English Synonyms and Antonyms

 formidable; a charge of cavalry is terrible; the full shock of great armies is tremendous. A dangerous man is
likely to do mischief, and needs watching; a formidable man may not be dangerous if not attacked; an enraged
maniac is terrible; the force of ocean waves in a storm, and the silent pressure in the ocean depths, are
tremendous.
Antonyms:
contemptible, feeble, harmless, helpless, powerless, weak. despicable,
Prepositions:
Formidable by or in numbers; in strength; formidable to the enemy.
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FORTIFICATION.
Synonyms:
castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortress, stronghold.
Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size
and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification
may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a
city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a
garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are
captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term
for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops.
The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so
by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.
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FORTITUDE.
Synonyms:
courage, endurance, heroism, resolution.
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Fortitude (L. fortis, strong) is the strength or firmness of mind or soul to endure pain or adversity patiently
and determinedly. Fortitude has been defined as "passive courage," which is a good definition, but not
complete. Fortitude might be termed "still courage," or "enduring courage;" it is that quality which is able not
merely to endure pain or trial, but steadily to confront dangers that can not be actively opposed, or against
which one has no adequate defense; it takes courage to charge a battery, fortitude to stand still under an
enemy's fire. Resolution is of the mind; endurance is partly physical; it requires resolution to resist
temptation, endurance to resist hunger and cold. Compare BRAVE; PATIENCE.
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FORTUNATE.
Synonyms:
favored, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful. happy,
A man is successful in any case if he achieves or gains what he seeks; he is known as a successful man if he
has achieved or gained worthy objects of endeavor; he is fortunate or lucky if advantages have come to him
without or beyond his direct planning or achieving. Lucky is the more common and colloquial, fortunate the
more elegant word; fortunate is more naturally applied to the graver matters, as we speak of the fortunate,
rather than the lucky, issue of a great battle; lucky more strongly emphasizes the element of chance, as when
we speak of a lucky hit, a lucky guess, or of one as "born under a lucky star." Favored is used in a religious
sense, implying that one is the object of divine favor. Happy, in this connection, signifies possessed of the
means of happiness. One is said to be happy or prosperous whether his prosperity be the result of fortune or of
achievement; prospered rather denotes the action of a superintending Providence.
Antonyms:
broken, fallen, miserable, unhappy, woful, crushed, ill-starred, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched.
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FRAUD.
Synonyms:
artifice, deceit, duplicity, swindle, treason, cheat, deception, imposition, swindling, trick. cheating, dishonesty,
imposture, treachery,
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