foaming | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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(adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foamy, frothing |
foamy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, frothy, spumy |
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(adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foaming, frothing |
focal | (adjective) of or relating to a focus | - |
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(adjective) having or localized centrally at a focus | - |
focused | (adjective) being in focus or brought into focus | Synonyms: focussed |
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(adjective) of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image | - |
(adjective) (of light rays) converging on a point | Synonyms: focussed |
focussed | (adjective) being in focus or brought into focus | Synonyms: focused |
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(adjective) (of light rays) converging on a point | Synonyms: focused |
foetal | (adjective) of or relating to a fetus | Synonyms: fetal |
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foetid | (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking |
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fogbound | (adjective) enveloped in fog | - |
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fogged | (adjective) obscured by fog | Synonyms: foggy |
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foggy | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: brumous, hazy, misty |
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(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy |
(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous |
(adjective) obscured by fog | Synonyms: fogged |
fogyish | (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy |
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foiled | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted |
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foldable | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldaway, folding |
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foldaway | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, folding |
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folding | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, foldaway |
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foliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant | - |
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(adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaged, foliose |
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliate, foliated |
foliaged | (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliose |
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foliate | (adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils | Synonyms: foliated |
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(adjective) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves | - |
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliated |
foliated | (adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils | Synonyms: foliate |
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(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliate |
foliolate | (adjective) (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets | - |
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foliose | (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliaged |
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folksy | (adjective) very informal and familiar | - |
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(adjective) belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc. | - |
follicular | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a follicle | - |
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following | (adjective) going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction | - |
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(adjective) in the desired direction | - |
(adjective) about to be mentioned or specified | Synonyms: undermentioned |
(adjective) immediately following in time or order | Synonyms: next |
fond | (adjective) absurd or silly because unlikely | - |
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(adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: partial |
(adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: adoring, doting |
(adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, lovesome, tender |
foodless | (adjective) being without food | - |
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foolhardy | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: heady, rash, reckless |
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fooling | (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | Synonyms: casual |
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foolish | (adjective) devoid of good sense or judgment | - |
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(adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
foolproof | (adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: unfailing |
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footed | (adjective) having feet | - |
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footless | (adjective) having no feet or analogous appendages | - |
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footling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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footloose | (adjective) free to go or do as one pleases | - |
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footsore | (adjective) having sore or tired feet | - |
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footsure | (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
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foppish | (adjective) affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner | Synonyms: dandified, dandyish |
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forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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forbidden | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten |
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forbidding | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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(adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, grim |
forced | (adjective) produced by or subjected to forcing | - |
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(adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: constrained, strained |
(adjective) forced or compelled | - |
(adjective) made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency | - |
forceful | (adjective) characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) | - |
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(adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: emphatic |
forceless | (adjective) lacking force; feeble | Synonyms: unforceful |
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forcible | (adjective) impelled by physical force especially against resistance | Synonyms: physical, strong-arm |
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forcipate | (adjective) shaped like a forceps; deeply forked | - |
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fordable | (adjective) shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle | - |
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fore | (adjective) situated at or toward the bow of a vessel | - |
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foreboding | (adjective) ominously prophetic | Synonyms: fateful, portentous |
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foregoing | (adjective) especially of writing or speech; going before | - |
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foregone | (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, departed, gone |
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forehand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehanded |
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forehanded | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehand |
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(adjective) having provided for the future | - |
foreign | (adjective) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: strange |
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(adjective) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) | - |
(adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: extraneous |
(adjective) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | Synonyms: alien |
foremost | (adjective) ranking above all others | Synonyms: first, world-class |
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(adjective) situated closest to the bow | - |
(adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: frontmost |
forensic | (adjective) used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law | - |
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(adjective) of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument | - |
foreordained | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: predestinate, predestined |
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foreseeable | (adjective) capable of being anticipated | - |
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foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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foresighted | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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foresightful | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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forested | (adjective) covered with forest | - |
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forethoughtful | (adjective) thoughtful of the future | - |
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forfeit | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: confiscate, forfeited |
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forfeited | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: confiscate, forfeit |
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forficate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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forged | (adjective) reproduced fraudulently | Synonyms: bad |
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forgetful | (adjective) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range | Synonyms: short, unretentive |
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(adjective) not mindful or attentive | Synonyms: mindless, unmindful |
(adjective) failing to keep in mind | Synonyms: oblivious |
forgettable | (adjective) easily forgotten | - |
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forgivable | (adjective) easily excused or forgiven | Synonyms: excusable, venial |
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forgiving | (adjective) inclined or able to forgive and show mercy | - |
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(adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: absolvitory, exonerative |
forgotten | (adjective) not noticed inadvertently | Synonyms: disregarded |
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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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