Synonyms

handful, smattering, sprinkle, sprinkling; also minority

Antonyms

crowd, horde, many

few·er pronoun : a smaller number of persons or things

fez noun, plural fez·zes also fez·es : a round red felt hat that has a flat top and a tassel but no brim

ff abbreviation 1 folios

2 [ORIGIN following] and the following ones

3 fortissimo

FHA abbreviation Federal Housing Administration

fey adjective 1 chiefly Scottish : fated to die; also : marked by a foreboding of death or calamity

2 : able to see into the future : VISIONARY

3 : marked by an otherworldly air or attitude

4 : CRAZY, TOUCHED

fi·an·cé noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. MF, fr. pp. of fiancer to promise, betroth, fr. OF fiancier, fr. fiance promise, trust, fr. fier to trust, ultim. fr. L fidere]

: a man engaged to be married

fi·an·cée noun : a woman engaged to be married

fi·as·co noun, plural -coes [ORIGIN: F]

: a complete failure

Synonyms

bust, catastrophe, debacle, failure, flop, washout—more at FAILURE

fi·at noun [ORIGIN: L, let it be done]

: an authoritative and often arbitrary order or decree

Synonyms

decree, directive, edict, ruling—more at EDICT

1fib noun : a trivial or childish lie

Synonyms

fabrication, falsehood, falsity, lie, story, tale, untruth

2fib verb fibbed; fib·bing : to tell a fib

Synonyms

fabricate, lie, prevaricate—more at LIE

fib·ber noun : one that tells fibs

Synonyms

liar, prevaricator—more at LIAR

fi·ber noun 1 : a threadlike substance or structure (as a muscle cell or fine root); especially : a natural (as wool or flax) or artificial (as rayon) filament capable of being spun or woven

2 : indigestible material in human food that stimulates the intestine to move its contents along

3 : an element that gives texture or substance

4 : basic toughness : STRENGTH

— fi·brous adjective

Synonyms

backbone, fortitude, grit, guts, pluck, spunk—more at FORTITUDE

fi·ber·board noun : a material made by compressing fibers (as of wood) into stiff sheets

fi·ber·fill noun : synthetic fibers used as a filling material (as for cushions)

fi·ber·glass noun : glass in fibrous form used in making various products (as insulation)

fiber optics noun 1 plural : thin transparent fibers of glass or plastic that are enclosed by a less refractive material and that transmit light by internal reflection; also : a bundle of such fibers used in an instrument

2 : the technique of the use of fiber optics

— fiber–optic adjective

fibre chiefly British variant of FIBRE

fi·bril noun : a small fiber

fi·bril·la·tion noun : rapid irregular contractions of the heart muscle fibers resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse

— fib·ril·late verb

fi·brin noun : a white insoluble fibrous protein formed in the clotting of blood

fi·broid adjective : resembling, forming, or consisting of fibrous tissue <~ tumors>

fi·bro·my·al·gia noun : any of a group of rheumatic disorders affecting soft tissues (as muscles or tendons)

fi·bro·sis noun : a condition marked by abnormal increase of fiber-containing tissue

fib·u·la noun, plural -lae or -las : the outer and usu. the smaller of the two bones between the knee and ankle

— fib·u·lar adjective

FICA abbreviation Federal Insurance Contributions Act

-fication noun combining form : making : production

fiche noun, plural fiche : MICROFICHE

fi·chu noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a woman's light triangular scarf draped over the shoulders and fastened in front

fick·le adjective : not firm or steadfast in disposition or character : INCONSTANT

— fick·le·ness noun

Synonyms

capricious, changeable, inconstant, mercurial, uncertain, unpredictable, unsteady, variable; also aimless, erratic, haphazard, irregular, random; hesitating, shilly-shallying, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; adaptable, mobile, protean, versatile

Antonyms

certain, constant, steady, unchangeable

disloyal, faithless, false, inconstant,