| forked | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, pronged, prongy |
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| (adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive | Synonyms: double |
| forlorn | (adjective) marked by or showing hopelessness | - |
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| formal | (adjective) being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | - |
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| (adjective) (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | - |
| (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: courtly, stately |
| (adjective) logically deductive | - |
| (adjective) represented in simplified or symbolic form | Synonyms: conventional, schematic |
| (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a person in authority | - |
| formalised | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalistic, formalized |
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| (adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalized |
| formalistic | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalized |
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| formalized | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalistic |
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| (adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalised |
| formative | (adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | Synonyms: plastic, shaping |
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| (adjective) capable of forming new cells and tissues | - |
| formed | (adjective) having or given a form or shape | - |
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| former | (adjective) referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the distant past | Synonyms: early, other |
| (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime |
| (adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: late, previous |
| formic | (adjective) of or containing or derived from formic acid | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or derived from ants | - |
| formidable | (adjective) inspiring fear | Synonyms: redoubtable, unnerving |
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| (adjective) extremely impressive in strength or excellence | - |
| formless | (adjective) having no physical form | - |
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| (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: amorphous, shapeless |
| formulaic | (adjective) characterized by or in accordance with some formula | - |
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| formulary | (adjective) of or relating to or of the nature of a formula | - |
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| formulated | (adjective) devised; developed according to an orderly plan | - |
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| forte | (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly | Synonyms: loud |
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| fortemente | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) loud and strong | - |
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| forthcoming | (adjective) available when required or as promised | - |
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| (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, coming, upcoming |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: extroverted, outgoing |
| forthright | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| fortieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of forty in counting order | Synonyms: 40th |
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| fortified | (adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications | Synonyms: bastioned |
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| (adjective) having something added to increase the strength | - |
| fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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| fortnightly | (adjective) occurring every two weeks | Synonyms: biweekly |
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| fortuitous | (adjective) occurring by happy chance | - |
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| (adjective) having no cause or apparent cause | Synonyms: causeless, uncaused |
| fortunate | (adjective) having unexpected good fortune | - |
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| (adjective) presaging good fortune | Synonyms: rosy |
| (adjective) supremely favored | Synonyms: golden |
| forty | (adjective) being ten more than thirty | Synonyms: 40, twoscore, xl |
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| forward | (adjective) at or near or directed toward the front | - |
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| (adjective) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty | - |
| (adjective) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle | - |
| (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: advancing, forward-moving |
| fossil | (adjective) characteristic of a fossil | - |
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| fossiliferous | (adjective) bearing or containing fossils | - |
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| fossilised | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilized, ossified |
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| fossilized | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilised, ossified |
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| fossorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging | - |
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| foster | (adjective) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | Synonyms: surrogate |
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| foul | (adjective) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines | - |
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| (adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter | Synonyms: filthy, nasty |
| (adjective) characterized by obscenity | Synonyms: cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes | Synonyms: dirty, marked-up |
| (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking |
| (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
| (adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc | Synonyms: afoul, fouled |
| (adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
| fouled | (adjective) made dirty or foul | Synonyms: befouled |
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| (adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc | Synonyms: afoul, foul |
| found | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching | - |
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| four | (adjective) being one more than three | Synonyms: 4, iv |
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| fourfold | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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| (adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple |
| fourhanded | (adjective) (of card games) involving or requiring four players | - |
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| fourpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 1 1/2 in or 3.8 cm long | - |
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| fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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| foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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| fourteen | (adjective) being one more than thirteen | Synonyms: 14, xiv |
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| fourteenth | (adjective) coming next after the thirteenth in position | Synonyms: 14th |
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| fourth | (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, quaternary |
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| foxy | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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| fractional | (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: partial |
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| (adjective) constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: divisional |
| fractious | (adjective) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome | - |
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| (adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory |
| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
| fragile | (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, frail |
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| (adjective) vulnerably delicate | - |
| (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin |
| fragmental | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmentary |
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| fragmentary | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmental |
