Chapter D (2)

=Equity.= Justice, right, uprightness, rectitude, fairness, impartiality, fair play, honesty, integrity.

ANT. _Injustice, corruption, dishonesty, partiality, unfairness, prejudice._

=Equivalent.= Equal, equipollent, tantamount; synonymous, interchangeable, equiponderant.

ANT. _Unequal, incommensurate, uneven, unbalanced._

=Equivocal.= Ambiguous, indefinite, enigmatical, dubious, uncertain, doubtful, questionable, perplexing, indeterminate, indistinct, suspicious.

ANT. _Evident, clear, plain, direct, manifest, obvious, indubitable, unquestionable, perspicuous, unambiguous, lucid, distinct, certain, indisputable._

=Eradicate.= Abolish, extinguish, exterminate, extirpate, uproot, destroy, annihilate, excise.

ANT. _Cherish, encourage, instil, propagate, implant, inculcate, inspire, foster._

=Erase.= Efface, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out, scratch out.

ANT. _Mark, delineate, write, inscribe, imprint, engrave._

=Erect=, _a._ Upright, standing, elevated; bold, undaunted, firm.

ANT. _Leaning, lying, supine; groveling, abject; mean, servile, cowardly._

=Erect=, _v._ Raise, uplift, place _or_ set upright, build, construct; exalt, elevate, magnify; establish, institute, form, found, plant.

ANT. _Lower, incline, slant; subvert, depress, remove, destroy, demolish; debase, degrade._

=Err.= Deviate, wander, ramble, rove; mistake, misjudge, blunder; sin, fall, lapse, trip, offend, trespass, misapprehend, stray, stumble, go astray.

ANT. _Succeed, prosper; correct, rectify._

=Errand.= Message, mandate, commission, mission, charge, delegation.

ANT. _Misannouncement, misdelivery._

=Erratic.= Wandering, nomadic, roving, rambling; planetary, moving; irregular, eccentric, abnormal; desultory, aberrant, flighty, changeful, capricious.

ANT. _Static, stationary; undeviating, steady, regular, normal; unalterable, methodical, calculable._

=Erring.= Sinful, fallible, liable to err, wandering, misguided, misled.

ANT. _Virtuous, good, upright._

=Error.= Blunder, mistake, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy; sin, fault, offense, transgression, iniquity, trespass, delinquency, misdeed, shortcoming, wrongdoing; deception, fallacy, untruth, falsity, hallucination.

ANT. _Truth, correctness, accuracy; correction, soundness, rectification; exactness, verification._

=Erudition.= Knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship, letters.

ANT. _Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism, ignorance, stupidity._

=Eruption.= Explosion, outbreak, outburst; sally, sudden excursion; discharge, eructation, exsufflation, ejection.

ANT. _Absorption, swallowing, engulfing, engrossment, irruption, inburst; consumption, devouring._

=Escape.= Avoid, shun, evade, flee from, elude; pass unobserved; abscond, fly, hide.

ANT. _Incur, encounter, meet, confront; suffer._

=Esoteric.= Private, secret, acroamatic, inner, inmost; abstruse, profound; special, advanced.

ANT. _Exoteric, public, popular; rudimentary, primary, elementary._

=Essence.= Nature, quintessence, substance, vital part, element; volatile part, extract; perfume; scent, odor; being, existence, entity, life.

ANT. _Accident; property; garb, clothing, surroundings._

=Essential.= Vital, necessary, indispensable, requisite, important; volatile, pure, diffusible, highly rectified; innate, inherent, immanent, leading.

ANT. _Accidental, induced, imported, adventitious; quantitative, qualitative; promotive, redundant, regulative, superfluous._

=Establish.= Fix, settle, make steadfast; decree, enact, ordain; institute, originate, constitute, found, plant, organize, form; place, secure, set up; confirm, sanction, ratify, approve; verify, prove, substantiate; fulfil, carry out, make good; endow; demonstrate.

ANT. _Unsettle, supplant, disestablish, break up, subvert, upset; misstate, refute, confute; guess, conjecture, presume, suppose, surmise._

=Estate.= State, condition; rank, position; property, possessions, fortune, effects; class, division, order; lands, demesne, domain, freehold.

