atrocious, cruel, felon; perfidious, traitorous, disloyal, base.
ANT. _Legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; legitimate, legalized;
permissible, allowable; just, proper._
=Feminine.= Female, womanish, womanly, effeminate; delicate, tender,
modest, soft.
ANT. _Robust, manly; indelicate, unfeminine; rough, rude; masculine._
=Fen.= Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.
=Fence=, _v._ Enclose, guard, fortify, defend, circumscribe, protect;
elude, parry, stave.
ANT. _Open, disenclose; receive, catch, suffer._
=Ferment=, _n._ Yeast, leaven, fermentation; agitation, commotion,
tumult; fever, heat, glow.
=Ferment=, _v._ Set in fermentation; excite, agitate, heat; seethe,
concoct, brew; warm, chafe; effervesce, rankle, fester.
ANT. _Damp, cool; dissipate; subside, evaporate, disperse; heal._
=Fertile.= Prolific, fecund, breeding, bearing; fruitful, productive,
rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming; causative, conducive;
pregnant; fraught, ingenious, inventive.
ANT. _Poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive,
fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative._
=Festive.= Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festival.
ANT. _Solitary, deserted, ascetic, gloomy._
=Fetid.= Stinking, offensive, rank, rancid, malodorous, mephitic,
noisome, foul, strong-smelling, corrupt.
ANT. _Inodorous, fresh, perfumed, scented, balmy._
=Fetter=, _n._ Chains, bondage, custody, durance, duress, manacles,
irons, shackles, imprisonment, handcuffs, gyves, bonds.
=Fetter=, _v._ Shackle, clog, hamper, trammel; chain, bind, tie,
confine, restrain, encumber; manacle, hinder, impede.
ANT. _Free, liberate, accelerate, expedite._
=Feud.= Contest, controversy, dispute, enmity, hostility, quarrel,
strife, dissension, affray, animosity, bitterness, broil, contention,
brawl, fray; antipathy.
ANT. _Friendliness, congeniality, sympathy, clanship, pacification,
reconciliation, sociality, neighborliness._
=Fever.= Heat, flush, excitement, agitation, ferment; ardor, fervor,
broil, passion.
ANT. _Coolness, iciness, frigidity; composure, indifference._
=Few.= Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any; scant, rare,
lacking.
ANT. _Many, abundant, numerous._
=Fiber.= Strength, sinews, thews, toughness; thread, staple, pile,
filament.
ANT. _Laxity, debility, flabbiness._
=Fickle.= Wavering, unsteady, unstable, inconstant, variable,
vacillating, volatile, mercurial, fitful, changeable, irresolute,
unsettled, capricious, fanciful, unreliable, mutable; veering, restless,
shifting.
ANT. _Sober, orderly, reliable, calculable, well-regulated, uniform,
steady, trustworthy._
=Fiction.= Fable, falsehood, myth, invention, novel, romance, figment,
story, fabrication, legend, allegory, apologue; creation.
ANT. _History, fact, literalness, reality, truth, verity, certainty._
=Fictitious.= Feigned, imaginary, invented, unreal, purely ideal,
fanciful; false, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious.
ANT. _Real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable._
=Fidelity.= Faithfulness, devotedness, devotion, truth, loyalty,
true-heartedness, fealty, adherence to duty; accuracy, closeness,
exactness, truthfulness, precision, attachment, honesty, allegiance,
integrity.
ANT. _Disloyalty, treachery, untruthfulness, disaffection, inaccuracy,
infidelity, inexactness._
=Field.= Tract of land; battle-field, scene of war; surface, expanse,
range, scope; province, department, region, realm, domain; ground,
arena; room, opportunity.
ANT. _Circumscription, constraint; interdiction, exclusion, debarment._
=Fierce.= Ravenous, infuriate, barbarous, fell; vehement, turbulent,
passionate, uncurbed, untamed, raging; furious, savage, ferocious,
fiery, violent, wild, impetuous; uncultivated, untrained.
ANT. _Gentle, harmless, kind, patient, submissive, sweet, tender,
docile, affectionate, mild, peaceful, tame; calm._
=Fiery.= Hot, ardent, heated, fervid, flaming, glowing; impetuous,
vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned; irascible, choleric, excited,
enkindled, hot-blooded, irritable.
