| falciform
|
(adjective) curved like a sickle |
Synonyms:
sickle-shaped,
falcate |
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| falconine
|
(adjective) relating to or resembling a falcon |
- |
|---|
| fallacious
|
(adjective) containing or based on a fallacy |
Synonyms:
unsound |
|---|
| (adjective) involving deception |
Synonyms:
deceitful,
fraudulent |
| (adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information |
- |
| fallen
|
(adjective) having dropped by the force of gravity |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) having fallen in or collapsed |
- |
| (adjective) having lost your chastity |
- |
| (adjective) killed in battle |
- |
| fallible
|
(adjective) likely to fail or make errors |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings |
Synonyms:
imperfect,
weak,
frail |
| falling
|
(adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) decreasing in amount or degree |
- |
| (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity |
Synonyms:
dropping |
| fallow
|
(adjective) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) undeveloped but potentially useful |
- |
| false
|
(adjective) not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) arising from error |
Synonyms:
mistaken |
| (adjective) erroneous and usually accidental |
- |
| (adjective) deliberately deceptive |
- |
| (adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts |
Synonyms:
delusive |
| (adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article |
Synonyms:
imitation,
simulated,
fake,
faux |
| (adjective) designed to deceive |
- |
| (adjective) inaccurate in pitch |
Synonyms:
off-key,
sour |
| (adjective) adopted in order to deceive |
Synonyms:
pretended,
put on,
sham,
assumed,
fictitious,
fictive |
| (adjective) (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful |
Synonyms:
untrue |
| falsetto
|
(adjective) artificially high; above the normal voice range |
- |
|---|
| falsifiable
|
(adjective) capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation |
Synonyms:
verifiable,
confirmable |
|---|
| faltering
|
(adjective) unsteady in speech or action |
- |
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| famed
|
(adjective) widely known and esteemed |
Synonyms:
renowned,
notable,
noted,
illustrious,
celebrated,
famous,
far-famed |
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| familial
|
(adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity |
Synonyms:
inherited,
hereditary,
genetic,
transmissible,
transmitted |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of a family |
- |
| familiar
|
(adjective) well known or easily recognized |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange |
- |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly |
Synonyms:
conversant |
| (adjective) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship |
Synonyms:
intimate |
| familiarised
|
(adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment |
Synonyms:
adjusted,
familiarized |
|---|
| familiarising
|
(adjective) serving to make familiar |
Synonyms:
familiarizing |
|---|
| familiarized
|
(adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment |
Synonyms:
adjusted,
familiarised |
|---|
| familiarizing
|
(adjective) serving to make familiar |
Synonyms:
familiarising |
|---|
| famished
|
(adjective) extremely hungry |
Synonyms:
ravenous,
esurient,
sharp-set,
starved |
|---|
| famous
|
(adjective) widely known and esteemed |
Synonyms:
renowned,
notable,
noted,
illustrious,
celebrated,
famed,
far-famed |
|---|
| fanatic
|
(adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea |
Synonyms:
rabid,
overzealous,
fanatical |
|---|
| fanatical
|
(adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea |
Synonyms:
rabid,
overzealous,
fanatic |
|---|
| fancied
|
(adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination |
Synonyms:
fabricated,
fictional,
fictitious |
|---|
| fanciful
|
(adjective) indulging in or influenced by fancy |
Synonyms:
notional |
|---|
| (adjective) not based on fact; existing only in the imagination |
Synonyms:
notional,
imaginary |
| (adjective) having a curiously intricate quality |
- |
| fancy
|
(adjective) not plain; decorative or ornamented |
- |
|---|
| fanged
|
(adjective) having fangs |
- |
|---|
| fanlike
|
(adjective) resembling a fan |
- |
|---|
| fanned
|
(adjective) especially spread in a fan shape |
Synonyms:
spread-out |
|---|
| fantabulous
|
(adjective) very good; of the highest quality |
Synonyms:
ripping,
mean,
excellent,
splendid,
first-class |
|---|
| fantastic
|
(adjective) ludicrously odd |
Synonyms:
grotesque,
antic,
fantastical |
|---|
| (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers |
Synonyms:
rattling,
howling,
marvellous,
marvelous,
phenomenal,
grand,
wonderful,
wondrous,
terrific,
tremendous |
| (adjective) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish |
Synonyms:
wild |
| (adjective) existing in fancy only |
Synonyms:
fantastical |
| (adjective) extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance |
- |
| fantastical
|
(adjective) existing in fancy only |
Synonyms:
fantastic |
|---|
| (adjective) ludicrously odd |
Synonyms:
grotesque,
antic,
fantastic |
| far
|
(adjective) located at a great distance in time or space or degree |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) being of a considerable distance or length |
- |
| (adjective) being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle |
- |
| (adjective) beyond a norm in opinion or actions |
- |
| faraway
|
(adjective) very far away in space or time |
Synonyms:
far-off |
|---|
| (adjective) far removed mentally |
- |
| farcical
|
(adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce |
Synonyms:
ridiculous,
ludicrous |
|---|
| farfetched
|