ANT. _State, country, chattels, community, waste, goods, effects._

=Esteem=, _n._ Estimate, favor, regard, respect, estimation; admiration.

ANT. _Aversion, hatred, dislike, contempt, abhorrence, antipathy, repugnance, loathing._

=Esteem=, _v._ Estimate, hold, regard, prize, value, think, appreciate, deem, calculate, consider; price; believe, affect; revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, love, like.

ANT. _Disregard, depreciate, undervalue, dislike, misprize, underrate, decry._

=Estimable.= Appreciable, calculable, computable; worthy, excellent, good, deserving, meritorious; amiable, lovable, delectable, praiseworthy.

ANT. _Unworthy, bad, indelectable, unamiable; undeserving, unlovable._

=Eternal.= Immortal, perpetual, fadeless, perennial, unfailing, imperishable, endless, everlasting, ever-living, interminable, never-ending, never-fading, unceasing, timeless, undying, unending, unfading; infinite.

ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, fleeting, mortal, temporal, transitory, evanescent, sublunary._

=Etiquette.= Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.

ANT. _Misobservance, nonconformance, boorishness, rudeness, singularity._

=Euphonious.= Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, musical, silvery, sweet-toned, melodious, harmonious, mellow.

ANT. _Harsh, discordant, dissonant._

=Euphuism.= Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (_used of language_).

ANT. _Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity._

=Evacuate.= Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.

ANT. _Seize, occupy, hold, fill._

=Evaporate.= Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.

ANT. _Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate._

=Evasion.= Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.

ANT. _Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge._

=Even.= Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.

ANT. _Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged._

=Event.= Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.

ANT. _Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition._

=Eventful.= Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.

ANT. _Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial._

=Ever.= At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.

ANT. _Never._

=Everlasting.= Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.

ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, transitory._

=Every.= All, any, both, either, each.

ANT. _None, no one, not any one._

=Evict.= Dispossess, eject, throw out.

ANT. _Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle._

=Evidence.= Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.

ANT. _Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy._

=Evident.= Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open, conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.

ANT. _Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of._

=Evil=, _a._ Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.

ANT. _Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable._

=Evince.= Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.

ANT. _Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal._

=Evoke.= Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.

ANT. _Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal._

=Exactly.= Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.

ANT. _Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently._

=Exaggerate.= Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.

ANT. _Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify._

=Examine.= Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.

ANT. _Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate._

=Example.= Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.

ANT. _Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality._

=Excavate.= Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.

ANT. _Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level._

=Except=, _prep._ Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.

=Except=, _v._ Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.

ANT. _Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm._

=Exception.= Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.

ANT. _Rule, class; statement, proposition._

=Exceptionable.= Undesirable, objectionable.

ANT. _Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary._

=Exceptional.= Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.

ANT. _Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular._

=Excess.= Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality, redundance; increase, debauchery.

ANT. _Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety._

=Excessive.= Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.

ANT. _Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient._

=Excitability.= Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.

ANT. _Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability._

=Excommunicate.= Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.

ANT. _Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate._

=Excrescence.= Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.

ANT. _Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection._

=Excruciate.= Torture, torment, rack, agonize.

ANT. _Soothe, please, tranquilize._

=Exculpate.= Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.

ANT. _Charge, implicate, inculpate._

=Excursion.= Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.

=Excusable.= Pardonable, venial.

ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._

=Excuse=, _v._ Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.

ANT. _Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse._

=Execrable.= Detestable, cursed, loathsome, accursed, villainous, hateful, abominable, damnable, diabolical, odious, abhorrent; offensive, disgusting, nauseous, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, vile.

ANT. _Desirable, respectable, laudable, eligible._

=Execration.= Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil; detestation, abhorrence, horror, loathing, abomination; denunciation.

ANT. _Benediction, blessing._

=Execute.= Administer, perform, enforce, carry out, do.

ANT. _Fail, be lacking, disappoint._

=Exemplary.= Laudable, praiseworthy, excellent, correct, estimable, worthy, virtuous; patternlike, close, faithful, exact, scrupulous, assiduous, punctilious, rigid, punctual, rigorous; worthy of imitation, fit for a pattern.