ANT. _Cold, icy, frigid, chilly; indifferent, phlegmatic, passionless,
unimpassioned, mild, tame; extinguished, quenched._
=Fight=, _n._ Combat, conflict, contest, battle, struggle, engagement,
encounter, action, affair, fray, affray, brush; broil, riot; spirit,
fighting temper; resistance, disposition to struggle, contention.
ANT. _Pacification, reconciliation._
=Figurative.= Typical, representative, emblematical; metaphorical,
tropical; flowery, florid, ornate; poetical, rhetorical, symbolical.
ANT. _Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical._
=Figure=, _n._ Form, shape, configuration, conformation, outline; image,
likeness, representation, effigy; appearance; pattern, design; metaphor,
trope; diagram, drawing; price; symbol, type, emblem; digit, number,
numeral, character; aspect, delineation, condition, illustration.
ANT. _Misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement._
=Figure=, _v._ Adorn, variegate, diversify; represent, signify, typify,
symbolize; imagine, image, conceive, picture, represent; calculate,
compute, cipher; appear, act, perform; show off, cut a dash.
ANT. _Disfigure, harm, destroy; miscalculate, mistake._
=File.= Rasp, smooth, finish; place on file; polish; perfect, refine,
improve.
ANT. _Roughen, jag, acuminate, denticulate, barb, notch, cusp._
=Fill.= Make full, fill up; pervade, occupy; dilate, expand, stretch,
distend; store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock; satisfy, content,
sate, satiate, cloy, pall; occupy, hold, fulfil, perform; become full,
be filled; gorge, appoint, glut; stuff; rise; swell, grow, increase.
ANT. _Exhaust, drain, dissatisfy, deprive, stint, vacate; misappoint;
subside, ebb, evaporate, shrink, diminish._
=Filter.= Strain, ooze, percolate, exude, transude; refine, distil,
leak; purify, cleanse, depurate, defecate, clarify.
ANT. _Muddle, disturb, befoul, thicken._
=Filthy.= Dirty, nasty, foul, defiled, unclean, squalid; impure,
corrupt, gross; dingy, unsanitary, unwholesome.
ANT. _Pure, sweet, healthy, clean, sanitary, wholesome._
=Final.= Latest, last, eventual, ultimate; decisive, conclusive,
definitive; terminal; definite, developed.
ANT. _Initiative, open, progressive, continuous, incipient, current,
unconcluded, inchoate, inaugural, nascent, rudimental._
=Find.= Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet; obtain, get, procure,
gain, arrive at, attain to; observe, remark, perceive, notice, discover;
detect, catch; supply, furnish, provide, contribute; determine
judicially, declare by verdict; confront, ascertain, experience, invent.
ANT. _Withdraw; miss, lose, elude, withhold, overlook, miscontrive._
=Fine=, _n._ Forfeit, penalty, forfeiture, mulct, amercement.
=Fine=, _a._ Minute, small, comminuted, little; slender, capillary,
delicate; thin, tenuous, subtile, attenuated; light, keen, sharp;
exquisite, nice, refined; excellent, superior, very good; brilliant,
accomplished; beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant; clear, pure,
unadulterated; gay, showy, garish, flashy, filmy, artistic, choice,
finished, high, grand, noble, generous, honorable, pretentious, pretty,
ostentatious; presumptuous, casuistical.
ANT. _Rough, mean, petty, unfinished; illiberal, unimposing, paltry;
modest, unaffected, affable; plain-spoken, categorical; unanalytical,
unreflective; coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout,
thick, blunt, big, clumsy._
=Finery.= Gewgaws, trinkets, ornaments, trimmings, tawdriness,
decorations, trappings, bedizenment, tinsel, trash, dressiness.
ANT. _Ornament, dress, decoration, adornment; chasteness, sobriety,
simplicity._
=Finical.= Fastidious, dainty, overparticular, squeamish, overnice,
affected, elegant; dandyish, foppish, spruce.
ANT. _Effective, unaffected, practical, energetic, real, genuine,
natural; outspoken, blunt, coarse, rude._
=Finish=, _v._ Accomplish, execute, complete, perform, achieve, do, get
done; perfect, polish, elaborate; end, terminate, close, conclude, put
an end to; shape.
ANT. _Start, commence, begin; fail, undertake; miscontrive, botch, mar,
mismanage._
=Finished.= Perfect, artistic, refined, high.
ANT. _Inartistic, incomplete, poor, rude, coarse, unfinished._
=Finite.= Bounded, limited, conditioned, contracted, restricted,
terminated.
