Fess

/fɛs/

Synonyms for "fess" (61 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

achievement annulet armory arms azure bandeaubar sinisterbaton bearings

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (18)

bend billet blazon canton charge chevron chiefcoat of armscockatrice coronet crescent crest cross crown device difference

Noun(2 words)

concede confess

Related words (30)

eagle ermine escutcheon field filefleur-de-lisfret fur garland helmet label lion lozenge metal motto or ordinary pale quarter quartering

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rose sable scutcheon shieldspread eagletincture unicorn wreath

Noun(2 words)

fesse stripe

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries

heraldic ordinaryordinaryspeech actverbal action

More specific

6 entries

admission confessionfess embattledfess engrailedfess plainfess wavy

Collocations

12 entries

admission of guiltconfession of wrongdoingfess embattledfess engrailedfess linefess plainfess wavyguilty pleaheraldic fesspublic admissionverbal admissionwritten confession

Inflections

3 entries

fessed fesses fessing

Derivations

1 entries

fesse

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Are you ever going to fess up about cheating on your boyfriend?

Source: tatoeba (535248)

It's time to fess up.

Source: tatoeba (1548573)

Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.

Source: wiktionary

The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.