(adjective) (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable |
Synonyms:
far-fetched |
|---|
| (adjective) (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing |
Synonyms:
far-fetched |
| farinaceous
|
(adjective) resembling starch |
Synonyms:
starchlike,
amylaceous,
amyloid,
amyloidal |
|---|
| (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency |
Synonyms:
mealy,
grainy,
granular,
granulose,
gritty,
coarse-grained |
| farming
|
(adjective) relating to farming or agriculture |
Synonyms:
agrarian,
agricultural |
|---|
| farseeing
|
(adjective) capable of seeing to a great distance |
Synonyms:
keen-sighted,
eagle-eyed,
longsighted |
|---|
| (adjective) planning prudently for the future |
Synonyms:
prospicient,
farsighted,
foresighted,
foresightful,
long,
longsighted |
| farsighted
|
(adjective) able to see distant objects clearly |
Synonyms:
presbyopic |
|---|
| (adjective) planning prudently for the future |
Synonyms:
prospicient,
farseeing,
foresighted,
foresightful,
long,
longsighted |
| farther
|
(adjective) more distant in especially space or time |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) more distant in especially degree |
Synonyms:
further |
| farthermost
|
(adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order |
Synonyms:
utmost,
uttermost,
farthest,
furthermost,
furthest |
|---|
| farthest
|
(adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order |
Synonyms:
utmost,
uttermost,
farthermost,
furthermost,
furthest |
|---|
| fascinated
|
(adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell |
Synonyms:
hypnotised,
hypnotized,
mesmerised,
mesmerized,
spell-bound,
spellbound,
transfixed |
|---|
| fascinating
|
(adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention |
Synonyms:
riveting,
gripping,
engrossing,
absorbing |
|---|
| (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell |
Synonyms:
enchanting,
enthralling,
entrancing,
captivating,
bewitching |
| fascist
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism |
Synonyms:
fascistic |
|---|
| fascistic
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism |
Synonyms:
fascist |
|---|
| fashionable
|
(adjective) being or in accordance with current social fashions |
Synonyms:
stylish |
|---|
| (adjective) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress |
Synonyms:
stylish |
| (adjective) popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time |
Synonyms:
in fashion |
| fashioned
|
(adjective) planned and made or fashioned artistically |
- |
|---|
| fast
|
(adjective) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time |
- |
| (adjective) at a rapid tempo |
- |
| (adjective) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds |
- |
| (adjective) resistant to destruction or fading |
- |
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality |
Synonyms:
riotous,
debauched,
degenerate,
degraded,
dissipated,
dissolute,
profligate,
libertine |
| (adjective) hurried and brief |
Synonyms:
quick,
flying |
| (adjective) securely fixed in place |
Synonyms:
immobile,
firm |
| (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause |
Synonyms:
firm,
truehearted,
loyal |
| (adjective) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time |
- |
| fastened
|
(adjective) firmly closed or secured |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike |
Synonyms:
buttoned |
| (adjective) fastened with strings or cords |
Synonyms:
tied |
| fastidious
|
(adjective) giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures |
Synonyms:
exacting |
| fastigiate
|
(adjective) having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) |
- |
|---|
| fat
|
(adjective) having an (over)abundance of flesh |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) containing or composed of fat |
Synonyms:
fatty |
| (adjective) having a relatively large diameter |
- |
| (adjective) lucrative |
Synonyms:
juicy |
| (adjective) marked by great fruitfulness |
Synonyms:
rich,
productive,
fertile |
| fatal
|
(adjective) bringing death |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) having momentous consequences; of decisive importance |
Synonyms:
fateful |
| (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin |
Synonyms:
disastrous,
calamitous,
black,
fateful |
| (adjective) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined |
Synonyms:
fateful |
| fatalist
|
(adjective) of or relating to fatalism |
Synonyms:
fatalistic |
|---|
| fatalistic
|
(adjective) of or relating to fatalism |
Synonyms:
fatalist |
|---|
| fated
|
(adjective) (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate |
Synonyms:
doomed |
|---|
| fateful
|
(adjective) having momentous consequences; of decisive importance |
Synonyms:
fatal |
|---|
| (adjective) ominously prophetic |
Synonyms:
portentous,
foreboding |
| (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin |
Synonyms:
disastrous,
calamitous,
black,
fatal |
| (adjective) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined |
Synonyms:
fatal |
| fatheaded
|
(adjective) (used informally) stupid |
Synonyms:
duncical,
duncish,
wooden-headed,
blockheaded,
boneheaded,
thick,
thick-skulled,
thickheaded,
loggerheaded |
|---|
| fatherless
|
(adjective) having no living father |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) not having a known or legally responsible father |
- |
| fatherlike
|
(adjective) like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective |
Synonyms:
fatherly |
|---|
| fatherly
|
(adjective) like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective |
Synonyms:
fatherlike |
|---|
| fathomable
|
(adjective) (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth |
Synonyms:
plumbable,
soundable |
|---|
| (adjective) (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended |
- |
| fatigued
|