ANT. _Infinite, unlimited, unbounded._
=Fire.= Blaze, burning, conflagration, flame, combustion; discharge;
heat, ardor, fervor, violence, force, passion, impetuosity, fervency,
intensity, animation, vigor, spirit, enthusiasm; light, luster,
radiance, splendor; vivacity, inspiration, imagination; torture,
affliction, trouble, bitter trial, persecution.
=First.= Foremost, leading; chief, highest, principal, capital;
elementary, primary, rudimentary; earliest; primitive, primeval,
pristine; in the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and
foremost; original, onmost.
ANT. _Subsequent, secondary, subordinate, subservient, lowest,
unimportant, last, hindmost._
=Fit=, _a._ Competent, fitted, qualified; suitable, appropriate, apt,
apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, befitting, proper, good, decent,
convenient, fitting, decorous, adapted, congruous, peculiar, particular,
prepared, adequate, calculated, ripe, right, contrived, expedient.
ANT. _Awkward, misfitting, ungainly, ill-suited, inappropriate,
unseemly, unprepared, unsuitable, inadequate, miscalculated,
miscontrived, improper, unfit, inexpedient._
=Fitful.= Variable, irregular, impulsive, spasmodic, unstable, fickle,
whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd; eventful,
checkered; restless, inconstant, mutable, desultory, unequal.
ANT. _Regular, equable, orderly, systematic, calculable._
=Fix.= Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm; attach, tie,
connect; determine, define, appoint, limit, settle; rivet, direct
steadily, adjust; solidify, consolidate; link, locate, root, secure;
decide.
ANT. _Displace, unsettle, remove, disarrange, uproot, transplant,
transfer, weaken, shake, disestablish, reverse, disturb, change, unfix._
=Flaccid.= Limber, lax, drooping, flabby, soft, limp, yielding, relaxed,
inelastic, pendulous.
ANT. _Firm, braced, plump, muscular, chubby, brawny, vigorous, strong,
powerful._
=Flag=, _n._ Flagstone; streamer, banner, colors, standard, pennon,
pennant, ensign, gonfalon.
=Flag=, _v._ Hang loose, droop; languish, faint, decline, pine, sink,
succumb, grow weak, become dejected; pall, grow stale, lose interest,
weary, tire; give in.
ANT. _Freshen, flourish; persevere, hold, brace up, struggle, persist,
battle, recruit, recover._
=Flagitious.= Atrocious, heinous, flagrant, scandalous, villainous,
corrupt, abandoned, profligate; enormous, monstrous, disgraceful,
nefarious, aggravated.
ANT. _Creditable, honorable, noble, meritorious, justifiable,
distinguished, extenuated, excusable, pardonable._
=Flaring.= Flaming, glaring, conspicuous, bright, gaudy, overcolored,
flaunting, flashy, ostentatious, showy, tawdry.
ANT. _Subdued, toned, harmonized, dull, dim, dingy, neutral, dowdy,
colorless._
=Flat=, _a._ Level, horizontal; even, plane, smooth; low, prostrate,
laid low; dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic,
uninteresting; pointless; vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead,
jejune; peremptory, absolute, positive; downright, mawkish.
ANT. _Animated, exciting, interesting, thrilling, sensational,
emotional, melodramatic._
=Flaunt.= Wave ostentatiously, insolently, brazenly, or boldly; display,
vaunt, flourish, toss, disport, boast; flout, flounce, flutter, parade,
figure.
ANT. _Conceal, suppress, retire, skulk, recede, hide, shrivel, collapse,
furl._
=Flavor.= Taste, savor, relish, zest, smack, gusto; aroma, essence,
subtle quality, spirit, soul; odor.
ANT. _Insipidity, tastelessness, inodorousness, mawkishness,
scentlessness, flatness._
=Flexible.= Pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, crooked; affable,
tractable, compliant, docile, gentle; elastic; easy, indulgent, ductile,
flexile, yielding.
ANT. _Tough, rigid, inelastic, hard, inflexible, inexorable._
=Flicker.= Quiver, flutter, falter, waver, glimmer, bicker, shimmer,
scintillate.
ANT. _Stream, blase, beam, shine, gleam._
=Flight.= Flying, soaring, volitation, mounting, fleeing, departure;
flock; volley, shower; escape, evasion, disappearance; stampede, hegira,
exodus.
