, mask, disguise; excrescence.
Federation.Uniting, federating, confederation, union, league, allying, alliance, coalition, federal compact, confederacy, combination.
Ant.Secession, disunion, sedition, mutiny, disruption.
Fee.Pay, reward, recompense, compensation, remuneration; feud, fief, fee-simple, unconditional tenure.
Feeble.Weak, not strong, enervated, debilitated, infirm, languid, sickly, languishing, declining, frail, drooping; faint, imperfect, dim; without vigor, lacking intensity; wretched, poor, dull, forceless, puny, enfeebled, nerveless; incomplete, vain, fruitless; scanty, pitiable.
Ant.Strong, robust, active, successful, effective; abundant; powerful, muscular; forcible, cogent, telling; violent, vehement, ardent; lusty, hale, vigorous, hearty.
Feed.Give food to, supply, contribute to, provide for; nourish, cherish, sustain; eat, take food, take nourishment; sustain life, subsist.
Ant.Starve, refuse, deny, withhold, take away; impoverish, steal from; diet, abstain, refrain.
Feel.Perceive, have feeling; be perceived; be moved, be excited, be stirred, be wrought up, be impressed; touch, handle; experience, suffer,orenjoy; be affected by, be moved by; prove, sound, try, put to the test.
Ant.Be hard or callous, insensate,apathetic, dull, numb, imperceivable, indifferent, unsusceptible, or stoical.
Feeling.Sense of touch; sensation, perception by touch; sensibility, emotion, sentiment, affection, passion, impression; tenderness, susceptibility; contact; pathos; consciousness, sensitiveness.
Ant.Callousness, insensibility, imperturbability, inexcitability, coldness, insensateness.
Feign.Invent, imagine, devise, forge, fabricate; counterfeit, affect, assume, simulate, pretend to.
Ant.Detect, test, unmask, refute, verify, substantiate.
Felicitous.Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, seasonable, opportune, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious; prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, propitious; timely, joyous.
Ant.Unhappy, unfortunate, inauspicious, untimely, inopportune, disastrous, sad.
Felicity.Bliss, blessedness, happiness; aptness, aptitude, fitness, propriety, felicitousness, suitableness; success, luck, fortune.
Ant.Ill luck, bad fortune, sorrow, unhappiness, disaster, misfortune; sadness, mourning, melancholy.
Fell,a.Inhuman, cruel, barbarous, relentless, ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, pitiless, malignant, malicious, malign, savage, ferocious, bloody, blood-thirsty; direful, merciless, remorseless, fierce, truculent.
Ant.Generous, chivalrous, lenient, humane, propitious.
Fell,v.Prostrate, level, bring to the ground, hurl down, knock down; cut down, hew down, lay low; hem; demolish, subvert, waste, bare.
Ant.Plant, erect, support; stock, upraise, rear, propagate.
Fellow.Associate, companion, comrade; equal, peer, compeer; mate, match, counterpart; adherent, colleague, member; correlative, tally; partner, friend.
Ant.Foe, opponent, antagonist, stranger, mismatch, opposite.
Fellowship.Companionship, familiarity, intimacy, brotherhood, acquaintance; participation, partnership, joint interest; converse, intercourse, communion; sociability, affability, kindliness; association, company; membership, society.
Ant.Severance, disconnection, dismemberment; non-intercourse.
Felonious.Malignant, malign, malicious, nefarious, infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, felon; perfidious, traitorous, disloyal, base.
Ant.Legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; legitimate, legalized; permissible, allowable; just, proper.
Feminine.Female, womanish, womanly, effeminate; delicate, tender, modest, soft.
Ant.Robust, manly; indelicate, unfeminine; rough, rude; masculine.
Fen.Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.
Fence,v.Enclose, guard, fortify, defend, circumscribe, protect; elude, parry, stave.
Ant.Open, disenclose; receive, catch, suffer.
Ferment,n.Yeast, leaven, fermentation; agitation, commotion, tumult; fever, heat, glow.
Ferment,v.Set in fermentation; excite, agitate, heat; seethe,concoct, brew; warm, chafe; effervesce, rankle, fester.
Ant.Damp, cool; dissipate; subside, evaporate, disperse; heal.
Fertile.Prolific, fecund, breeding, bearing; fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming; causative, conducive; pregnant; fraught, ingenious, inventive.
Ant.Poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive, fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative.
Festive.Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festival.
