fair

The word “fair” has 1 syllable: fair

It's pronounced as /fɛr/

What is synonym and antonym for fair?

In the thesaurus, “fair” has 466 synonyms and 292 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fair along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for fair

Junoesque
OK
abluted
about
aboveboard
absolute
acceptable
accurate
adequate
aesthetic
aesthetical
all but
all right
all-out
alluring
almost
alright
antiseptic
appealing
applicable
appreciably
appropriate
apt
argent
arrant
arresting
as good as
ash-blond
ash-blonde
ashen
ashy
assured
attractive
auction
auspicious
authentic
average
balanced
balmy
bazaar
beamish
beauteous
beautiful
benevolent
blameless
blanched
blank
bleached
blond
blonde
blondish
blooming
bodacious
bonnie
bonny
borderline
bright
bullish
by and large
calm
candid
categoric
categorical
celebration
centennial
chalky
charming
chaste
cheering
chiefly
chocolate-box
civil
clarion
classic
clean
cleanly
cleansed
clear
clement
cloudless
colorless
comely
comforting
common
commonplace
competent
complete
condign
confident
confirmed
constant
consummate
correct
courteous
crashing
creamy
cunning
cute
dainty
damn
damned
dead
deadly
decent
decisive
definite
delicate
delightful
demonstration
deserved
desirable
dishy
disinterested
dispassionate
display
dollish
doubtless
downright
dreadful
drop-dead
dry
due
elegant
enchanting
encouraging
endless
engaging
equal
equitable
esthetic
esthetical
eternal
ethical
ethically
eupeptic
even-handed
evenhanded
exhibit
exhibition
expo
exposition
exquisite
extraordinary
extravaganza
extreme
eye-catching
faded
fair-haired
fair-skinned
fairish
fairly
fascinating
favorable
feckly
festival
fetching
fete
fine
fit
fitting
flamboyant
flashy
flat
flat-out
flawless
flaxen
flaxen-haired
forthright
foxy
frank
frightful
gala
generous
gentle
genuine
germfree
glamorous
glamourous
glorious
glossy
gold
golden
good
good-looking
goodly
gorgeous
habitual
halcyon
handsome
heartening
high-mindedly
honest
honorable
honorably
hopeful
hopeless
horrible
hot
huge
hunky
hygienic
immaculate
impartial
indifferent
intermediate
inveterate
irreproachable
just
just about
justified
kind of
knockout
largely
law-abiding
lawful
legal
legally
legitimate
light
likely
lovely
lovesome
luscious
magnificent
main
mainly
market
mean
mediocre
medium
meet
merited
middling
mild
milky
minimal
moderate
modest
moral
morally
more or less
most
mostly
much
near
nearly
neutral
next to
nice
nigh
nobly
nonpartisan
not bad
nubile
objective
observance
occasion
ocherous
ochreous
offering
okay
on the level
on the up and up
open
optimistic
ordinary
out-and-out
outright
pageant
pale
pale-faced
paled
palish
pallid
partially
partly
passable
pasty
peaceful
peaked
peaky
pearly
perfect
performance
perpetual
personable
photogenic
placid
pleasant
plumb
positive
practically
praiseworthy
prepossessing
presentable
presentation
presentment
pretty
pretty good
pretty much
prettyish
principled
pristine
production
profound
promising
proper
propitious
pulchritudinous
pure
purified
radiant
rainless
rank
rational
ravishing
real
reasonable
reassuring
regular
requisite
respectable
resplendent
rhadamanthine
right
righteous
rightful
rose-colored
roseate
rosy
run-of-mine
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
sale
sallow
sallowish
sandy
sanitary
satisfactory
scrubbed
scrupulous
second-class
second-rate
seductive
seemly
serene
sexy
sheer
shiny
show
showstopping
showy
sightly
silvery
simple
sincere
slick
smiling
snazzy
snowy
so-so
somewhat
somewhere
soothing
sparkling
spectacle
spic-and-span
spick-and-span
splashy
splendid
sportsmanlike
sportsmanly
spotless
square
squeaky-clean
stainless
stark
statuesque
sterile
stone
straight
straight-out
straightforward
straw
strawberry blond
strawberry blonde
strict
striking
stringent
studly
stunning
sublime
sufficient
sufficing
suitable
sunny
sunshiny
superb
superlative
supreme
sure
surpassing
taintless
taking
tawny
telegenic
temperate
terrible
terrific
thorough
thoroughgoing
tolerable
toothsome
total
tow-haired
tow-headed
towheaded
tranquil
true
trustworthy
unadulterated
unalloyed
unbiased
unblemished
unclouded
uncolored
uncompromising
unconditional
uncorrupted
undarkened
undefiled
undying
unexceptional
unhesitating
unimpeachable
unmitigated
unpolluted
unprejudiced
unqualified
unremitting
unrestricted
unsoiled
unstained
unsullied
untainted
unthreatening
up to standard
upbeat
upright
usual
utter
veritable
very
virtually
virtuous
wan
warranted
washed
well-favored
well-nigh
white
whitened
whitish
wholesome
within an inch of
zingy

