“fair”

Definitions

• adjective

  free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

  Synonyms: just, christian, junoesque, ok, saturnalia, saturnian, acceptable, accommodating, adequate, admissible, advantageous, affable

  Antonyms: unfair

  • Example:“a fair referee”
  • Example:“fair deal”

• adjective

  not excessive or extreme

  Synonyms: fairish, reasonable

  • Example:“a fairish income”
  • Example:“reasonable prices”

• adjective

  very pleasing to the eye

  Synonyms: bonny, bonnie, comely, sightly

  • Example:“my bonny lass”
  • Example:“There's a bonny bay beyond.”

• adjective

  (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

  Antonyms: foul

  • Example:“He hit a fair ball over the third base bag.”

• adjective

  lacking exceptional quality or ability

  Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling

  • Example:“a novel of average merit”
  • Example:“only a fair performance of the sonata”

• adjective

  attractively feminine

  • Example:“the fair sex”