| fairly | (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fair |
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| (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fair |
| fairness | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: equity |
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| (noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, paleness |
| (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness |
| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, candour, fair-mindedness |
| fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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| (noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
| (noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
| fairy | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fay, sprite |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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| (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| faith | (noun) loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person | - |
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| (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: religion, religious belief |
| (noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: trust |
| (noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: organized religion, religion |
| faithful | (adjective) steadfast in affection or allegiance | - |
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| (adjective) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: close |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, fold |
| (noun) any loyal and steadfast following | - |
| faithfully | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, reliably |
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| faithfulness | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: fidelity |
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| faithless | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| faithlessly | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
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| faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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| fake | (adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article | Synonyms: false, faux, imitation, simulated |
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| (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bastard, bogus, phoney, phony |
| (noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | Synonyms: juke |
| (noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | Synonyms: postiche, sham |
| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
| (verb) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, talk through one's hat |
| (verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: counterfeit, forge |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle |
| fakeer | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakir, faqir, faquir |
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| faker | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
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| fakery | (noun) the act of faking (or the product of faking) | - |
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| fakir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, faqir, faquir |
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| falafel | (noun) small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds | Synonyms: felafel |
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| falanga | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | Synonyms: bastinado |
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| falangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: phalangist |
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| falcate | (adjective) curved like a sickle | Synonyms: falciform, sickle-shaped |
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| falchion | (noun) a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point | - |
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| falciform | (adjective) curved like a sickle | Synonyms: falcate, sickle-shaped |
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| falcon | (noun) diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight | - |
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| (verb) hunt with falcons | - |
| falconer | (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: hawker |
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| falconine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a falcon | - |
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| falconry | (noun) the art of training falcons to hunt and return | - |
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| falderol | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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| fall | (noun) a sudden drop from an upright position | Synonyms: spill, tumble |
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| (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, surrender |
| (noun) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity | - |
| (noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: dip, drop, free fall |
| (noun) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | Synonyms: drop |
| (noun) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | Synonyms: downfall |
| (noun) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | Synonyms: pin |
| (noun) a movement downward | - |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope |
| (noun) the season when the leaves fall from the trees | Synonyms: autumn |
| (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
| (verb) occur at a specified time or place | - |
| (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen |
| (verb) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind | - |
| (verb) be born, used chiefly of lambs | - |
| (verb) come out; issue | - |
| (verb) assume a disappointed or sad expression | - |
| (verb) begin vigorously | - |
| (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: descend, settle |
| (verb) be cast down | - |
| (verb) go as if by falling | - |
| (verb) fall or flow in a certain way | Synonyms: flow, hang |
| (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, descend, go down |
| (verb) move in a specified direction | - |
| (verb) descend in free fall under the influence of gravity | - |
| (verb) slope downward | - |
| (verb) drop oneself to a lower or less erect position | - |
| (verb) lose an upright position suddenly | Synonyms: fall down |
| (verb) to be given by assignment or distribution | - |
| (verb) be captured | - |
| (verb) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | Synonyms: light |
| (verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: accrue |
| (verb) to be given by right or inheritance | - |
| (verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, pass, return |
| (verb) lose office or power | - |
| (verb) yield to temptation or sin | - |
| (verb) suffer defeat, failure, or ruin | - |
| (verb) lose one's chastity | - |
| (verb) die, as in battle or in a hunt | - |
| (verb) be due | - |
| (verb) come under, be classified or included | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: shine, strike |
| (verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, precipitate |
| fallacious | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent |
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| (adjective) based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information | - |
| (adjective) containing or based on a fallacy | Synonyms: unsound |
| fallaciousness | (noun) result of a fallacy or error in reasoning | - |
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| fallacy | (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | Synonyms: false belief |
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| fallal | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| fallback | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: disengagement, pullout |
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| fallboard | (noun) the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played | Synonyms: fall-board |
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| fallen | (adjective) killed in battle | - |
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| (adjective) having fallen in or collapsed | - |
| (adjective) having dropped by the force of gravity | - |
| (adjective) having lost your chastity | - |
| faller | (noun) a person who falls | - |
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| (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman |
| fallibility | (noun) the likelihood of making errors | - |
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| fallible | (adjective) likely to fail or make errors | - |
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| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: frail, imperfect, weak |
| falling | (adjective) becoming lower or less in degree or value | - |
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| (adjective) decreasing in amount or degree | - |
| (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: dropping |
| falloff | (noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality | Synonyms: drop-off, falling off, slack, slump |
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| fallout | (noun) any adverse and unwanted secondary effect | Synonyms: side effect |
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| (noun) the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion | Synonyms: radioactive dust |
| fallow | (adjective) undeveloped but potentially useful | - |
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| (adjective) left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season | - |
| (noun) cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons | - |
| falls | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: waterfall |
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| (noun) the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) | - |
| false | (adjective) not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality | - |
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| (adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article | Synonyms: fake, faux, imitation, simulated |
| (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham |
| (adjective) designed to deceive | - |
| (adjective) (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful | Synonyms: untrue |
| (adjective) arising from error | Synonyms: mistaken |
| (adjective) inaccurate in pitch | Synonyms: off-key, sour |
| (adjective) deliberately deceptive | - |
| (adjective) erroneous and usually accidental | - |
| (adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts | Synonyms: delusive |
| (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
