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Sounds | feh'r |
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Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception. Or conforming with established standards or rules. |
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Examples | "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" |
Synonyms | just |
Attribute of | fairness, equity |
Similar | antimonopoly, antitrust; clean, sporting, sportsmanlike; fair-minded; fair-and-square |
See also | just; impartial, fair; reasonable, sensible |
Contrary | unfair, unjust |
Adverbs | fairly; fairly |
Meaning | Showing lack of favoritism. |
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Synonyms | impartial |
Similar | disinterested; dispassionate, cold-eyed; indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed; indifferent |
See also | fair, just |
Contrary | partial, unfair |
Meaning | More than adequate in quality. |
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Examples | "fair work" |
Similar to | respectable |
Meaning | Not excessive or extreme. |
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Examples | "a fairish income" |
Synonyms | fairish, reasonable |
Similar to | moderate |
Meaning | Visually appealing. |
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Examples | "our fair city" |
Synonyms | sightly |
Similar to | beautiful |
Meaning | Very pleasing to the eye. |
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Examples | "young fair maidens" |
Synonyms | bonny, bonnie, comely |
Similar to | beautiful |
Meaning | (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines. |
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Examples | "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Similar | in-bounds |
Contrary | foul |
Meaning | Of no exceptional quality or ability. |
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Examples | "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health" |
Synonyms | average, mediocre, middling |
Similar to | ordinary |
Meaning | Attractively feminine. |
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Examples | "the fair sex" |
Similar to | feminine |
Meaning | (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. |
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Examples | "fair copy" |
Synonyms | clean |
Similar to | legible |
Meaning | Free of clouds or rain. |
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Examples | "today will be fair and warm" |
Similar to | clear |
Meaning | (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored. |
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Examples | "a fair complexion"; |
Synonyms | fairish |
Similar to | blond, blonde, light-haired |
Meaning | A traveling show. Having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. |
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Synonyms | carnival, funfair |
Parts | midway |
Broader | show |
Meaning | Gathering of producers to promote business. |
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Examples | "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" |
Narrower | book fair, bookfair |
Broader | gathering, assemblage |
Meaning | A competitive exhibition of farm products. |
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Examples | "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair" |
Broader | exhibition, exposition, expo |
Meaning | A sale of miscellany. Often for charity. |
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Synonyms | bazaar |
Narrower | book fair, bookfair; craft fair |
Broader | sale, cut-rate sale, sales event |
Meaning | In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. |
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Examples | "they played fairly" |
Synonyms | fairly, clean |
Contrary | unfairly, below the belt |
Meaning | In a fair evenhanded manner. |
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Examples | "deal fairly with one another" |
Synonyms | fairly, without favoring one party, without favouring one party, evenhandedly |
Meaning | Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | join, bring together |