| freeing | (noun) the act of liberating someone or something | Synonyms: liberation, release |
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| freelance | (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person |
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| freelancer | (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, independent, self-employed person |
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| freeloader | (noun) someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
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| freemail | (noun) a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising | - |
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| freeman | (noun) a male person who is not a serf or a slave | - |
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| freemasonry | (noun) a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests | - |
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| freeperson | (noun) a person who is not a serf or a slave | - |
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| freesia | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers | - |
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| freestone | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit | - |
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| freestyle | (noun) a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use | - |
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| freestyling | (noun) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping. | - |
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| freetail | (noun) small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions | Synonyms: free-tailed bat, freetailed bat |
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| freethinker | (noun) a person who rejects religion | - |
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| freethinking | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: rationalism |
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| freeware | (noun) software that is provided without charge | - |
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| freeway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| freewheel | (noun) a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) | - |
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| freewheeler | (noun) someone acting freely or even irresponsibly | Synonyms: free agent, free spirit |
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| freewoman | (noun) a female person who is not a serf or a slave | - |
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| freeze | (noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement | Synonyms: halt |
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| (noun) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | - |
| (noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: frost |
| (noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freezing |
| freezer | (noun) electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time | Synonyms: deep-freeze, deep freezer, Deepfreeze |
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| freezing | (noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freeze |
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| freight | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freightage |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| (noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight rate, freightage |
| freightage | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freight |
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| (noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight, freight rate |
| freighter | (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: bottom, merchant ship, merchantman |
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| frenzy | (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, fury, hysteria |
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| frequence | (noun) the number of occurrences within a given time period | Synonyms: frequency, oftenness |
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| frequency | (noun) the number of observations in a given statistical category | Synonyms: absolute frequency |
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| (noun) the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations | Synonyms: relative frequency |
| (noun) the number of occurrences within a given time period | Synonyms: frequence, oftenness |
| frequentative | (noun) a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action | - |
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| frequenter | (noun) a regular customer | Synonyms: patron |
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| fresco | (noun) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster | - |
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| (noun) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster | - |
| freshener | (noun) anything that freshens | - |
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| fresher | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: freshman |
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| freshet | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: spate |
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| freshman | (noun) a first-year undergraduate | Synonyms: fresher |
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| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| freshness | (noun) originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel | Synonyms: novelty |
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| (noun) the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated | - |
| (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
| (noun) originality by virtue of being new and surprising | Synonyms: novelty |
| (noun) an alert and refreshed state | Synonyms: glow |
| freshwater | (noun) water that is not salty | Synonyms: fresh water |
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| fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch | - |
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| (noun) an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) | Synonyms: Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern |
| (noun) a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion | Synonyms: worn spot |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: lather, stew, sweat, swither |
| fretfulness | (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
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| fretsaw | (noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines | Synonyms: jigsaw, scroll saw |
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| fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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| friability | (noun) excessive breakableness | Synonyms: crumbliness |
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| friar | (noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | Synonyms: mendicant |
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| friary | (noun) a monastery of friars | - |
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| fricandeau | (noun) larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices | - |
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| fricassee | (noun) pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings | - |
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| fricative | (noun) a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract | Synonyms: fricative consonant, spirant |
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| fricativeness | (noun) (phonetics) The quality of being produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality, as the English /f/ and /s/. | - |
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| friction | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: detrition, rubbing |
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| (noun) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another | Synonyms: rubbing |
| (noun) a state of conflict between persons | Synonyms: clash |
| fridge | (noun) a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor | Synonyms: electric refrigerator |
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| friedcake | (noun) small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat | - |
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| friend | (noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | - |
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| (noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: acquaintance |
| (noun) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | Synonyms: ally |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter |
| friendlessness | (noun) being without friends | - |
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| friendliness | (noun) a friendly disposition | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company | - |
