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2 : to make up for the sake of deception

3 : to form, make, or create by combining parts or elements : CONSTRUCT

4 : to form by art and labor

Synonyms

[1] concoct, contrive, cook, devise, invent, make up, manufacture, think—more at INVENT

[2] fib, lie, prevaricate—more at LIE

[4] fashion, form, frame, make, manufacture, produce—more at MAKE

fab·ri·ca·tion noun 1 : the invention or utterance of something calculated to deceive

2 : a product of the imagination

Synonyms

[1] falsehood, fib, lie, story, tale, untruth, whopper—more at LIE

[2] fantasy, fiction, figment, invention—more at FICTION

fab·u·lous adjective 1 : resembling a fable

2 : told in or based on fable

3 : like the contents of fables in being so marvelous, incredible, absurd, extreme, exaggerated, or approaching the impossible

4 : not real, actual, or historical

5 : outstanding or remarkable esp. in some acceptable or pleasing quality

— fab·u·lous·ly adverb

Synonyms

[2] fabled, legendary, mythical—more at MYTHICAL

[5] excellent, grand, great, sensational, splendid, superb, superior, swell, terrific, unsurpassed, wonderful—more at EXCELLENT

fac abbreviation 1 facsimile

2 faculty

fa·cade also fa·çade noun [ORIGIN: F façade, fr. It facciata, fr. faccia face]

1 : the principal face or front of a building

2 : a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect

3 : a surface or front

Synonyms

[2] act, masquerade, pose, pretense, show—more at MASQUERADE

[3] face, front—more at FRONT

1face noun 1 : the front part of the head

2 : PRESENCE

3 : facial expression : LOOK

4 : a deliberate or involuntary distortion of the countenance expressive of some feeling : GRIMACE

5 : outward appearance

6 : CONFIDENCE; also : BOLDNESS

7 : DIGNITY, PRESTIGE

8 : a front, upper, or outer surface or a surface presented to view or regarded as principal : SURFACE; especially : a front, principal, or bounding surface <~ of a cliff>

— faced adjective

Synonyms

[3] cast, countenance, expression, look, visage—more at LOOK

[4] frown, grimace, pout, scowl—more at GRIMACE

[8] exterior, outside, skin, surface, veneer—more at EXTERIOR

2face verb faced; fac·ing 1 : to confront brazenly

2 : to line near the edge esp. with a different material; also : to cover the front or surface of <~ a building with marble>

3 : to meet or bring in direct contact or confrontation

4 : to stand or sit with the face toward <~ the sun>

5 : to have the front oriented toward

6 : to have as or be a prospect <~ a grim future>

7 : to turn the face or body in a specified direction

8 : to bring directly to the attention of

— face the music

: to meet the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

Synonyms

[1] beard, brave, brazen, confront, dare, defy

[3] battle, encounter, engage, meet, take on—more at ENGAGE

[4] front, look, point

face·down adverb : with the face downward

face·less noun 1 : lacking a face

2 : lacking character or individuality

face–lift noun 1 : plastic surgery on the face and neck to remove defects (as wrinkles) typical of aging : a cosmetic surgical operation for removal of facial defects (as wrinkles) typical of aging

2 : MODERNIZATION

— face–lift verb

face–off noun 1 : a method of beginning play by dropping a ball or puck (as in hockey) between two opposing players each of whom attempts to control it

2 : the clashing of forces or ideas : CONFRONTATION

— face off verb

Synonyms

battle, combat, conflict, confrontation, contest, duel, rivalry, struggle—more at CONTEST

fac·et noun [ORIGIN: F facette, dim. of face]

1 : a small plane surface of a cut gem

2 : any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) : ASPECT, PHASE

Synonyms

[2] angle, aspect, hand, phase, side—more at ASPECT

fa·ce·tious adjective 1 : joking often inappropriately