Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [497]
: an imaginary being of folklore and romance usu. having diminutive human form and magic powers
— fairy adjective
Synonyms
brownie, elf, fay, gnome, leprechaun, pixie, puck
fairy·land noun 1 : the land of fairies
2 : a beautiful or charming place
fairy tale noun 1 : a children's story usu. about mythical beings (as fairies)
2 : an implausible, incredible, or lying story : a statement designed to delude or mislead : FIB
Synonyms
fabrication, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, story, untruth
fait ac·com·pli noun, plural faits accomplis [ORIGIN: F, accomplished fact]
: a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible
faith noun, plural faiths [ORIGIN: ME feith, fr. OF feid, foi, fr. L fides]
1 : allegiance to duty or a person : LOYALTY
2 : belief and trust in God
3 : complete trust
4 : a system of religious beliefs
— faith·ful·ly adverb
Synonyms
[1] allegiance, constancy, dedication, devotion, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness—more at FIDELITY
[2] devotion, piety, religion
Antonyms
atheism, godlessness
[3] confidence, credence, stock, trust—more at TRUST
[4] creed, cult, persuasion, religion—more at RELIGION
faith·ful adjective 1 : true and constant in affection or allegiance
2 : conforming to the facts or to an original
Synonyms
[1] constant, devoted, loyal, pious, staunch, steadfast, steady, true, true-blue
Antonyms
disloyal, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous
[2] accurate, authentic, exact, precise, right, strict, true, veracious
Antonyms
false, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact
faith·ful·ness noun : the quality or state of being faithful
Synonyms
allegiance, constancy, dedication, devotion, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness—more at FIDELITY
faith·less adjective 1 : false to promises or agreements : DISLOYAL
2 : not to be relied on
— faith·less·ly adverb
Synonyms
disloyal, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue
Antonyms
constant, devoted, loyal, staunch, steadfast, steady, true
faith·less·ness noun : the quality or condition of being faithless
Synonyms
betrayal, disloyalty, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason
fa·ji·ta noun : a marinated strip usu. of beef or chicken grilled or broiled and served usu. with a flour tortilla and savory fillings
1fake adjective : one that is not what it purports to be : SHAM
Synonyms
bogus, counterfeit, false, inauthentic, phony, sham, spurious—more at COUNTERFEIT
artificial, bogus, false, imitation, mock, sham, substitute, synthetic—more at IMITATION
2fake noun 1 a : someone or something that is not genuine
b : one that assumes false identity or title for the purpose of deception
2 : a simulated move in sports (as a pretended pass)
Synonyms
[1a] counterfeit, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony, sham
[1b] charlatan, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, phony, pretender, quack
3fake verb faked; fak·ing 1 : to treat so as to falsify
2 : to counterfeit or make a counterfeit of in order to deceive
3 : to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by making a fake
— fak·er noun
Synonyms
affect, assume, counterfeit, feign, pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate—more at FEIGN
fa·kir noun [ORIGIN: Ar faqīr, lit., poor man]
1 : a Muslim mendicant : DERVISH
2 : a wandering Hindu ascetic
fal·con noun 1 : a hawk trained for use in falconry
2 : any of various swift long-winged long-tailed hawks having a notched beak and usu. inhabiting open areas
fal·con·ry noun 1 : the art of training hawks to hunt in cooperation with a person
2 : the sport of hunting with hawks
— fal·con·er noun
1fall verb fell ; fall·en ; fall·ing 1 : to descend freely by the force of gravity
2 : to hang freely
3 : to come or go as if by falling 4 : to become uttered 5 : to lower or become lowered : DROP 6 : to leave