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2 : external and often feigned appearance

3 : a region of active fighting; also : a sphere of activity

4 : a political coalition

5 : the side of a building containing the main entrance

6 : the forward part or surface

7 : FRONTAGE

8 : a boundary between two dissimilar air masses

9 : a position directly before or ahead of something else

10 : a person, group, or thing used to mask the identity of the actual controlling agent

Synonyms

[2] act, airs, facade, guise, masquerade, pose, pretense, put-on, semblance, show—more at MASQUERADE

[6] facade, face; also exterior, outside, skin, surface, veneer

Antonyms

back, rear, reverse

2front verb 1 : to have the principal side adjacent to something

2 : to serve as a front

3 : CONFRONT

front·age noun 1 : a piece of land lying adjacent (as to a street or the ocean)

2 : the length of a frontage

3 : the front side of a building

front·al adjective 1 : of, relating to, or next to the forehead

2 : of, relating to, or directed at the front

— fron·tal·ly adverb

fron·tier noun 1 : a border between two countries

2 : a region that forms the margin of settled territory

3 : the outer limits of knowledge or achievement

Synonyms

[1] border, borderland, march; also no-man's-land

[2] backwoods, bush, hinterland, up-country; also country, countryside, sticks

fron·tiers·man noun : a person who lives or works on a frontier

Synonyms

colonist, homesteader, pioneer, settler; also explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer

fron·tis·piece noun : an illustration preceding and usu. facing the title page of a book

front man noun : a person serving as a front or figurehead

front·ward or front·wards adverb or adjective : toward the front

1frost noun 1 : freezing temperature

2 : a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface

frosty adjective 1 : briskly cold

2 : covered or appearing as if covered with frost

3 : marked by coolness or extreme reserve in manner

Synonyms

[1] chill, chilly, cold, cool, nippy, raw, snappy, wintry—more at COLD

[3] aloof, antisocial, cold, cool, detached, distant, remote, standoffish, unfriendly, unsociable—more at COOL

2frost verb 1 : to cover with frost

2 : to put icing on (as a cake)

3 : to produce a slightly roughened surface on (as glass)

4 : to injure or kill by frost

1frostbite verb -bit ; -bit·ten ; -bit·ing : to injure by frost or frostbite

2frostbite noun : the freezing or the local effect of a partial freezing of some part of the body

frost heave noun : an upthrust of pavement caused by freezing of moist soil

frost·ing noun 1 : ICING

2 : dull finish on metal or glass

froth noun, plural froths [ORIGIN: ME, fr. ON frotha]

1 : bubbles formed in or on a liquid

2 : something light or worthless

— frothy adjective

Synonyms

foam, head, lather, spume—more at FOAM

frou·frou noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a rustling esp. of a woman's skirts

2 : showy or frilly ornamentation

fro·ward adjective : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

Synonyms

contrary, defiant, disobedient, headstrong, intractable, rebellious, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful—more at DISOBEDIENT

1frown verb 1 : to wrinkle the forehead (as in displeasure or thought)

2 : to look with disapproval — usu. used with on in transitive senses

3 : to express with a frown

Synonyms

glare, gloom, glower, lower, scowl; also gape, gaze, ogle, stare; grimace, pout; growl, snarl, sneer

Antonyms

beam, smile

usually frown on deprecate, disapprove, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, reprove

2frown noun : a wrinkling of the brow esp. in a severe, reproving, or stern look

Synonyms

face, grimace, lower, mouth, pout, scowl—more at GRIMACE

frow·sy or frow·zy adjective frow·si·er or frow·zi·er; -est : having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance

Synonyms

dowdy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy—more at SLOPPY

froze past of FREEZE

fro·zen adjective 1 : treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing

2 : subject to long and severe