ANT. _Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable._

=Exemplify.= Illustrate, show by example; manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.

ANT. _Belie, betray, misrepresent, falsify._

=Exempt=, _v._ Relieve, set free, release, grant immunity to, excuse, exonerate, except.

ANT. _Subject, render liable, bind, oblige; expose._

=Exempt=, _a._ Free, irresponsible, liberated, clear, absolved, privileged, unamenable.

ANT. _Liable, subject, amenable, responsible._

=Exemption.= Immunity, privilege, exception, release, freedom from liability; dispensation, license.

ANT. _Liability, amenableness, responsibility, subjection, obligation._

=Exercise=, _n._ Application, drill, employment, exertion; practice, training; occupation, use; performance, operation, act, activity, action.

ANT. _Inaction, idleness, relaxation, rest, inactivity; ease, recreation._

=Exertion.= Use, exercise; effort, endeavor, struggle, trial, attempt, stretch, strain; labor, toil.

ANT. _Relaxation, rest, recreation._

=Exhalation.= Evaporation; vapor, fume, steam, smoke, fog, reek; mist, damp, effluvium.

ANT. _Inhalation, exsiccation, absorption._

=Exhale.= Emit, breathe out, give out, evaporate; vaporize.

ANT. _Inhale, breathe in, inspire._

=Exhaust.= Drain, empty, expend, spend, waste, consume, squander, lavish, dissipate, destroy; prostrate, cripple, weaken, debilitate, enervate, disable, wear out, weary.

ANT. _Fill, replenish, augment, refresh, invigorate._

=Exhibit.= Show, display; manifest, express, disclose, indicate, make known, evince; offer, present, propose; betray; demonstrate, illustrate.

ANT. _Conceal, mask, hide, secrete, suppress._

=Exhibition.= Sight, representation, pageant, display, manifestation, show.

=Exhilarate.= Cheer, enliven, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, elate, gladden; rejoice, delight, please.

ANT. _Depress, unnerve, unhinge, dispirit._

=Exhort.= Urge, stimulate, persuade, incite, encourage; advise, counsel, enjoin.

ANT. _Dissuade, warn, deprecate, remonstrate._

=Exigency.= Demand, urgency, need, necessity, requirement, want; pressure, crisis, emergency, juncture, quandary; conjuncture, pass, pinch, strait.

ANT. _Provision, rule, supply, course, preparation._

=Exile=, _n._ Banishment, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, expatriation; separation, isolation; banished person.

ANT. _Welcome, return; remaining; cherishing, fostering, retaining._

=Exile=, _v._ Banish, expatriate, ostracize, expel, proscribe, relegate.

ANT. _Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate._

=Existence.= Being, subsistence; entity, essence, creature, thing; life, animation; continuation, duration.

ANT. _Nonentity, non-existence, chimera._

=Expand.= Open, spread out; dilate, enlarge, stretch, distend; swell, diffuse, extend, increase; develop, unfold, amplify.

ANT. _Contract, curtail, condense, restrict, attenuate._

=Expanse.= Extent, stretch, expansion; firmament, sky, canopy, vault, welkin; vast, void, space, breadth.

ANT. _Limit, enclosure, confine, bound._

=Expatiate.= Rove, range; dilate, enlarge, descant, be copious, launch out, amplify.

ANT. _Contract, summarize, condense, epitomize._

=Expect.= Await, look for; anticipate, rely upon, count upon, reckon or calculate upon, look forward to; look for, forecast, forebode, foresee.

ANT. _Welcome, greet, hail, recognize; realize._

=Expectation.= Anticipation, expectance, prospect, expectancy; reliance, confidence, assurance, presumption; trust, hope.

ANT. _Recollection, remembrance, retrospect; distrust, despair, discouragement._

=Expediency.= Fitness, propriety, suitableness, desirableness, advisability; advantage, utility, profit, usefulness; profitableness, advantageousness; interest.

ANT. _Disadvantage, detriment, inutility, inexpediency._

=Expedition.= Haste, speed, celerity, despatch, alertness, promptness, alacrity, quickness; enterprise, undertaking; march, voyage.