Ant.Solitary, deserted, ascetic, gloomy.
Fetid.Stinking, offensive, rank, rancid, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, foul, strong-smelling, corrupt.
Ant.Inodorous, fresh, perfumed, scented, balmy.
Fetter,n.Chains, bondage, custody, durance, duress, manacles, irons, shackles, imprisonment, handcuffs, gyves, bonds.
Fetter,v.Shackle, clog, hamper, trammel; chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain, encumber; manacle, hinder, impede.
Ant.Free, liberate, accelerate, expedite.
Feud.Contest, controversy, dispute, enmity, hostility, quarrel, strife, dissension, affray, animosity, bitterness, broil, contention, brawl, fray; antipathy.
Ant.Friendliness, congeniality, sympathy, clanship, pacification, reconciliation, sociality, neighborliness.
Fever.Heat, flush, excitement, agitation, ferment; ardor, fervor, broil, passion.
Ant.Coolness, iciness, frigidity; composure, indifference.
Few.Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any; scant, rare, lacking.
Ant.Many, abundant, numerous.
Fiber.Strength, sinews, thews, toughness; thread, staple, pile, filament.
Ant.Laxity, debility, flabbiness.
Fickle.Wavering, unsteady, unstable, inconstant, variable, vacillating, volatile, mercurial, fitful, changeable, irresolute, unsettled, capricious, fanciful, unreliable, mutable; veering, restless, shifting.
Ant.Sober, orderly, reliable, calculable, well-regulated, uniform, steady, trustworthy.
Fiction.Fable, falsehood, myth, invention, novel, romance, figment, story, fabrication, legend, allegory, apologue; creation.
Ant.History, fact, literalness, reality, truth, verity, certainty.
Fictitious.Feigned, imaginary, invented, unreal, purely ideal, fanciful; false, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious.
Ant.Real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable.
Fidelity.Faithfulness, devotedness, devotion, truth, loyalty, true-heartedness, fealty, adherence to duty; accuracy, closeness, exactness, truthfulness, precision, attachment, honesty, allegiance, integrity.
Ant.Disloyalty, treachery, untruthfulness, disaffection, inaccuracy, infidelity, inexactness.
Field.Tract of land; battle-field, scene of war; surface, expanse, range, scope; province, department, region, realm, domain; ground, arena; room, opportunity.
Ant.Circumscription, constraint; interdiction, exclusion, debarment.
Fierce.Ravenous, infuriate, barbarous, fell; vehement, turbulent, passionate, uncurbed, untamed, raging; furious, savage, ferocious, fiery, violent, wild, impetuous; uncultivated, untrained.
Ant.Gentle, harmless, kind, patient, submissive, sweet, tender, docile, affectionate, mild, peaceful, tame; calm.
Fiery.Hot, ardent, heated, fervid, flaming, glowing; impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned; irascible, choleric, excited, enkindled, hot-blooded, irritable.
Ant.Cold, icy, frigid, chilly; indifferent, phlegmatic, passionless, unimpassioned, mild, tame; extinguished, quenched.
Fight,n.Combat, conflict, contest, battle, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, fray, affray, brush; broil, riot; spirit, fighting temper; resistance, disposition to struggle, contention.
Ant.Pacification, reconciliation.
Figurative.Typical, representative, emblematical; metaphorical, tropical; flowery, florid, ornate; poetical, rhetorical, symbolical.
Ant.Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical.
Figure,n.Form, shape, configuration, conformation, outline; image, likeness, representation, effigy; appearance; pattern, design; metaphor, trope; diagram, drawing; price; symbol, type, emblem; digit, number, numeral, character; aspect, delineation, condition, illustration.
Ant.Misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement.
Figure,v.Adorn, variegate, diversify; represent, signify, typify, symbolize; imagine, image, conceive, picture, represent; calculate, compute, cipher; appear, act, perform; show off, cut a dash.
Ant.Disfigure, harm, destroy; miscalculate, mistake.
File.Rasp, smooth, finish; place on file; polish; perfect, refine, improve.
Ant.Roughen, jag, acuminate, denticulate, barb, notch, cusp.
Fill.Make full, fill up; pervade, occupy; dilate, expand, stretch, distend; store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock; satisfy, content, sate, satiate, cloy, pall; occupy, hold, fulfil, perform; become full, be filled; gorge, appoint, glut; stuff; rise; swell, grow, increase.
