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DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMOUS WORDS.
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Erect—build, raise, found, construct, elevate, establish, institute, set up, raise.

Error—blunder, mistake, fault.

Escape—elope, evade, elude, fly, avoid, pass.

Essential—important, necessary, requisite, indispensable.

Esteem—respect, regard, value, appreciate, prize, love.

Estimate—rate, compute, calculate, appraise, value, esteem, appreciate.

Eternal—perpetual, forever, endless, infinite, everlasting, immortal, continual.

Evade—escape, elude, avoid, shun, prevaricate.

Even—smooth, level, plain, uniform, equal.

Event—incident, adventure, occurrence, issue, result, consequence.

Ever—always, constantly, forever, unceasingly, continually, incessantly.

Evidence—proof, deposition, testimony, witness.

Evil—sinful, wicked, bad.

Exact—enjoin, demand, extract, extort.

Exact—sure, strict, punctual, accurate, precise.

Exalted—high, elevated, dignified, refined, raised, magnificent, sublime.

Examination—Search, investigation, scrutiny, inquiry, research.

Example—copy, precedent, pattern.

Exasperate—excite, irritate, provoke, vex, aggravate, enrage.

Exceed—improve, outdo, excel, surpass, transscend.

Excellence—goodness, superiority, purity, perfection, eminence.

Except—but, besides, unless, object.

Exchange—barter, trade, traffic.

Excite—provoke, arouse, stimulate, awaken, incite, irritate.

Excutpate—forgive, acquit, exonerate, absolve, justify.

Excuse—pretence, pretext, plea, subterfuge, apology, evasion.

Execrable—hateful, contemptible, abominable, detestable.

Exemption—freedom, privilege, immunity.

Exercise—practice, exert, carry on.

Exhaust—empty, drain, spend.

Excellency—necessity, emergency.

Exonerate—Clear, relieve, justify, acquit, absolve, forgive, exculpate.

Expectation—belief, trust, hope, confidence, anticipation.

Expedient—fit, suitable, necessary, requisite.

Expedite—hurry, hasten, quicken, accelerate.

Expeditious—speedy, quick, prompt, diligent.

Expert—exile, banish, cast out.

Expensive—dear, costly, valuable.

Experience—knowledge, trial, experiment, proof, test.

Expret—handy, ready, adroit, skillful, dexterous.

Explain—show, elucidate, unfold.

Explanation—detail, description, account, relation, explication, recital.

Explicit—clear, definite, plain, express.

Exploit—feat, accomplishment, achievement, deed, performance.

Explore—search, examine.

Extend—spread out, stretch out, enlarge, increase, distend, diffuse.

Extensive—wide, comprehensive, large.

Extenuate—palliate, lessen, diminish, excuse.

Exterior—outward, outside, external.

Exterminate—eradicate, destroy, extirpate.

External—outward, exterior.

Extol—commend, praise, laud, eulogize, admire, applaud.

F

Facetious—amusing, jocular, comic, jocose.

Fact—incident, circumstance.

Faculty—ability, gift, talent, power.

Failing—weakness, frailty, imperfection, misfortune, miscarriage, foible, fault.

Fair—clear, consistent, right, straight, impartial, honest, equitable, just.

Faith—trust, belief, fidelity, credit.

Fallacious—illusive, visionary, deceitful, delusive, fraudulent.

Falsehood—falsity, falsification, fabrication, fiction, lie, untruth.

Familiar—free, intimate, unceremonious.

Famous—celebrated, eminent, renowned, distinguished, illustrious.

Fanciful—ideal, imaginative, capricious, fantastical, whimsical, hypochondriac.

Fancy—imagination, taste, whim, caprice, inclination, liking, notion, conceit, conception, humor, ideality.

Fascinate—charm, attract, captivate, bewitch, enchant, enrapture.

Fashion—style, mode, custom, manner, way, practice, form, sort.

Fasten—fix, hold, stick, annex, attach, affix.

