fair
adjective
[ fɛː ]
• treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.
• "the group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members"
Similar:
just,
equitable,
fair-minded,
open-minded,
honest,
upright,
honourable,
trustworthy,
impartial,
unbiased,
unprejudiced,
non-partisan,
non-discriminatory,
anti-discrimination,
objective,
neutral,
even-handed,
dispassionate,
disinterested,
detached,
above board,
lawful,
legal,
legitimate,
proper,
good,
legit,
kosher,
on the level,
square,
pukka,
on the up and up,
• (of hair or complexion) light; blonde.
• "a pretty girl with long fair hair"
Similar:
blond(e),
yellow,
yellowish,
golden,
flaxen,
light,
light brown,
light-coloured,
strawberry blonde,
tow-coloured,
platinum,
ash blonde,
bleached,
bleached-blonde,
sun-bleached,
peroxide,
bottle-blonde,
fair-haired,
light-haired,
golden-haired,
flaxen-haired,
tow-headed,
pale,
white,
cream-coloured,
creamy,
peaches and cream,
light-skinned,
fair-skinned,
• considerable though not outstanding in size or amount.
• "he did a fair bit of coaching"
Similar:
reasonable,
passable,
tolerable,
satisfactory,
acceptable,
respectable,
decent,
all right,
good enough,
goodish,
pretty good,
not bad,
moderate,
average,
middling,
ample,
adequate,
sufficient,
OK,
okay,
so-so,
fair-to-middling,
• (of weather) fine and dry.
• "a fair autumn day"
Similar:
fine,
dry,
bright,
clear,
sunny,
sunshiny,
sunlit,
cloudless,
without a cloud in the sky,
warm,
balmy,
summery,
clement,
benign,
agreeable,
pleasant,
good,
• beautiful.
• "the fairest of her daughters"
Similar:
beautiful,
pretty,
lovely,
attractive,
good-looking,
nice-looking,
gorgeous,
stunning,
striking,
arresting,
captivating,
prepossessing,
winning,
enchanting,
appealing,
ravishing,
desirable,
luscious,
nubile,
bonny,
drop-dead gorgeous,
knockout,
out of this world,
easy on the eye,
tasty,
hot,
fanciable,
beddable,
smashing,
cute,
beauteous,
taking,
well favoured,
comely,
fair
adverb
• without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.
• "no one could say he played fair"
• to a high degree.
• "she'll be fair delighted to see you"
fair
noun
• a beautiful woman.
• "pursuing his fair in a solitary street"
fair
verb
• (of the weather) become fine.
• "looks like it's fairing off some"
Origin:
Old English fæger ‘pleasing, attractive’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fagar .
fair
noun
• a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.
• "I won a goldfish at the fair"
• a periodic gathering for the sale of goods.
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘periodic gathering for the sale of goods’): from Old French feire, from late Latin feria, singular of Latin feriae ‘holy days’ (on which such fairs were often held).
fair
verb
• smooth the lines of (a vehicle, boat, or aircraft) to reduce drag; streamline.
• "we've sanded and faired the hull and have primed it for winter"
Origin:
Old English in the senses ‘beautify’ and ‘appear or become clean’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.