ANT. _Recurrence, return, reappearance; repose, perching, alighting._
=Flimsy.= Gauzy, poor, transparent, thin; trifling, trivial, inane,
puerile; weak, shallow, superficial, slight, unsubstantial; feeble,
frivolous, foolish, light, trashy.
ANT. _Solid, sound, irrefragable, cogent, substantial._
=Flinch.= Wince, swerve, recoil, blench, shrink, draw back.
ANT. _Dare, face, bare, meet, endure, challenge, defy._
=Fling.= Throw, cast, toss, hurl, dart, pitch, chuck; prostrate,
overthrow, throw down; wince, flounce; jeer, sneer, gibe, scoff, flaunt,
taunt; emit, ejaculate.
ANT. _Snatch, grasp, hold, keep, retain, arrest, catch._
=Flippant.= Fluent, voluble, glib, talkative, nimble of speech;
impertinent, pert, malapert, forward, bold; superficial, saucy,
thoughtless.
ANT. _Servile, considerate, obsequious, flattering, deferential;
accurate; complimentary, respectful._
=Float.= Waft, swim, be buoyed up; bear up, buoy up; spread, prevail.
ANT. _Sink, drown, die, vanish, founder._
=Flock=, _n._ Brood, bevy, herd, lot, group, pack, swarm, set, hatch,
drove, covey, litter; collection, company, congregation.
=Flock=, _v._ Herd, congregate, assemble, throng, crowd, troop.
ANT. _Disperse, scatter, separate, segregate, distribute, rout._
=Flood=, _n._ Deluge, abundance, inundation, overflow, freshet;
downrush, multitude.
ANT. _Drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence._
=Florid.= Flowery; flushed, rubicund; ornate, rhetorical, figurative,
embellished; overwrought, sanguine, meretricious.
ANT. _Pallid, exsanguine; bloodless, anemic, unadorned, bare, sober,
nude, chaste._
=Flounder.= Struggle, toss, wallow, tumble, flounce; roll, blunder,
bungle.
ANT. _Emerge, course, career, speed, rise, skim, flourish._
=Flourish.= Thrive, grow; prosper, succeed, be successful; vapor, boast,
brag, vaunt, bluster, show off; attain one’s prime, be in vigor;
brandish, wave; speed, triumph.
ANT. _Fail, decline, fade, arrest, founder, miscarry; sheath, ground._
=Flow.= Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along; melt, liquefy, be
molten; issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring,
result; glide, wave, undulate, float, waver, abound, be full, flood,
deluge, overflow; career, progress, course.
ANT. _Halt, stick, stop, hesitate, fail, stickle, stint, beat, recoil,
ebb, regurgitate; stagnate._
=Flower=, _n._ Blossom, bloom; best part; prime, vigor; figure,
expression; perfection, acme, ornament, pride, gem, cream.
ANT. _Deformity, disappointment, blot, abortion; blight; scum; dregs._
=Flowing.= Running; fluent, copious, smooth; abundant, exuberant, easy,
eloquent.
ANT. _Dry, dribbling, meager, strained, labored, difficult, unready,
forced._
=Fluctuate.= Veer, waver, swerve, vacillate, vary, undulate, oscillate,
hesitate.
ANT. _Abide, adhere, persist, stand fast, stay, stick, hold fast._
=Fluctuation.= Oscillation, undulation, unsteadiness, variation, change,
shifting, rise and fall, inconstancy, hesitation, wavering, vacillation.
ANT. _Steadiness, firmness, steadfastness, constancy, stability,
fixedness, stolidity; persistence, perseverance, pertinacity, obstinacy,
tenacity._
=Fluency.= Smoothness, flowing quality, liquidness; copiousness,
affluence, command of language, readiness of speech.
ANT. _Solidity, density, compactness, hardness; difficulty, slowness;
paucity._
=Flurry=, _v._ Excite, agitate, disconcert, confuse, disturb, perturb,
hurry, ruffle, worry, fluster.
ANT. _Soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize._
=Flutter.= Hover, flap, flirt; palpitate, tremble; flaunt; fluctuate,
waver, oscillate, vacillate, be inconstant, be unsteady; flit, quiver,
flicker.
ANT. _Perch, roost, nestle, settle, subside, collapse, rest, repose,
pause, sink, lull._
=Flux.= Flow, flowing; mutation, change, shifting, transition; fusion,
melting; solvent; motion, progression, substitution, transmutation.
ANT. _Stagnation, stillness, identity, invariableness, immutability,
arrestation, crystallization._
=Focus.= Center; standpoint; convergence, rendezvous, nucleus.
