fair (1) — OAT

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adjective

1 the courts were generally regarded as fair:

just, equitable, fair-minded, open-minded, honest, upright, honorable, trustworthy;

impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, nondiscriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, neutral, even-handed, dispassionate, disinterested, detached;

above board, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper, good;

informal legit, kosher, on the level, square;

British, informal pukka;

North American, informal on the up and up.

▷antonyms unfair.

2 I am hoping for fair weather for next week's trip:

fine, dry, bright, clear, sunny, sunshiny, sunlit, cloudless, without a cloud in the sky;

warm, balmy, summery, clement, benign, agreeable, pleasant, good.

▷antonyms inclement.

3 their voyage was helped by fair winds and calm seas:

favorable, advantageous, helpful, benign, beneficial;

opportune, timely;

on one's side, in one's favor.

▷antonyms unfavorable.

4 she had fair curling hair:

blond(e), yellow, yellowish, golden, flaxen, light, light brown, light-colored, strawberry blond, tow-colored, platinum, ash blond, bleached, bleached-blond, sun-bleached, peroxide, bottle-blond;

fair-haired, light-haired, golden-haired, flaxen-haired, tow-headed.

▷antonyms dark; brunette.

5 Belinda's skin was very fair:

pale, light, light-colored, white, cream-colored, creamy, peaches and cream;

light-skinned, fair-skinned.

▷antonyms dark.

6 archaic he won the fair maiden's heart:

beautiful, pretty, lovely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, gorgeous, stunning, striking, arresting, captivating, prepossessing, winning, enchanting, appealing, ravishing, desirable, luscious, nubile;

Scottish, & Northern English bonny;

informal drop-dead gorgeous, knockout, out of this world, easy on the eye, tasty, hot, fanciable, beddable;

British, informal smashing;

North American, informal cute;

literary beauteous;

dated taking, well favored;

archaic comely.

▷antonyms ugly.

7 scoring twenty points was a fair achievement:

reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient;

informal OK, okay, so-so, fair-to-middling.

□ fair and square

I won the race fair and square:

honestly, fairly, without cheating, without foul play, by the book, according to the rules, in accordance with the rules;

lawfully, legally, licitly, legitimately;

informal on the level;

North American, informal on the up and up.

□ fair play

she had a clear sense of fair play:

justice, justness, fair-mindedness, equity, equitableness, even-handedness, impartiality, lack of prejudice, open-mindedness.