| friendly | (noun) troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces | - |
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| friendship | (noun) the state of being friends (or friendly) | Synonyms: friendly relationship |
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| frier | (noun) A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use. | Synonyms: deep fat fryer, deep fryer, fryer, fryolator |
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| (noun) flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying | Synonyms: fryer, pullet |
| fries | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries |
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| frieze | (noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap | - |
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| (noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice | - |
| frigate | (noun) a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser | - |
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| (noun) a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries | - |
| fright | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fear, fearfulness |
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| frightening | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: terrorisation, terrorization |
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| frightfulness | (noun) the quality of being frightful | - |
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| frigidity | (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidness, iciness |
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| (noun) sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse | Synonyms: frigidness |
| (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: cold, coldness, frigidness, low temperature |
| frigidness | (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, iciness |
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| (noun) sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse | Synonyms: frigidity |
| (noun) the absence of heat | Synonyms: cold, coldness, frigidity, low temperature |
| frijol | (noun) the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) | Synonyms: frijole, kidney bean |
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| frijole | (noun) Mexican bean; usually dried | - |
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| (noun) the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) | Synonyms: frijol, kidney bean |
| frijolillo | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| frijolito | (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans | Synonyms: coral bean, frijolillo, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora |
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| frill | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, furbelow, ruffle |
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| (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
| (noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: ruff |
| (noun) (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs | - |
| fringe | (noun) an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels | - |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: bang |
| (noun) a social group holding marginal or extreme views | - |
| (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center | Synonyms: outskirt |
| (noun) one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light | Synonyms: interference fringe |
| (noun) the outside boundary or surface of something | Synonyms: outer boundary, periphery |
| fringepod | (noun) annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles | Synonyms: lacepod |
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| frippery | (noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, fluff, frivolity |
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| frisk | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisking |
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| friskiness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: frolicsomeness, sportiveness |
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| frisking | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisk |
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| frisson | (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
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| fritillary | (noun) butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver | - |
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| (noun) any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers | Synonyms: checkered lily |
| frittata | (noun) Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top | - |
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| fritter | (noun) small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables | - |
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| frivolity | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| (noun) something of little value or significance | Synonyms: bagatelle, fluff, frippery |
| (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolousness |
| frivolousness | (noun) the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible | Synonyms: frivolity |
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| frizz | (noun) the condition of being formed into small tight curls | - |
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| frock | (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: dress |
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| (noun) a habit worn by clerics | - |
| (noun) a long, loose outer garment | - |
| frog | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, batrachian, salientian, toad, toad frog |
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| (noun) a decorative loop of braid or cord | - |
| (noun) a person of French descent | Synonyms: Gaul |
| frogbit | (noun) European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers | Synonyms: frog's-bit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae |
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| frogfish | (noun) fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout | - |
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| froghopper | (noun) a variety of spittlebug | - |
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| frogman | (noun) someone who works underwater | Synonyms: diver, underwater diver |
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| frogmouth | (noun) insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth | - |
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| frolic | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: caper, gambol, play, romp |
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| frolicsomeness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: friskiness, sportiveness |
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| frond | (noun) compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad | - |
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| front | (noun) the side that is seen or that goes first | - |
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| (noun) the outward appearance of a person | - |
| (noun) a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals | Synonyms: movement, social movement |
| (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: forepart, front end |
| (noun) the line along which opposing armies face each other | Synonyms: battlefront, front line |
| (noun) the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer | - |
| (noun) the immediate proximity of someone or something | Synonyms: presence |
| (noun) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | Synonyms: figurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman |
| (noun) (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses | - |
| (noun) a sphere of activity involving effort | - |
| frontage | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: facade, frontal |
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| (noun) the extent of land abutting on a street or water | - |
| (noun) the direction in which something (such as a building) faces | - |
| frontal | (noun) an adornment worn on the forehead | Synonyms: frontlet |
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| (noun) a drapery that covers the front of an altar | - |
| (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: facade, frontage |
| frontbencher | (noun) a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party | - |
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| frontier | (noun) an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development | - |
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| (noun) a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country | - |
| (noun) an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary | - |
| frontiersman | (noun) a man who lives on the frontier | Synonyms: backwoodsman, mountain man |
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