ANT. _Circle, dispersion, divergence, dissipation._
=Foggy.= Misty, hazy; confused, dazed, bewildered, muddy, muddled;
absent, stupid, obscure.
ANT. _Alert, alive, awake; lucid, clear, bright; shrewd, sharp._
=Foible.= Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, imperfection, infirmity,
fault, weak point; peccadillo.
ANT. _Crime, atrocity, sin, enormity._
=Foil=, _n._ Contrast, background, set off; rapier; enhancement,
setting; elucidation.
ANT. _Eclipse, outshining, extinction, overshadowing._
=Foist.= Impose, thrust; falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass.
ANT. _Expose, detect, verify, authenticate._
=Fold=, _v._ Double, enfold, enwrap, envelop, wrap, embrace, enclose.
ANT. _Unfold, expose, disengage._
=Follow.= Attend, accompany, result, pursue, succeed, chase, go after,
come after, copy, ensue, heed, imitate, observe, obey, practice; shadow.
ANT. _Avoid, elude, precede, quit, disobey, cause, produce, shun,
abandon._
=Follower.= Pursuer; attendant, retainer, supporter, dependant,
companion, associate; adherent, disciple, pupil, partisan; imitator,
copier.
ANT. _Leader, teacher, rival, antagonist, opponent._
=Folly.= Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness,
dulness; absurdity, extravagance, infatuation, unwisdom, imprudence,
nonsense, indiscretion; slip, lapse, misstep; madness, misconduct,
silliness, weakness.
ANT. _Wisdom, sanity, sense, prudence, judgment, sobriety._
=Foment.= Bathe; excite, instigate, stimulate, brew, encourage, promote,
abet, stir up; fan, cherish, propagate.
ANT. _Allay, extinguish, extirpate, quench, discourage._
=Fond.= Foolish, silly, weak, absurd, empty, vain, senseless, baseless;
doting, affectionate, loving, attached, enamored, devoted.
ANT. _Averse, unloving, unaffectionate, strong-minded, rational,
austere, sensible, well-grounded, undemonstrative._
=Fondle.= Caress, coddle, blandish, pet; dandle; spoil, indulge.
ANT. _Worry, annoy, tease, chafe, irritate, ruffle._
=Fondness.= Delusion, folly, silliness, weakness, absurdity; tenderness,
doting; liking, preference, partiality, predilection, affection; relish,
appetite.
ANT. _Repulsion, aversion, dislike, antipathy; hatred, contempt;
harshness, brutality, loathing._
=Food.= Aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, viands, sustenance,
victuals, provender, regimen, pabulum, fodder, diet, forage, feed, fare;
bread, meat, provisions, cheer, commons, rations, subsistence.
=Fool.= Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton,
dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.
ANT. _Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master._
=Foolish.= Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational,
insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd,
ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial,
trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable,
imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.
ANT. _Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound,
sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable._
=Footing.= Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank,
grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.
ANT. _Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness._
=Foppish.= Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.
ANT. _Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly._
=Foray.= Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade,
dragonnade.
ANT. _Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment._
=Forbear.= Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist,
pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be
patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.
ANT. _Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance,
progress; rebel, resist._
=Forbidding.= Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent,
disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.
ANT. _Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging._
=Force=, _n._ Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy,
efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion,
violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop, legion,
battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence,
pressure.
ANT. _Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization,
debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness._
=Fore=, _a._ Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former,
foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.
ANT. _Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last._
=Forefather.= Progenitor, ancestor, father.
ANT. _Descendants, progeny._
=Forefend.= Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave,
obviate.
ANT. _Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress._
=Forego.= Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon,
give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.
ANT. _Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate._
=Foreign.= Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from
abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.
ANT. _Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane._
=Forerunner.= Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier;
prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.
ANT. _Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment._
=Foresee.= Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate,
foretell, forebode, divine.
ANT. _Remember, recollect, recall, reflect._
=Foretell.= Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend,
augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate,
forewarn.
ANT. _Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember._
=Forethought.= Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision,
prudence.
ANT. _Delay, procrastination._
=Forever.= Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever,
endlessly, evermore, aye.
ANT. _Never, at no time._
=Forfeit=, =Forfeiture=. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation,
penalty; damages.
ANT. _Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward,
remuneration._
=Forge.= Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin;
falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely,
shape.
ANT. _Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue,
misshape, misfabricate; verify._