Ant.Exhaust, drain, dissatisfy, deprive, stint, vacate; misappoint; subside, ebb, evaporate, shrink, diminish.
Filter.Strain, ooze, percolate, exude, transude; refine, distil, leak; purify, cleanse, depurate, defecate, clarify.
Ant.Muddle, disturb, befoul, thicken.
Filthy.Dirty, nasty, foul, defiled, unclean, squalid; impure, corrupt, gross; dingy, unsanitary, unwholesome.
Ant.Pure, sweet, healthy, clean, sanitary, wholesome.
Final.Latest, last, eventual, ultimate; decisive, conclusive, definitive; terminal; definite, developed.
Ant.Initiative, open, progressive, continuous, incipient, current, unconcluded, inchoate, inaugural, nascent, rudimental.
Find.Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet; obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to; observe, remark, perceive, notice, discover; detect, catch; supply, furnish, provide, contribute; determine judicially, declare by verdict; confront, ascertain, experience, invent.
Ant.Withdraw; miss, lose, elude, withhold, overlook, miscontrive.
Fine,n.Forfeit, penalty, forfeiture, mulct, amercement.
Fine,a.Minute, small, comminuted, little; slender, capillary, delicate; thin, tenuous, subtile, attenuated; light, keen, sharp; exquisite, nice, refined; excellent, superior, very good; brilliant, accomplished; beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant; clear, pure, unadulterated; gay, showy, garish, flashy, filmy, artistic, choice, finished, high, grand, noble, generous, honorable, pretentious, pretty, ostentatious; presumptuous, casuistical.
Ant.Rough, mean, petty, unfinished; illiberal, unimposing, paltry; modest, unaffected, affable; plain-spoken, categorical; unanalytical, unreflective; coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick, blunt, big, clumsy.
Finery.Gewgaws, trinkets, ornaments, trimmings, tawdriness, decorations, trappings, bedizenment, tinsel, trash, dressiness.
Ant.Ornament, dress, decoration, adornment; chasteness, sobriety, simplicity.
Finical.Fastidious, dainty, overparticular, squeamish, overnice, affected, elegant; dandyish, foppish, spruce.
Ant.Effective, unaffected, practical, energetic, real, genuine, natural; outspoken, blunt, coarse, rude.
Finish,v.Accomplish, execute, complete, perform, achieve, do, get done; perfect, polish, elaborate; end, terminate, close, conclude, put an end to; shape.
Ant.Start, commence, begin; fail, undertake; miscontrive, botch, mar, mismanage.
Finished.Perfect, artistic, refined, high.
Ant.Inartistic, incomplete, poor, rude, coarse, unfinished.
Finite.Bounded, limited, conditioned, contracted, restricted, terminated.
Ant.Infinite, unlimited, unbounded.
Fire.Blaze, burning, conflagration, flame, combustion; discharge; heat, ardor, fervor, violence, force, passion, impetuosity, fervency, intensity, animation, vigor, spirit, enthusiasm; light, luster, radiance, splendor; vivacity, inspiration, imagination; torture, affliction, trouble, bitter trial, persecution.
First.Foremost, leading; chief, highest, principal, capital; elementary, primary, rudimentary; earliest; primitive, primeval, pristine; in the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and foremost; original, onmost.
Ant.Subsequent, secondary, subordinate, subservient, lowest, unimportant, last, hindmost.
Fit,a.Competent, fitted, qualified; suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, befitting, proper, good, decent, convenient, fitting, decorous, adapted, congruous, peculiar, particular, prepared, adequate,calculated, ripe, right, contrived, expedient.
Ant.Awkward, misfitting, ungainly, ill-suited, inappropriate, unseemly, unprepared, unsuitable, inadequate, miscalculated, miscontrived, improper, unfit, inexpedient.
Fitful.Variable, irregular, impulsive, spasmodic, unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd; eventful, checkered; restless, inconstant, mutable, desultory, unequal.
Ant.Regular, equable, orderly, systematic, calculable.
Fix.Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm; attach, tie, connect; determine, define, appoint, limit, settle; rivet, direct steadily, adjust; solidify, consolidate; link, locate, root, secure; decide.
Ant.Displace, unsettle, remove, disarrange, uproot, transplant, transfer, weaken, shake, disestablish, reverse, disturb, change, unfix.
Flaccid.Limber, lax, drooping, flabby, soft, limp, yielding, relaxed, inelastic, pendulous.
