fair

fair
fair [adj1] impartial, unprejudiced aboveboard, benevolent, blameless, candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, frank, generous, good, honest, honorable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, moderate, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, on up-and-up*, open, pious, praiseworthy, principled, proper, reasonable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, temperate, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, uncorrupted, upright, virtuous; concept 542 —Ant. biased, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable fair [adj2] light-complexioned, light-haired argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white, whitish; concepts 406,618 —Ant. dark fair [adj3] mediocre, satisfactory adequate, all right, average, common, commonplace, decent, fairish, indifferent, intermediate, mean, medium, middling, moderate, not bad*, okay, ordinary, passable, pretty good*, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, so-so*, tolerable, up to standard*, usual; concept 530 fair [adj4] beautiful attractive, beauteous, bonny, charming, chaste, comely, dainty, delicate, enchanting, exquisite, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, pure; concept 579 —Ant. repulsive, ugly  fair [adj5] bright, cloudless (weather) balmy, calm, clarion, clear, clement, dry, favorable, fine, mild, placid, pleasant, pretty, rainless, smiling, sunny, sunshiny, tranquil, unclouded, undarkened, unthreatening; concept 525 —Ant. cloudy, inclement, rainy, stormy fair [n] exposition, carnival bazaar, celebration, centennial, display, exhibit, exhibition, expo*, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle; concepts 377,386

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  • Fair — Fair, v. t. 1. To make fair or beautiful. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fairing the foul. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Shipbuilding) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel s lines. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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