Antonyms for fair

A1
abhorrent
abnormal
abominable
absolutely
altogether
arbitrary
bad
barely
bearish
besmirched
biased
black
black-a-vised
blackened
bleak
blustering
blustery
breezy
brown
brunet
brunette
capital
cheerless
choice
classic
cloudy
colored
comfortless
completely
dark
darkened
deceitful
deceptive
deficient
defiled
depressing
desperate
despotic
devious
dingy
dirty
disagreeable
discolored
discouraging
disgusting
disheartening
dishonest
dishonorably
dismal
disproportionate
distinguished
distorted
doubtful
downbeat
dreadful
dreary
dubious
ebony
entirely
equivocal
ex parte
excellent
exceptional
exquisite
extraordinary
extreme
fabulous
fantastic
filthy
first-class
first-rate
foggy
foul
frightful
frumpish
frumpy
fully
funereal
germy
ghastly
gloomy
glum
grand
gray
greasy
great
grey
grim
grimy
grotesque
grubby
gusty
hardly
harsh
hazy
hideous
homely
hopeless
horrible
ignobly
ill-favored
illegal
illegally
illegitimate
immoral
immorally
impolite
improper
inadequate
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropriate
inapt
inauspicious
inclement
incoherent
incorrect
indefensible
inequitable
infrequent
insufficient
intolerable
irrelative
irrelevant
jaundiced
lacking
loathsome
lying
marvellous
marvelous
matchless
maximum
mean
misbehaving
miserable
misty
mucky
muddy
murky
nasty
nauseating
negative
nifty
nonobjective
number one
objectionable
offensive
olive
one-sided
optimal
optimum
outstanding
overcast
par excellence
parti pris
partial
partisan
peerless
pessimistic
plain
plumb
polluted
preeminent
prejudiced
prime
qualified
questionable
quite
rainy
rare
raven
raw
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
restricted
revolting
rough
rude
scarcely
sensational
severe
shocking
sickening
smirched
soiled
soupy
special
splendid
spotted
squally
stained
stellar
sterling
stormy
subjective
sullied
sunless
superb
superior
superlative
supreme
swart
swarthy
swell
tainted
tanned
tawny
tempestuous
terrible
terrific
thoroughly
tip-top
top
top-notch
totally
tricky
turbulent
ugly
unacceptable
unaesthetic
unappealing
unappetizing
unattractive
unbeautiful
unbecoming
uncertain
unclean
uncleaned
uncomely
uncommon
unconscionable
uncute
underhandedly
undeserved
undue
unencouraging
unequal
unequitable
unethical
unethically
unfair
unfavorable
unfit
unfriendly
unhandsome
unimposing
unjust
unjustifiable
unjustified
unlawful
unlikely
unlovely
unmatched
unmerited
unparalleled
unpleasant
unpleasing
unprepossessing
unpretty
unprincipled
unpromising
unpropitious
unreasonable
unreliable
unrighteous
unsatisfactory
unscrupulous
unshapely
unsightly
unsportsmanlike
unsterile
unsterilized
unsuitable
unsurpassed
unsympathetic
untrustworthy
unusual
unvirtuous
unwarranted
unwashed
utterly
vicious
vile
wanting
warped
well
wholly
wretched
wrong

Meanings of fair

noun
1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
2. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
3. Fairness, beauty.
4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
5. Good fortune; good luck.
6. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
7. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
8. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
9. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
verb
1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
2. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
3. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.
4. To make fair or beautiful.
adjective
1. Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
4. Just, equitable.
5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
6. (of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
7. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
8. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
9. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
10. Between the baselines.
11. (of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
12. (of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
13. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
adverb
1. Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.

Example Sentences

Fair trade practices ensure equitable treatment for workers and producers.
The judge emphasized the importance of a fair trial for all defendants.
She won the game through fair play and sportsmanship.
The teacher distributed the candies among the students in a fair manner.
It's important to consider both sides of the argument to reach a fair decision.

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