Ant.Firm, braced, plump, muscular, chubby, brawny, vigorous, strong, powerful.
Flag,n.Flagstone; streamer, banner, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign, gonfalon.
Flag,v.Hang loose, droop; languish, faint, decline, pine, sink, succumb, grow weak, become dejected; pall, grow stale, lose interest, weary, tire; give in.
Ant.Freshen, flourish; persevere, hold, brace up, struggle, persist, battle, recruit, recover.
Flagitious.Atrocious, heinous, flagrant, scandalous, villainous, corrupt, abandoned, profligate; enormous, monstrous, disgraceful, nefarious, aggravated.
Ant.Creditable, honorable, noble, meritorious, justifiable, distinguished, extenuated, excusable, pardonable.
Flaring.Flaming, glaring, conspicuous, bright, gaudy, overcolored, flaunting, flashy, ostentatious, showy, tawdry.
Ant.Subdued, toned, harmonized, dull, dim, dingy, neutral, dowdy, colorless.
Flat,a.Level, horizontal; even, plane, smooth; low, prostrate, laid low; dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting; pointless; vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, jejune; peremptory, absolute, positive; downright, mawkish.
Ant.Animated, exciting, interesting, thrilling, sensational, emotional, melodramatic.
Flaunt.Wave ostentatiously, insolently, brazenly, or boldly; display, vaunt, flourish, toss, disport, boast; flout, flounce, flutter, parade, figure.
Ant.Conceal, suppress, retire, skulk, recede, hide, shrivel, collapse, furl.
Flavor.Taste, savor, relish, zest, smack, gusto; aroma, essence, subtle quality, spirit, soul; odor.
Ant.Insipidity, tastelessness, inodorousness, mawkishness, scentlessness, flatness.
Flexible.Pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, crooked; affable, tractable, compliant, docile, gentle; elastic; easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding.
Ant.Tough, rigid, inelastic, hard, inflexible, inexorable.
Flicker.Quiver, flutter, falter, waver, glimmer, bicker, shimmer, scintillate.
Ant.Stream, blase, beam, shine, gleam.
Flight.Flying, soaring, volitation, mounting, fleeing, departure; flock; volley, shower; escape, evasion, disappearance; stampede, hegira, exodus.
Ant.Recurrence, return, reappearance; repose, perching, alighting.
Flimsy.Gauzy, poor, transparent, thin; trifling, trivial, inane, puerile; weak, shallow, superficial, slight, unsubstantial; feeble, frivolous, foolish, light, trashy.
Ant.Solid, sound, irrefragable, cogent, substantial.
Flinch.Wince, swerve, recoil, blench, shrink, draw back.
Ant.Dare, face, bare, meet, endure, challenge, defy.
Fling.Throw, cast, toss, hurl, dart, pitch, chuck; prostrate, overthrow, throw down; wince, flounce; jeer, sneer, gibe, scoff, flaunt, taunt; emit, ejaculate.
Ant.Snatch, grasp, hold, keep, retain, arrest, catch.
Flippant.Fluent, voluble, glib, talkative, nimble of speech; impertinent, pert, malapert, forward, bold; superficial, saucy, thoughtless.
Ant.Servile, considerate, obsequious, flattering, deferential; accurate; complimentary, respectful.
Float.Waft, swim, be buoyed up; bear up, buoy up; spread, prevail.
Ant.Sink, drown, die, vanish, founder.
Flock,n.Brood, bevy, herd, lot, group, pack, swarm, set, hatch, drove, covey, litter; collection, company, congregation.
Flock,v.Herd, congregate, assemble, throng, crowd, troop.
Ant.Disperse, scatter, separate, segregate, distribute, rout.
Flood,n.Deluge, abundance, inundation, overflow, freshet; downrush, multitude.
Ant.Drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence.
Florid.Flowery; flushed, rubicund; ornate, rhetorical, figurative, embellished; overwrought, sanguine, meretricious.
Ant.Pallid, exsanguine; bloodless, anemic, unadorned, bare, sober, nude, chaste.
Flounder.Struggle, toss, wallow, tumble, flounce; roll, blunder, bungle.
Ant.Emerge, course, career, speed, rise, skim, flourish.
Flourish.Thrive, grow; prosper, succeed, be successful; vapor, boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, show off; attain one’s prime, be in vigor; brandish, wave; speed, triumph.
