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FAIR
1. [n] a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
2. [n] a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
3. [n] a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
4. [n] gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
5. [v] join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
6. [s] very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there''s a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
7. [s] visually appealing; "our fair city"
8. [s] (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
9. [s] free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
10. [a] (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
11. [a] free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
12. [s] (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
13. [s] not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
14. [s] of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
15. [a] showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
16. [s] more than adequate in quality; "fair work"
17. [r] in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
18. [r] in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
similar words
1. [a] beautiful
2. [a] blond
3. [a] blonde
4. [a] light-haired
5. [a] clear
6. [s] in-bounds
7. [s] antimonopoly
8. [s] antitrust
9. [s] clean
10. [s] sporting
11. [s] sportsmanlike
12. [s] fair-minded
13. [s] fair-and-square
14. [a] legible
15. [a] moderate
16. [a] ordinary
17. [s] disinterested
18. [s] dispassionate
19. [s] cold-eyed
20. [s] indifferent
21. [s] unbiased
22. [s] unbiassed
23. [s] indifferent
24. [a] respectable
opposite words
1. [a] foul
2. [a] unfair
3. [a] unjust
4. [a] partial
5. [a] unfair
6. [r] unfairly
7. [r] below_the_belt
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