fore | (adjective) situated at or toward the bow of a vessel | - |
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(noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, prow, stem |
(adverb) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | Synonyms: forward |
forearm | (noun) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist | - |
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(verb) arm in advance of a confrontation | - |
forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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foreboding | (adjective) ominously prophetic | Synonyms: fateful, portentous |
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(noun) an unfavorable omen | - |
(noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, premonition, presentiment |
forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, reckon |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: calculate |
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
forecaster | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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foreclose | (verb) subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage | - |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent |
foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - |
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forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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foredate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, predate |
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foredeck | (noun) the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
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foredge | (noun) the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine | Synonyms: fore edge |
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foredoom | (verb) doom beforehand | - |
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forefather | (noun) the founder of a family | Synonyms: father, sire |
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(noun) person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | - |
forefend | (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
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forefinger | (noun) the finger next to the thumb | Synonyms: index, index finger |
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forefoot | (noun) a front foot of a quadruped | - |
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forefront | (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field | Synonyms: cutting edge, vanguard |
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(noun) the part in the front or nearest the viewer | Synonyms: head |
foregather | (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: assemble, forgather, gather, meet |
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forego | (verb) lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime | Synonyms: forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive |
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(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to | Synonyms: dispense with, foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive |
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forgo, precede, predate |
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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foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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(noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
(verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight |
foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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forehand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehanded |
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(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) | Synonyms: forehand shot, forehand stroke |
forehanded | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehand |
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(adjective) having provided for the future | - |
forehead | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: brow |
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(noun) the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits | Synonyms: frontal bone, os frontale |
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 |
foreigner | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, noncitizen, outlander |
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(noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: outsider |
foreignness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: curiousness, strangeness |
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foreknow | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, previse |
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foreknowledge | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: precognition |
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forelady | (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forewoman |
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foreland | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: head, headland, promontory |
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(noun) land forming the forward margin of something | - |
foreleg | (noun) the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
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forelimb | (noun) the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) | - |
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forelock | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: foretop |
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(noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | - |
foreman | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, gaffer, honcho |
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(noun) a man who is foreperson of a jury | - |
foremanship | (noun) the position of foreman | - |
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foremast | (noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
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foremilk | (noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition | Synonyms: colostrum |
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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 |
(adverb) prominently forward | Synonyms: first |
(adverb) before anything else | Synonyms: first, first of all, first off, firstly |
foremother | (noun) a female ancestor | - |
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forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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forenoon | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: morn, morning, morning time |
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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 | - |
forensics | (noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
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foreordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: predestine, preordain |
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(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: predestinate, predestine |
foreordained | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: predestinate, predestined |
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foreordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination |
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forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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forepaw | (noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand | - |
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foreperson | (noun) the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf | - |
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foreplay | (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: arousal, stimulation |
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forequarter | (noun) the front half of a side of meat | - |
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forerunner | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor |
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(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: precursor |
(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: antecedent |
foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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foresee | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, previse |
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(verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible | Synonyms: envision |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, forestall |
foreseeable | (adjective) capable of being anticipated | - |
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foreshadow | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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foreshock | (noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
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foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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foreshorten | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | - |
foreshow | (verb) foretell by divine inspiration | - |
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foresight | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresightedness, foresightfulness |
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(noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, prevision, prospicience |
foresighted | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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foresightedness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightfulness |
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foresightful | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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foresightfulness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightedness |
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foreskin | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: prepuce |
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(noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: prepuce |
forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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(noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
(verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: afforest |
forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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forested | (adjective) covered with forest | - |
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forester | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: arboriculturist, tree farmer |
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forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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forestry | (noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
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foreswear | (verb) turn away from; give up | Synonyms: quit, relinquish, renounce |
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(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to | Synonyms: dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish, waive |
foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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foretell | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
(verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald |
foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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(noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
forethought | (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, precaution |
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(noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: premeditation |
forethoughtful | (adjective) thoughtful of the future | - |
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foretoken | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign |
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foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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(noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
forever | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, everlastingly, evermore |
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(adverb) for a very long or seemingly endless time | Synonyms: forever and a day |
(adverb) invariably | Synonyms: always, constantly, incessantly, perpetually |
forevermore | (adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: evermore |
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forewarn | (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: previse |
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forewarning | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: premonition |
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forewing | (noun) either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings | Synonyms: fore-wing, fore wing |
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forewoman | (noun) a woman in charge of a group of workers | - |
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(noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forelady |