Fastidious—particular, disdainful, squeamish.

Fate—destiny, chance, fortune, luck, doom, lot.

Favor—civility, support, benefit, grace.

Favorable—auspicious, propitious, suitable.

Fault—failing, shortcoming, error, blemish, imperfection, offence.

Faultless—guiltless, blameless, spotless, innocent.

Fear—alarm, dread, timidity, terror, fright, trepidation, apprehension.

Fearful—dreadful, horrible, terrible, awful, afraid, timid, timorous.

Fearless—daring, brave, intrepid, undaunted, courageous.

Feasible—reasonable, plausible, practicable.

Feat—exploit, trick,achievement, act, deed.

Feeble—frail, infirm, weak.

Feeling—sensation, sympathy, generosity, sensibility.

Felicity—joy, delight, happiness, prosperity, bliss, blessedness.

Fertile—fruitful, prolific, abundant, productive.

Fervor—warmth, heat, ardor, vehemence, zeal.

Festivity—joyfulness, happiness, gayety, festival.

Fickle—unstable, changeable, variable, inconstant, capricious, impulsive.

Fiction—invention, lie, untruth, falsehood, fabrication.

Fidelity—faith, honesty, loyalty.

Firey—hot, fervent, impulsive, ardent, passionate, vehement.

Figure—shape, semblance, form, representation, statue.

Fine—delicate, nice, pretty, elegant, lovely, showy, beautiful.

Finish—couclude, end, close, terminate, complete, perfect.

Firm—ready, strong, immovable, solid, steady, sturdy, resolute, partnership.

First—highest, chief, earliest, primitive, primary, pristine, original, commencement.

Fitted—suited, competent, qualified, adapted.

Flag—droop, languish, pine, decline, faint.

Flagitious—wicked, flagrant, heinous, atrocious.

Flavor—taste, odor, fragrance.

Flaw—spot, stain, speck, crack, blemish, defect.

Fletting—transient, transitory, swift, temporary.

Fleetness—swiftness, rapidity, quickness, velocity, celerity.

Fluctuate—vary, waver, change, hesitate, vacillate.

Follower—adherent, believer, disciple, partisan, pursuer, successor.

Fondness—affection, love, attachment, tenderness.

Forsake—desert, abandon, abdicate, leave, relinquish, quit.

Foolish—simple, stupid, silly, absurd, preposterous, irrational.

Forbear—refrain, spare, abstain, pause.

Forbid—deny, prohibit, interdict, oppose.

Force—oblige, compel, restrain.

Forcible—powerful, strong, mighty, potent, cogent, irresistible.

Forbode—foretell, presage, prognosticate, augur, betoken.

Foregoing—before, former, previous, prior, preceding, antecedent, anterior.

Forego—quit, give up, resign.

Forethought—expectation, foresight, anticipation, premeditation.

Forfeiture—penalty, fine.

Forge—counterfeit, frame, invent, fabricate.

Forgive—absolve, pardon, remit, acquit, excuse.

Fororn—forsaken, lost, lonely, destitute, deserted.

Form—ceremony, observance, rite.

Formal—ceremonious, particular, methodical, exact, stiff, precise.

Fortunate—successful, lucky, prosperous.

Fortune—estate, portion, fate, success.

Forwarp—confident, eager, bold, ardent, immodest, ready, presumptuous, progressive.

Foster—keep, harbor, nourish, cherish, nurse.

Fragile—brittle, weak, frail, tender.

Frailty—weakness, unsteadiness, instability, failing, foible.

Frame—fabricate, compose, contrive, invent, form, plan, adjust.

Fratenity—brotherhood, society.

Fraud—cheat, imposition, deception, deceit, guile.

Frak—whim, caprice, humor, fancy.

Free—generous, liberal, candid, open, frank, familiar, unconstrained, unconfined, uunreserved, munificent, bounteous.

Free—deliver, liberate, clear, rescue, affranchise, enfranchise.