Plain English Thesaurus

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Searching for words starting with "f".

17 words found

Instead of This	Try This
fabricate	build; lie; make
facilitate	ease; help; lighten; make easy
factor	cause; reason
failed to	did not
fallacy	error; fault
feasible	workable; can be done; possible
fetus	unborn baby
finalize	complete; end; finish
fluctuate	rise and fall
following careful consideration	after thinking it through
for the purpose of	for; to
fortunate	happy; lucky
fracture	break
frequently	often
function	act; live
functioning	day-to-day life; daily living
fundamental	basic; real

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