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fiber, grit, guts, pluck, spunk; also determination, resoluteness, resolution; bravery, courage, fearlessness, intrepidity; endurance, stamina, tolerance; heart, mettle, spirit; audacity, boldness, brass, cheek, chutzpah, effrontery, hardihood, nerve, temerity

fort·night noun [ORIGIN: ME fourtenight, alter. of fourtene night fourteen nights]

: two weeks

— fort·night·ly adjective or adverb

for·tress noun : a fortified place : FORT

Synonyms

bastion, citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, hold, stronghold—more at FORT

for·tu·itous adjective 1 : happening by chance

2 : producing or resulting in good by chance : FORTUNATE

Synonyms

[1] accidental, casual, chance, fluky, unplanned

[2] fortunate, happy, lucky, providential—more at FORTUNATE

for·tu·ity noun, plural -ities 1 : the quality or state of being fortuitous

2 : a chance event or occurrence

for·tu·nate adjective 1 : bringing some good thing not foreseen

2 : receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good

Synonyms

fluky, fortuitous, happy, lucky, providential

Antonyms

luckless, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

for·tu·nate·ly adverb 1 : in a fortunate manner

2 : it is fortunate that

for·tune noun 1 : prosperity attained partly through luck; also : CHANCE, LUCK

2 : what happens to a person : good or bad luck

3 : a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency : FATE, DESTINY

4 : abundance of valuable material possessions or resources : RICHES, WEALTH

Synonyms

[3] circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion—more at FATE

[4] assets, capital, means, opulence, riches, substance, wealth, wherewithal—more at WEALTH

fortune hunter noun : a person who seeks wealth esp. by marriage

for·tune–tell·er noun : a person who professes to foretell future events

— for·tune–tell·ing noun or adjective

Synonyms

augur, diviner, forecaster, futurist, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer—more at PROPHET

for·ty noun, plural forties : four times 10

— for·ti·eth adjective or noun

— forty adjective or pronoun

for·ty–five noun 1 : a .45 caliber handgun — usu. written .45

2 : a phonograph record designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute

for·ty–nin·er noun : a person in the rush to California for gold in 1849

forty winks noun singular or plural : a short sleep

Synonyms

catnap, doze, drowse, nap, siesta, snooze, wink—more at NAP

fo·rum noun, plural forums also fo·ra [ORIGIN: L]

1 : the marketplace or central meeting place of an ancient Roman city

2 : a medium (as a publication) of open discussion

3 : COURT

4 : a public assembly, lecture, or program involving audience or panel discussion

Synonyms

colloquy, conference, council, panel, parley, powwow, seminar, symposium

1forward adjective 1 : being near or at or belonging to the front

2 : EAGER, READY

3 : lacking modesty or reserve : BOLD

4 : notably advanced or developed : PRECOCIOUS

5 : moving, tending, or leading toward a position in front

6 : EXTREME, RADICAL

7 : of, relating to, or getting ready for the future

— for·ward·ness noun

Synonyms

bold, familiar, free, immodest, presumptuous—more at PRESUMPTUOUS

2forward adverb : to or toward what is ahead or in front

Synonyms

ahead, along, forth, on, onward—more at ALONG

3forward verb 1 : to help onward : ADVANCE

2 : to send forward : TRANSMIT

3 : to send or ship onward

Synonyms

advance, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote—more at FOSTER

4forward noun : a player who plays at the front of a team's offensive formation near the opponent's goal

for·ward·er noun : one that forwards; especially : an agent who forwards goods

for·wards adverb : FORWARD

forwent past of FORGO

1fossil adjective [ORIGIN: L fossilis obtained by digging, fr. fodere to dig]

1 : preserved from a past geologic age <~ plants>

2 : of or relating to fossil fuels

2fossil noun 1 : a trace or impression or the remains of a plant or animal of a past geologic age preserved in the earth's crust