FRANKS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

franks 1 of 2

noun

plural of frank

as in signatures

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franks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of frank

as in mails

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Noun

In the late 1800s and the 1900s, as the forces of conformity and anonymity bore down on urban life, Thornton said everyday people began adding flair to their own signatures, too.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Ironically, this fashion week, people across London and Paris were queuing to buy Galliano’s new Zara collaboration, to get their hands on more wearable versions of his design signatures for under £1,000.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of signatures

Noun

That was for liberals and other lily-livered, do-goody weenies—losers like you and me.

— James Wolcott, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026
The sausage rolls, known commonly as pigs in a blanket, were packaged as a dozen Parker House Rolls stuffed with cocktail weenies.

— Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of weenies

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Parton also made an effort to contribute to causes such as child literacy with her Imagination Library program, which mails a free age-appropriate book to children every month from birth to fifth grade.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The Imagination Library mails free books to children around the world.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of mails

Noun

Brats in buns were piled high with brown mustard and sauerkraut, while a sausage sampler platter (for $18) featured three types of German sausages and spaetzle.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
In a separate 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33 cm) baking dish, add the sausages and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sausages

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Christian Yelich and Max Fried signing autographs on Saturday for Altadena Little Leaguers.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Publishers sold albums of facsimile autographs, and the interest developed into the field of graphology, the practice of analyzing a person’s handwriting to purportedly discern personality traits.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of autographs

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