| falsehood | (noun) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | Synonyms: falsification |
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| (noun) a false statement | Synonyms: falsity, untruth |
| falsely | (adverb) in an incorrect manner | Synonyms: incorrectly |
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| (adverb) in an insincerely false manner | - |
| falseness | (noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | Synonyms: hollowness, insincerity |
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| (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: faithlessness, fickleness, inconstancy |
| (noun) the state of being false or untrue | Synonyms: falsity |
| falsetto | (adjective) artificially high; above the normal voice range | - |
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| (noun) a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register | - |
| falsie | (noun) padding that is worn inside a brassiere | - |
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| (noun) artificial eyelashes | - |
| falsifiable | (adjective) capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation | Synonyms: confirmable, verifiable |
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| falsification | (noun) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | Synonyms: falsehood |
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| (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsifying, refutal, refutation |
| (noun) a willful perversion of facts | Synonyms: misrepresentation |
| (noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: disproof, refutation |
| falsifier | (noun) someone who falsifies | - |
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| falsify | (verb) falsify knowingly | - |
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| (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | Synonyms: alter, interpolate |
| (verb) prove false | - |
| (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: distort, garble, warp |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle |
| falsifying | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation |
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| falsity | (noun) a false statement | Synonyms: falsehood, untruth |
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| (noun) the state of being false or untrue | Synonyms: falseness |
| falter | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: faltering, hesitation, waver |
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| (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, stammer, stutter |
| (verb) walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly | Synonyms: bumble, stumble |
| (verb) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | Synonyms: waver |
| (verb) be unsure or weak | Synonyms: waver |
| faltering | (adjective) unsteady in speech or action | - |
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| (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, hesitation, waver |
| falteringly | (adverb) in an unsteady manner | Synonyms: uncertainly, unsteadily |
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| fame | (noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: celebrity, renown |
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| (noun) favorable public reputation | - |
| famed | (adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned |
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| familial | (adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of a family | - |
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| (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted |
| familiar | (adjective) well known or easily recognized | - |
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| (adjective) within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange | - |
| (adjective) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship | Synonyms: intimate |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | Synonyms: conversant |
| (noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | Synonyms: familiar spirit |
| (noun) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | - |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, fellow |
| familiarisation | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarization |
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| familiarise | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarize |
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| familiarised | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarized |
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| familiarising | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarizing |
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| familiarity | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: impropriety, indecorum, liberty |
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| (noun) usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known | - |
| (noun) close or warm friendship | Synonyms: closeness, intimacy |
| (noun) a casual manner | Synonyms: casualness |
| (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, conversancy |
| familiarization | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarisation |
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| familiarize | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarise |
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| familiarized | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarised |
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| familiarizing | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarising |
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| familiarly | (adverb) in an intimately familiar manner | - |
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| family | (noun) primary social group; parents and children | Synonyms: family unit |
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| (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
| (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: home, house, household, menage |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera | - |
| (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: category, class |
| (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: fellowship |
| (noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, mob, syndicate |
| (noun) a person having kinship with another or others | Synonyms: kin, kinsperson |
| famine | (noun) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | - |
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| (noun) an acute insufficiency | Synonyms: dearth, shortage |
| famish | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: hunger, starve |
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| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: starve |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: starve |
| famished | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
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| famishment | (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: starvation |
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| famotidine | (noun) a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux | Synonyms: Pepcid |
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| famous | (adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned |
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| famously | (adverb) in a manner or to an extent that is well known | - |
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| (adverb) wonderfully | Synonyms: excellently, magnificently, splendidly |
| famulus | (noun) a close attendant (as to a scholar) | - |
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| fan | (noun) a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces | - |
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| (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, devotee, lover |
| (noun) an enthusiastic devotee of sports | Synonyms: rooter, sports fan |
| (verb) make (an emotion) fiercer | - |
| (verb) blow away or off with a current of air | Synonyms: winnow |
| (verb) strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) | - |
| (verb) agitate the air | - |
| fanaloka | (noun) civet of Madagascar | Synonyms: Fossa fossa |
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| fanatic | (adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | Synonyms: fanatical, overzealous, rabid |
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| (noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fiend |
| fanatical | (adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | Synonyms: fanatic, overzealous, rabid |
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| fanatically | (adverb) in a passionately fanatic manner | - |
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| fanaticism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry |
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| fanatism | (noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views | Synonyms: fanaticism, zealotry |
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| fanbase | (noun) All of the fans or devotees of something | - |
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| fanboy | (noun) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media | - |
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| fancam | (noun) footage of a celebrity taken by a fan | - |
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| fancied | (adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination | Synonyms: fabricated, fictional, fictitious |
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| fancier | (noun) a person having a strong liking for something | Synonyms: enthusiast |
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| fanciful | (adjective) indulging in or influenced by fancy | Synonyms: notional |
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| (adjective) having a curiously intricate quality | - |
| (adjective) not based on fact; existing only in the imagination | Synonyms: imaginary, notional |
| fancifully | (adverb) in a fanciful manner | Synonyms: whimsically |
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| fancify | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: beautify, embellish, prettify |
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| fancy | (adjective) not plain; decorative or ornamented | - |
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| (noun) imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination | - |
| (noun) something many people believe that is false | Synonyms: fantasy, illusion, phantasy |
| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fondness, partiality |
| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
| (verb) have a fancy or particular liking or desire for | Synonyms: go for, take to |
| fancywork | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: embroidery |
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