frood
2 synonyms for frood, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Clever and careful, quick to spot danger.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Came into English from Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd ("wise, prudent; experienced, old"), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz ("wise, clever"), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- ("to understand"). It is cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed ("wise, knowing"), Swedish f...
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