ANT. _Delay, tardiness, procrastination._

=Expend.= Disburse, spend, lay out; use, exert, consume, employ; waste, exhaust, spread, scatter, dissipate.

ANT. _Save, economize, husband._

=Expense.= Expenditure, outgo, cost, outlay; price, charge, payment.

ANT. _Income, gain, proceeds, return, profit, product, receipts._

=Expensive.= Dear, costly, high-priced; lavish, wasteful, extravagant; valuable, rich.

ANT. _Cheap, worthless, poor; economical._

=Experience=, _n._ Actual observation, feeling, or presentation; practice, experimental knowledge; experiment, trial, proof, test, knowledge, habit.

=Ant.= _Anticipation, expectation._

=Experience=, _v._ Feel, undergo, prove by trial, endure, suffer, be subject to; try, encounter.

ANT. _Evade, escape, lose, miss._

=Experienced.= Practiced, versed, accomplished, able, qualified, instructed, thoroughbred; familiar, skilled, accustomed, conversant.

ANT. _Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed._

=Experiment.= Trial, test, assay, examination, proof, touchstone, ordeal; observation, investigation, experimentation; illustration, exemplification.

ANT. _Hypothesis, conjecture, assumption._

=Explain.= Elucidate, expound, interpret, unfold, clear up, make plain; account for, make intelligible, give the reasons for, solve, warrant, trace to causes, justify; teach, decipher.

ANT. _Mystify, bewilder, obscure, darken, misinterpret._

=Explanation.= Elucidation, interpretation, exposition, illustration, description, explication; solution, warrant, justification, account, key; mutual understanding; sense.

ANT. _Confusion, misinterpretation, mystification, obscuration._

=Explicit.= Express, clear, plain, definite, positive, unambiguous, unreserved, categorical, determinate; detailed, declaratory, unobscure, stated.

ANT. _Ambiguous, doubtful, indefinite, uncertain, vague, implied, implicit, indeterminate; hinted, suggestive, obscure._

=Exponent.= Index, indication, example, type, representative, illustration, specimen; advocate, interpreter, propounder.

ANT. _System, creed, principle, opinion._

=Export=, _v._ Send out, carry out, send abroad, ship, produce.

ANT. _Import; consume._

=Exposed.= Unprotected, defenseless, unguarded, endangered.

ANT. _Guarded, defended, protected._

=Expostulate.= Object, dissuade, remonstrate.

ANT. _Abet, coincide, agree, confirm._

=Express=, _v._ Squeeze out; utter, declare, assert, speak; represent, indicate, show, signify, exhibit, denote, intimate; send by express.

ANT. _Suppress, repress, conceal._

=Express=, _a._ Explicit, clear, definite, plain, determinate, positive, categorical; exact, accurate, faithful, true, close, precise; special, particular; swift, rapid, fast; specific, pointed, direct.

ANT. _General; vague; leisurely; inaccurate, inexact, approximate._

=Expression.= Squeezing out; assertion, statement, utterance, declaration; phrase, mode of speech, term; general tone, pervading effect, look, cast of countenance; lively representation; modulation, feeling, execution; indication.

ANT. _Suppression, restraint, repression; face, features, lineament; falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma._

=Expunge.= Erase, efface, obliterate, cancel, blot out, delete.

ANT. _Mark, write, trace, delineate._

=Exquisite.= Nice, accurate, delicate, discriminating, exact, refined; precious, valuable, select, choice, rare, excellent; perfect, complete, matchless, consummate; keen, poignant, acute, intense; delicious.

ANT. _Common, coarse, ordinary; unrefined._

=Extemporaneous.= Improvised, unpremeditated, extempore, impromptu, extemporary, offhand.

ANT. _Prepared, studied, premeditated, read, written, elaborated; rehearsed, recited._

=Extend.= Stretch, reach; prolong, continue, lengthen, protract; expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase; diffuse; impart, give, offer, yield; amplify, avail, apply.

