ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES - F
1.
fabricate v. To invent fancifully or
falsely.
2.
fabulous adj. Incredible.
3.
facet n. One of the small triangular
plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
4.
facetious adj. Amusing.
5.
facial adj. Pertaining to the face.
6.
facile adj. Not difficult to do.
7.
facilitate v. To make more easy.
8.
facility n. Ease.
9.
facsimile n. An exact copy or
reproduction.
10. faction
n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
11. factious
adj. Turbulent.
12. fallacious
adj. Illogical.
13. fallacy
n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
14. fallible
adj. Capable of erring.
15. fallow
n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
16. famish
v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
17. fanatic
n. A religious zealot.
18. fancier
n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
19. fanciless
adj. Unimaginative.
20. fastidious
adj. Hard to please.
21. fathom
n. A measure of length, 6 feet.
22. fatuous
adj. Idiotic
23. faulty
adj. Imperfect.
24. faun
n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human,
with goats feet.
25. fawn
n. A young deer.
26. fealty
n. Loyalty.
27. feasible
adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
28. federate
v. To league together.
29. feint
n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
30. felicitate
v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
31. felicity
n. A state of well-founded happiness.
32. felon
n. A criminal or depraved person.
33. felonious
adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose.
34. felony
n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or
imprisonment.
35. feminine
adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind.
36. fernery
n. A place in which ferns are grown.
37. ferocious
adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
38. ferocity
n. Savageness.
39. fervent
adj. Ardent in feeling.
40. fervid
adj. Intense.
41. fervor
n. Ardor or intensity of feeling.
42. festal
adj. Joyous.
43. festive
adj. Merry.
44. fete
n. A festival or feast.
45. fetus
n. The young in the womb or in the egg.
46. feudal
adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
47. feudalism
n. The feudal system.
48. fez
n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a
black tassel.
49. fiasco
n. A complete or humiliating failure.
50. fickle
adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
51. fictitious
adj. Created or formed by the imagination.
52. fidelity
n. Loyalty.
53. fiducial
adj. Indicative of faith or trust.
54. fief
n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
55. filibuster
n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
56. finale
n. Concluding performance.
57. finality
n. The state or quality of being final or complete.
58. finally
adv. At last.
59. financial
adj. Monetary.
60. financier
n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
61. finery
n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
62. finesse
n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
63. finite
adj. Limited.
64. fiscal
adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
65. fishmonger
n. One who sells fish.
66. fissure
n. A crack or crack-like depression.
67. fitful
adj. Spasmodic.
68. fixture
n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
69. flag-officer
n. The captain of a flag-ship.
70. flagrant
adj. Openly scandalous.
71. flamboyant
adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
72. flatulence
n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
73. flection
n. The act of bending.
74. fledgling
n. A young bird.
75. flexible
adj. Pliable.
76. flimsy
adj. Thin and weak.
77. flippant
adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
78. floe
n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
79. flora
n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
80. floral
adj. Pertaining to flowers.
81. florid
adj. Flushed with red.
82. florist
n. A dealer in flowers.
83. fluctuate
v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to
another.
84. fluctuation
n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to
another.
85. flue
n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
86. fluent
adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
87. fluential
adj. Pertaining to streams.
88. flux
n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
89. foggy
adj. Obscure.
90. foible
n. A personal weakness or failing.
91. foist
v. To palm off.
92. foliage
n. Any growth of leaves.
93. folio
n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
94. folk-lore
n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
95. fondle
v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.
96. foolery
n. Folly.
97. foot-note
n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
98. foppery
n. Dandyism.
99. foppish
adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of
manners.
100.
forbearance n. Patient endurance or
toleration of offenses.
101.
forby adv. Besides.
102.
forcible adj. Violent.
103.
forecourt n. A court opening directly
from the street.
104.
forejudge v. To judge of before
hearing evidence.
105.
forepeak n. The extreme forward part
of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
106.
foreshore n. That part of a shore
uncovered at low tide.
107.
forebode v. To be an omen or warning
sign of, especially of evil.