(adjective) drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted |
Synonyms:
dog-tired,
played out,
gone,
exhausted,
washed-out,
worn out,
worn-out,
spent,
fagged |
|---|
| fatless
|
(adjective) without fat or fat solids |
Synonyms:
nonfat,
fat-free |
|---|
| fattened
|
(adjective) (of market animals) made ready for market |
- |
|---|
| fattening
|
(adjective) subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter |
- |
|---|
| fattish
|
(adjective) somewhat fat |
- |
|---|
| fatty
|
(adjective) containing or composed of fat |
Synonyms:
fat |
|---|
| fatuous
|
(adjective) extremely silly or stupid |
Synonyms:
inane,
asinine |
|---|
| faucal
|
(adjective) of or relating to the fauces |
- |
|---|
| faultfinding
|
(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) tending to find and call attention to faults |
Synonyms:
captious |
| faultless
|
(adjective) without fault or error |
Synonyms:
immaculate,
impeccable,
incorrupted |
|---|
| faulty
|
(adjective) having a defect |
Synonyms:
defective |
|---|
| (adjective) characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules |
Synonyms:
incorrect,
wrong |
| faux
|
(adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article |
Synonyms:
imitation,
simulated,
fake,
false |
|---|
| faveolate
|
(adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) |
Synonyms:
honeycombed,
pitted,
cavitied,
alveolate |
|---|
| favorable
|
(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing |
Synonyms:
favourable |
|---|
| (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate |
Synonyms:
favourable |
| (adjective) giving an advantage |
Synonyms:
advantageous,
favourable |
| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome |
Synonyms:
prosperous,
golden,
favourable,
lucky |
| favored
|
(adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality |
Synonyms:
pet,
preferent,
preferred,
best-loved,
favorite,
favourite |
|---|
| favorite
|
(adjective) appealing to the general public |
Synonyms:
favourite |
|---|
| (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality |
Synonyms:
pet,
preferent,
preferred,
best-loved,
favored,
favourite |
| favourable
|
(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing |
Synonyms:
favorable |
|---|
| (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate |
Synonyms:
favorable |
| (adjective) giving an advantage |
Synonyms:
advantageous,
favorable |
| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome |
Synonyms:
prosperous,
golden,
favorable,
lucky |
| favourite
|
(adjective) appealing to the general public |
Synonyms:
favorite |
|---|
| (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality |
Synonyms:
pet,
preferent,
preferred,
best-loved,
favored,
favorite |
| fawning
|
(adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
Synonyms:
obsequious,
sycophantic,
bootlicking,
toadyish |
|---|
| (adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery |
Synonyms:
sycophantic,
bootlicking,
toadyish |
| fazed
|
(adjective) caused to show discomposure |
Synonyms:
daunted,
bothered |
|---|
| fearful
|
(adjective) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted |
Synonyms:
cowardly |
|---|
| (adjective) experiencing or showing fear |
- |
| (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror |
Synonyms:
horrendous,
horrific,
dire,
direful,
dread,
dreaded,
dreadful,
awful,
fearsome,
frightening,
terrible |
| (adjective) extremely distressing |
Synonyms:
frightful |
| (adjective) timid by nature or revealing timidity |
Synonyms:
timorous,
trepid |
| fearless
|
(adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them |
Synonyms:
unafraid |
|---|
| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
Synonyms:
unfearing,
intrepid,
hardy,
dauntless,
audacious,
brave |
| fearsome
|
(adjective) causing fear or dread or terror |
Synonyms:
horrendous,
horrific,
dire,
direful,
dread,
dreaded,
dreadful,
awful,
fearful,
frightening,
terrible |
|---|
| feasible
|
(adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are |
Synonyms:
practicable,
executable,
workable,
viable |
|---|
| featherbrained
|
(adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity |
Synonyms:
dizzy,
giddy,
empty-headed,
silly,
airheaded,
light-headed,
lightheaded |
|---|
| feathered
|
(adjective) having or covered with feathers |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes |
Synonyms:
plumy,
feathery |
| featheredged
|
(adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade |
Synonyms:
deckle-edged,
deckled |
|---|
| featherless
|
(adjective) having no feathers |
Synonyms:
unfeathered |
|---|
| featherlike
|
(adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers |
Synonyms:
feathery |
|---|
| feathery
|
(adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers |
Synonyms:
featherlike |
|---|
| (adjective) characterized by a covering of feathers |
- |
| (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes |
Synonyms:
plumy,
feathered |
| featured
|
(adjective) made a feature or highlight; given prominence |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) having facial features as specified; usually used in combination |
- |
| featureless
|
(adjective) lacking distinguishing characteristics or features |
- |
|---|
| febrile
|
(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by fever |
Synonyms:
feverish |
|---|
| fecal
|
(adjective) of or relating to feces |
Synonyms:
faecal |
|---|
| feckless
|
(adjective) not fit to assume responsibility |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual |
Synonyms:
inept |
| feculent
|
(adjective) foul with waste matter |
- |
|---|
| fecund
|
(adjective) capable of producing offspring or vegetation |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) intellectually productive |
Synonyms:
prolific,
fertile |