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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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