108.
forecast v. To predict.
109.
forecastle n. That part of the upper
deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
110.
foreclose v. To bar by judicial
proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
111.
forefather n. An ancestor.
112.
forego v. To deny oneself the pleasure
or profit of.
113.
foreground n. That part of a landscape
or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
114.
forehead n. The upper part of the
face, between the eyes and the hair.
115.
foreign adj. Belonging to, situated
in, or derived from another country.
116.
foreigner n. A citizen of a foreign
country.
117.
foreknowledge n. Prescience.
118.
foreman n. The head man.
119.
foreordain v. To predetermine.
120.
foreordination n. Predestination.
121.
forerun v. To go before as introducing
or ushering in.
122.
foresail n. A square sail.
123.
foresee v. To discern beforehand.
124.
foresight n. Provision against harm or
need.
125.
foretell v. To predict.
126.
forethought n. Premeditation.
127.
forfeit v. To lose possession of
through failure to fulfill some obligation.
128.
forfend v. To ward off.
129.
forgery n. Counterfeiting.
130.
forgo v. To deny oneself.
131.
formation n. Relative disposition of
parts.
132.
formidable adj. Difficult to
accomplish.
133.
formula n. Fixed rule or set form.
134.
forswear v. To renounce upon oath.
135.
forte n. A strong point.
136.
forth adv. Into notice or view.
137.
forthright adv. With directness.
138.
fortify v. To provide with defensive
works.
139.
fortitude n. Patient courage.
140.
foursome adj. Consisting of four.
141.
fracture n. A break.
142.
fragile adj. Easily broken.
143.
frailty n. Liability to be broken or
destroyed.
144.
fragile adj. Capable of being broken.
145.
frankincense n. A gum or resin which
on burning yields aromatic fumes.
146.
frantic adj. Frenzied.
147.
fraternal adj. Brotherly.
148.
fraudulence n. Deceitfulness.
149.
fraudulent adj. Counterfeit.
150.
fray v. To fret at the edge so as to
loosen or break the threads.
151.
freemason n. A member of an ancient
secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
152.
freethinker n. One who rejects
authority or inspiration in religion.
153.
free trade n. Commerce unrestricted by
tariff or customs.
154.
frequency n. The comparative number of
any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
155.
fresco n. The art of painting on a
surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
156.
freshness n. The state, quality, or
degree of being fresh.
157.
fretful adj. Disposed to peevishness.
158.
frightful adj. Apt to induce terror or
alarm.
159.
frigid adj. Lacking warmth.
160.
frigidarium n. A room kept at a low
temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
161.
frivolity n. A trifling act, thought,
saying, or practice.
162.
frivolous adj. Trivial.
163.
frizz v. To give a crinkled, fluffy
appearance to.
164.
frizzle v. To cause to crinkle or
curl, as the hair.
165.
frolicsome adj. Prankish.
166.
frontier n. The part of a nation's
territory that abuts upon another country.
167.
frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance.
168.
frugal adj. Economical.
169.
fruition n. Fulfillment.
170.
fugacious adj. Fleeting.
171.
fulcrum n. The support on or against
which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
172.
fulminate v. To cause to explode.
173.
fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of
praise or commendation.
174.
fumigate v. To subject to the action
of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
175.
functionary n. An official.
176.
fundamental adj. Basal.
177.
fungible adj. That may be measured,
counted, or weighed.
178.
fungous adj. Spongy.
179.
fungus n. A plant destitute of
chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
180.
furbish v. To restore brightness or
beauty to.
181.
furlong n. A measure, one-eighth of a
mile.
182.
furlough n. A temporary absence of a
soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
183.
furrier n. A dealer in or maker of fur
goods.
184.
further adj. More distant or advanced.
185.
furtherance n. Advancement.
186.
furtive adj. Stealthy or sly, like the
actions of a thief.
187.
fuse v. To unite or blend as by
melting together.
188.
fusible adj. Capable of being melted
by heat.
189.
futile adj. Of no avail or effect.
190.
futurist n. A person of expectant
temperament.
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