n. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: BEAUTIFUL , attractive, beauteous, ||bonny, comely, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous
Related Words: dainty, delicate, exquisite; charming, enchanting; chaste, pure
Contrasted Words: ill-favored, ugly
Antonyms: foul
2 not stormy FF1C; a fair day FF1E;
Synonyms: clarion, clear, cloudless, fine, pleasant, rainless, sunny, sunshine, sunshining, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened
Related Words: calm, placid, tranquil, unthreatening; balmy, clement, mild, pretty
Contrasted Words: overcast, stormy, threatening
3 of light complexion FF1C; fair people often sunburn badly FF1E;
Synonyms: blond, light
Related Words: ruddy, tawny
Contrasted Words: brunet, dark, swarthy
4 characterized by honesty, justice, and freedom from improper influence FF1C; a fair decision by the judge FF1E;
Synonyms: candid, dispassionate, equal, equitable, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, just, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, uncolored, undistinctive, unprejudiced, unprepossessed
Related Words: detached, disinterested; balanced, rational, reasonable, sane; open-minded, straight
Contrasted Words: biased, inequitable, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prepossessed, unjust
Antonyms: unfair
5 observing the rules FF1C; a fair fight FF1E;
Synonyms: clean, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly
Related Words: decent, honest, lawful
Contrasted Words: dirty, dishonest, fixed
Antonyms: unfair
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Synonyms: EVEN 3, equal, equitable
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Synonyms: MEDIUM , average, fairish, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, middling, moderate, so-so
Related Words: common, ordinary
Contrasted Words: choice, good, prime, right; bad, poor, wrong