Synonyms Dictionary
-n. 6. flight, aviation, volitation, Rare, volation. foal, n. colt, filly, young horse; pony, Archaic, hobby, foam, n. 1. bubbles, head, froth, spume, yeast, Brit. Inf. barm; lather, suds, soap bubbles; foaminess, frothiness, spumescence; fizz, effervescence, sparkle. -v. 2. froth, cream, spume, lather, soap, soap up, suds up. foamy, adj. 1. foamlike, frothy, spumous, spumy, spumescent, yeasty, barmy; lathery, sudsy, soapy.
2. foaming, bubbling, bubbly, fizzing, fizzy, effervescing, effervescent, sparkling, Fr. mousseux. focus, n. 1. center, central point, focal point, fo-calization, point of concentration, point of convergence; nucleus, Biol, centrosome; core, heart, marrow, kernel, navel, middle, crux.
2. hub, nave, axis, pivot, pole; headquarters, clubhouse, rendezvous, haunt, gathering or meeting place; magnet, center of attention, attractor, allurer, lure, cynosure.
-v. 3. focalize, bring into focus, clear up, line up; center, centralize, bring together, unify; converge, concenter, come together, meet, unite; concentrate, direct one's thinking to, zero in on. fodder, n. forage, ensilage, silage, provender, stock, store; feed, food, rations; roughage, grain, herbage, hay, grass, pasture, pasturage. foe, n. 1. enemy, Literary, foeman, opponent, antagonist, adversary, attacker, combatant; rival, contestant, contender, competitor.
2. ill-wisher, backbiter, slanderer, vilifier, traducer, calumniator. fog, n. 1. vapor, cloud of vapor, haze, mist, brume, smog, SI. soup, SI. pea soup; drizzle, dankness, dampness.
2. murkiness, obscurity, overcast, cloudiness, mistiness, dirty weather.
3. bewilderment, confusion, perplexity, bafflement; vagueness, haziness, indefiniteness, uncertainty; stupor, daze, haze, stupefaction; distraction, Psychiatry. disorientation, unhingement.
-v. 4. mist over, cloud up, becloud, obscure, befog, eclipse, cast a pall over; conceal, hide, screen, veil, shroud, shield, mask, cover, cloak, curtain; blanket, envelop, enwrap, close or shut in, close off.
5. bewilder, perplex, confuse, muddle, mix up, confound, puzzle, nonplus, foggy, adj. 1. hazy, misty, overcast, gray, damp, murky, lowering, brumous, SI. soupy; smoky, smog-gy, dirty; vaporous, steamy, humid; cloudy, beclouded.
2. obscure, vague, dim, indistinct, dark, dusty, shadowy; confused, dim, unclear. fogy, n. Usu. old fogy conservative, Inf. mossback, one behind the times, anachronism, Inf. fossil, one who lives in the past or the dark ages, fogram, Inf. fuddy-duddy, Inf. antique, Inf. stick-in-the-mud, SI. dodo, SI. dodo bird, foible, n. 1. weakness, frailty, infirmity, minor failing, fault, shortcoming, deficiency, weak side or point, failing; flaw, chink, blemish, defect.
2. peculiarity, quirk, idiosyncrasy, crotchet, eccentricity, whimsy, Inf. blind spot, SI. hang-up, SI. kink, SI. flake. foil1, v. frustrate, thwart, impede, hamper, balk, baffle, contravene, counter, circumvent, checkmate, cut the ground from under [s.o.], pull the rug out from under [s.o.]; override, knock down, Inf. shoot down; discomfit, daunt, Inf. faze, disconcert, rattle, hinder, cripple, Inf. trip up, SI. screw up, SI. mess up [s.o.'s] plans, SI. spoil [s.o.'s] game; defeat, vanquish, overthrow, subdue, SI. put down; repulse, set back, check, prevent, Inf clip [s.o.'s] wings; outwit, outsmart.
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