Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "fret" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Greek fret fret saw fret the gizzard fretboard fretful fretless fretman fretsaw fretsome fretter fretty fretty fretwork overfret sea fret smFRET unfret

Context

architecture brewing dialectal handicraft heraldic charge mining music northumbria oenology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adjoin adorn agitation annoy architectural ornament bar beautify bother carve chafe compact compress constrict contact contract corrode damage dapple decorate devil embellish fleck furnish get at get to grace gravel irritate maculation meet nark nettle offer ornament patch press provide rag render rile rust speckle spot squeeze supply touch vex worry

Type Of (IsA)

agitation architectural ornament bar

Manner Of

annoy carve corrode decorate supply worry

Part Of

guitar

Related Terms

fretum refret transfretation transfrete

Related Terms

accumulate agitate agitation alcohol angry animal anxious beer chafe commotion complaint consume conversion create decorate depress devour disturb disturbance eat away expression fermentation ferrule fretsaw fretum fretwork gnaw guitar herpes impatience indicate inland interlace interweave irritate irritation locality mascle metal miner ore ornamental passage peevish refret riverbank saltire sea secondary fermentation squander string instrument tetter through transfretation transfrete variegate vein violent wear away wine wood

Synonym Network

chafe choke eat into erode fuss rub worn spot

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.