ANT. _Contract, restrict, curtail, limit, narrow, reduce, condense; miss, fail._

=Extent.= Expanse, amplitude, extension; volume, bulk, magnitude, size; stretch, reach, compass, length; degree, distance, quantity.

ANT. _Limitation, diminution, restriction._

=Extenuate.= Lessen, diminish, reduce; palliate, mitigate, excuse, qualify, apologize for.

ANT. _Enhance, aggravate, heighten._

=Exterior=, _a._ Outward, external, outer, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic, from without.

ANT. _Inner, internal, domestic, inward._

=Exterminate.= Eradicate, overthrow, uproot, expel, extirpate, annihilate, banish, destroy, remove, root out, wipe out.

ANT. _Augment, breed, cherish, develop, increase, populate, replenish, settle, plant, foster, propagate, colonize, build up, beget._

=Extermination.= Extirpation, annihilation, eradication, abolition, destruction, extinction, excision, elimination.

ANT. _Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase._

=External.= Outward, outer, exterior, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic; visible, apparent; manifest, palpable.

ANT. _Inner, internal, intestine, inmost, hidden, non-apparent._

=Extinction.= Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, abolition; extinguishment; stifling, death, suffocation, cessation, obsolescence.

ANT. _Inception, origination, birth, course, life, operation, action, exercise, continuance, prosperity, survival._

=Extinguish.= Quench; destroy, suppress, put down; extirpate, abolish, eradicate, kill, annihilate, put out.

ANT. _Replenish, replant, implant, cherish, propagate, promote, invigorate, establish, confirm, secure._

=Extort.= Exact, wrest, wrench, wring out, force; despoil, express, fleece, squeeze out, extract.

ANT. _Coax, cheat, wheedle, cajole._

=Extortionate.= Oppressive, exacting, severe, hard, harsh; exorbitant, close-fisted, rigorous, monstrous, preposterous.

ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, indulgent, fair, moderate, reasonable._

=Extract=, _n._ Selection, excerpt, passage, citation, quotation.

=Extract=, _v._ Draw, pull, take out; derive, select, quote, cite; determine, find; educe, elicit, gather, collect, extort.

ANT. _Insert, replace, incorporate, restore, reinsert, impose._

=Extraneous.= Foreign, extrinsic; non-pertinent, not germane, unessential, superfluous; unconnected, alien, unrelated, adventitious, ascititious.

ANT. _Intrinsic, vital, internal, connected, essential._

=Extraordinary.= Unusual, remarkable, uncommon, singular, signal, egregious, rare, extra; unwonted, peculiar, wonderful, unprecedented, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, preposterous, strange.

ANT. _Common, usual, frequent, wonted, unremarkable, unimportant, ordinary._

=Extravagance.= Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness; wildness, folly, absurdity, irregularity; prodigality, lavish expenditure, profusion, waste.

ANT. _Carefulness, economy, frugality, saving, provision, prudence, foresight._

=Extravagant.= Excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant; wild, foolish, absurd, irregular; lavish, profuse, wasteful, spendthrift, prodigal.

ANT. _Sound, sober, consistent, fair, rational, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual._

=Extreme.= Utmost, farthest, uttermost, outermost; greatest, highest; last, final, ultimate; extravagant, immoderate, excessive, unreasonable; remote, terminal, distant, most violent.

ANT. _Initial, primal, judicious, moderate._

=Extremity.= End, verge, termination, edge, border, extreme, utmost point; close, conclusion.

ANT. _Beginning, commencement, opening, center, origin, bulk, body._

=Exudation.= Ooze, drip, percolation, excretion, secretion.

ANT. _Absorption, parching, aridity._

=Exultant.= Exulting, jubilant, triumphant, elated, joyous, transported.

ANT. _Mournful, dispirited, depressed._

=Exultation.= Elation, joy, triumph, delight, transport, ecstasy.

ANT. _Mourning, depression._

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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 red _or_ pale 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, _or_ enjoy; 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 odor _or_ smell, 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._

=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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=Gabble=, _n._ Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter, gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.

ANT. _Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence._

=Gabble=, _v._ Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip, palaver.

ANT. _Drone, drawl, murmur._