Ant.Fail, decline, fade, arrest, founder, miscarry; sheath, ground.
Flow.Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along; melt, liquefy, be molten; issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result; glide, wave, undulate, float, waver, abound, be full, flood, deluge, overflow; career, progress, course.
Ant.Halt, stick, stop, hesitate, fail, stickle, stint, beat, recoil, ebb, regurgitate; stagnate.
Flower,n.Blossom, bloom; best part; prime, vigor; figure, expression; perfection, acme, ornament, pride, gem, cream.
Ant.Deformity, disappointment, blot, abortion; blight; scum; dregs.
Flowing.Running; fluent, copious, smooth; abundant, exuberant, easy, eloquent.
Ant.Dry, dribbling, meager, strained, labored, difficult, unready, forced.
Fluctuate.Veer, waver, swerve, vacillate, vary, undulate, oscillate, hesitate.
Ant.Abide, adhere, persist, stand fast, stay, stick, hold fast.
Fluctuation.Oscillation, undulation, unsteadiness, variation, change, shifting, rise and fall, inconstancy, hesitation, wavering, vacillation.
Ant.Steadiness, firmness, steadfastness, constancy, stability, fixedness, stolidity; persistence, perseverance, pertinacity, obstinacy, tenacity.
Fluency.Smoothness, flowing quality, liquidness; copiousness, affluence, command of language, readiness of speech.
Ant.Solidity, density, compactness, hardness; difficulty, slowness; paucity.
Flurry,v.Excite, agitate, disconcert, confuse, disturb, perturb, hurry, ruffle, worry, fluster.
Ant.Soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize.
Flutter.Hover, flap, flirt; palpitate, tremble; flaunt; fluctuate, waver, oscillate, vacillate, be inconstant, be unsteady; flit, quiver, flicker.
Ant.Perch, roost, nestle, settle, subside, collapse, rest, repose, pause, sink, lull.
Flux.Flow, flowing; mutation, change, shifting, transition; fusion, melting; solvent; motion, progression, substitution, transmutation.
Ant.Stagnation, stillness, identity, invariableness, immutability, arrestation, crystallization.
Focus.Center; standpoint; convergence, rendezvous, nucleus.
Ant.Circle, dispersion, divergence, dissipation.
Foggy.Misty, hazy; confused, dazed, bewildered, muddy, muddled; absent, stupid, obscure.
Ant.Alert, alive, awake; lucid, clear, bright; shrewd, sharp.
Foible.Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, imperfection, infirmity, fault, weak point; peccadillo.
Ant.Crime, atrocity, sin, enormity.
Foil,n.Contrast, background, set off; rapier; enhancement, setting; elucidation.
Ant.Eclipse, outshining, extinction, overshadowing.
Foist.Impose, thrust; falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass.
Ant.Expose, detect, verify, authenticate.
Fold,v.Double, enfold, enwrap, envelop, wrap, embrace, enclose.
Ant.Unfold, expose, disengage.
Follow.Attend, accompany, result, pursue, succeed, chase, go after, come after, copy, ensue, heed, imitate, observe, obey, practice; shadow.
Ant.Avoid, elude, precede, quit, disobey, cause, produce, shun, abandon.
Follower.Pursuer; attendant, retainer, supporter, dependant, companion, associate; adherent, disciple, pupil, partisan; imitator, copier.
Ant.Leader, teacher, rival, antagonist, opponent.
Folly.Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness; absurdity, extravagance, infatuation, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion; slip, lapse, misstep; madness, misconduct, silliness, weakness.
Ant.Wisdom, sanity, sense, prudence, judgment, sobriety.
Foment.Bathe; excite, instigate, stimulate, brew, encourage, promote, abet, stir up; fan, cherish, propagate.
Ant.Allay, extinguish, extirpate, quench, discourage.
Fond.Foolish, silly, weak, absurd, empty, vain, senseless, baseless; doting, affectionate, loving, attached, enamored, devoted.
Ant.Averse, unloving, unaffectionate, strong-minded, rational, austere, sensible, well-grounded, undemonstrative.
Fondle.Caress, coddle, blandish, pet; dandle; spoil, indulge.
Ant.Worry, annoy, tease, chafe, irritate, ruffle.
Fondness.Delusion, folly, silliness, weakness, absurdity; tenderness, doting; liking, preference, partiality, predilection, affection; relish, appetite.
Ant.Repulsion, aversion, dislike, antipathy; hatred, contempt; harshness, brutality, loathing.