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| fragmented | (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, split |
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| fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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| frail | (adjective) physically weak | - |
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| (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, fragile |
| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak |
| framed | (adjective) provided with a frame | - |
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| frangible | (adjective) capable of being broken | - |
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| frank | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) clearly manifest; evident | - |
| frantic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained |
| fraternal | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: biovular |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, brotherly |
| (adjective) of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men | - |
| fraudulent | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fallacious |
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| fraught | (adjective) filled with or attended with | Synonyms: pregnant |
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| (adjective) marked by distress | - |
| frayed | (adjective) worn away or tattered along the edges | - |
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| freakish | (adjective) characteristic of a freak | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| (adjective) changeable | Synonyms: capricious |
| freaky | (adjective) strange and somewhat frightening | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| freckled | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: lentiginose, lentiginous |
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| free | (adjective) not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint | - |
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| (adjective) not held in servitude | - |
| (adjective) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion | - |
| (adjective) not literal | Synonyms: liberal, loose |
| (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent |
| (adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: detached |
| (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous |
| (adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities | Synonyms: spare |
| (adjective) not occupied or in use | - |
| freeborn | (adjective) born free of free parents | - |
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| freehand | (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehanded |
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| freehanded | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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| (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehand |
| freehearted | (adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: benevolent |
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| freelance | (adjective) working for yourself | Synonyms: free-lance, self-employed |
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| (adjective) serving for wages in a foreign army | Synonyms: free-lance, mercenary |
| freestanding | (adjective) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything | Synonyms: separate |
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| freewheeling | (adjective) cheerfully irresponsible | Synonyms: carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy |
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| (adjective) free of restraints or rules | - |
| freewill | (adjective) done of your own accord | - |
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| frenetic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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| frenzied | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenetic, phrenetic |
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| (adjective) affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason | Synonyms: manic |
| frequent | (adjective) coming at short intervals or habitually | - |
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| (adjective) frequently encountered | - |
| fresh | (adjective) recently made, produced, or harvested | - |
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| (adjective) not canned or otherwise preserved | - |
| (adjective) not containing or composed of salt water | Synonyms: sweet |
| (adjective) not yet used or soiled | Synonyms: unused |
| (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise |
| (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: bracing, brisk, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
| (adjective) (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again | - |
| (adjective) original and of a kind not seen before | Synonyms: new, novel |
| (adjective) free from impurities | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) with restored energy | Synonyms: invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated |
| (adjective) not soured or preserved | Synonyms: sweet, unfermented |
| (adjective) having recently calved and therefore able to give milk | - |
| freshman | (adjective) used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) | Synonyms: first-year |
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| fretful | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: querulous, whiney, whiny |
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| (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, itchy, restless |
| fretted | (adjective) having frets | - |
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| (adjective) having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | Synonyms: interlaced, latticed, latticelike |
| friable | (adjective) easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder | Synonyms: crumbly |
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| fricative | (adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident |
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| frictional | (adjective) pertaining to or worked or produced by friction | - |
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| frictionless | (adjective) lacking all friction | - |
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| fried | (adjective) cooked by frying in fat | Synonyms: deep-fried |
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| friendless | (adjective) excluded from a society | Synonyms: outcast |
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| friendly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a friend | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | - |
| (adjective) easy to understand or use | - |
| (adjective) inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile | Synonyms: well-disposed, well disposed |
| frightened | (adjective) made afraid | Synonyms: scared |
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| (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified |
| frightening | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| frightful | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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| (adjective) extremely distressing | Synonyms: fearful |
| (adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, terrible, tremendous |
| frigid | (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, gelid, glacial, icy, polar |
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| (adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry |
| (adjective) sexually unresponsive | Synonyms: cold |
| frigorific | (adjective) causing cold; cooling or chilling | - |
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| frilled | (adjective) having decorative ruffles or frills | Synonyms: frilly, ruffled |
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| frilly | (adjective) having decorative ruffles or frills | Synonyms: frilled, ruffled |
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| fringed | (adjective) having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips | - |
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| (adjective) surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination | - |
| (adjective) having edges irregularly and finely slashed | Synonyms: laciniate |
| fringy | (adjective) at or constituting a border or edge | Synonyms: marginal |
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| frisky | (adjective) playful like a lively kitten | Synonyms: kittenish |
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| frivolous | (adjective) not serious in content or attitude or behavior | - |
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| frizzly | (adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls | Synonyms: crisp, frizzy, kinky, nappy |
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