Food.Aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, viands, sustenance, victuals, provender, regimen, pabulum, fodder, diet, forage, feed, fare; bread, meat, provisions, cheer, commons, rations, subsistence.
Fool.Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton, dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.
Ant.Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master.
Foolish.Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial, trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable, imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.
Ant.Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound, sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable.
Footing.Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank, grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.
Ant.Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness.
Foppish.Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.
Ant.Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly.
Foray.Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade, dragonnade.
Ant.Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment.
Forbear.Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist, pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.
Ant.Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance, progress; rebel, resist.
Forbidding.Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent, disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.
Ant.Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging.
Force,n.Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion, violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop,legion, battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence, pressure.
Ant.Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization, debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness.
Fore,a.Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former, foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.
Ant.Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last.
Forefather.Progenitor, ancestor, father.
Ant.Descendants, progeny.
Forefend.Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave, obviate.
Ant.Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress.
Forego.Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.
Ant.Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate.
Foreign.Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.
Ant.Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane.
Forerunner.Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier; prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.
Ant.Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment.
Foresee.Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate, foretell, forebode, divine.
Ant.Remember, recollect, recall, reflect.
Foretell.Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate, forewarn.
Ant.Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember.
Forethought.Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision, prudence.
Ant.Delay, procrastination.
Forever.Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever, endlessly, evermore, aye.
Ant.Never, at no time.
Forfeit,Forfeiture. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation, penalty; damages.
Ant.Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward, remuneration.
Forge.Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin; falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely, shape.
Ant.Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue, misshape, misfabricate; verify.
Forgery.Counterfeit; falsification, fraudulent imitation.
Ant.Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness.
Forget.Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.
Ant.Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind.
Forgetful.Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless, neglectful, mindless.
Ant.Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful.
Forgetfulness.Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.
Ant.Retentiveness, recollection, recalling.
Forgotten.Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, neglected, disregarded.
Ant.Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded.
Forlorn.Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless; wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.
Ant.Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered.
Form,n.Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut; mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind, order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality, ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance, empty show.
Form,v.Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent, compose, dispose, combine.
Ant.Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember, dissipate, disorganize, analyze.
Formal.Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set, methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious, starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete, shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.
Ant.Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy, unassuming, unceremonious.
Formalism.Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, punctilio.
Ant.Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness, unceremoniousness.
Formality.Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness, stateliness.
Ant.Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality.
Formation.Creation, production; composition, constitution; arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape, structure.
Former.Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing; quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named, first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.
Ant.Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future.
Formidable.Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible, dreadful, fearful, shocking.
Ant.Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless, despicable, weak, helpless.
Forthwith.Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay, instantaneously.
Ant.Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently.
Fortification.Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel; bulwark, fortified place.
Fortify.Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen; confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.
Ant.Weaken, dismantle; invalidate.
Fortitude.Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness, patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, stoicism.
Ant.Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness.
Fortuitous.Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental, undesigned.
Ant.Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen.
Fortunate.Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous, propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.
Ant.Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched, woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed.
Fortune.Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood; estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches, opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result, event; success.
Ant.Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause, failure.
Forward,a.Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior; ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous, confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early, premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.
Ant.Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent.
Forward,v.Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage, aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch, expedite; transmit, send on, ship.
Ant.Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate.
Foul.Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished, soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous, infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick, turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.
Ant.Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied, stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy.
Found,v.Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct, raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast, mold; endow, root.
Ant.Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish.
Foundation.Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment, settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground, substratum, underlying principle.
Ant.Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow.
Founder.Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster; author.
Ant.Subverter, destroyer.
Fountain.Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first principle.
Fraction.Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.
Ant.Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate.
Fractious.Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful, irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.
Ant.Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial.
Fragile.Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak, feeble, delicate, slight.
Ant.Tough, hardy, stout, strong.
Fragment.Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece, morsel.
Ant.Bulk, body, whole, mass.
Fragrance,Fragrancy. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense, grateful odororsmell, pleasant scent.
Fragrant.Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.
Ant.Inodorous, scentless, fetid.
Frail.Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute, erring, mutable.
Ant.Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout.
Frame,n.Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure, system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.
Frame,v.Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make, constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.
Franchise.Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.
Ant.Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability, jurisdiction.
Frank.Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted, without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.
Ant.Close, reserved; disingenuous.