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 94 synonyms and 154 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for fair

about
absolute
adequate
almost
attractive
bazaar
beautiful
blond
blonde
bright
calm
candid
celebration
charming
civil
clean
clear
common
complete
courteous
cute
damn
damned
decent
definite
deserved
display
equal
equitable
ethical
exhibit
exhibition
fairly
favorable
festival
gala
generous
good
gorgeous
handsome
honest
honorable
immaculate
impartial
indifferent
justified
lawful
legal
legally
legitimate
light
lovely
market
mediocre
medium
middling
moral
most
nearly
neutral
nice
objective
optimistic
ordinary
outright
pageant
pale
paled
pallid
perfect
practically
pretty
principled
pristine
promising
proper
pure
real
reasonable
satisfactory
sheer
show
simple
sincere
straightforward
stunning
sunny
thorough
total
trustworthy
unbiased
unconditional
utter
very

Antonyms for fair

abhorrent
abominable
absolutely
bad
biased
black
bleak
brown
brunet
brunette
capital
choice
classic
cloudy
completely
dark
deceitful
deceptive
depressing
desperate
devious
dirty
disagreeable
discouraging
disgusting
disheartening
dishonest
dismal
disproportionate
distinguished
doubtful
dreadful
dreary
dubious
entirely
excellent
exceptional
exquisite
fabulous
fantastic
filthy
first-class
foul
frightful
fully
ghastly
gloomy
grand
greasy
great
grotesque
grubby
harsh
hideous
homely
hopeless
horrible
illegal
illegally
illegitimate
impolite
inadequate
inauspicious
inequitable
insufficient
intolerable
loathsome
lying
marvellous
marvelous
matchless
maximum
mean
misbehaving
muddy
nasty
number one
objectionable
offensive
olive
optimal
optimum
outstanding
overcast
par excellence
partial
partisan
peerless
pessimistic
plain
prejudiced
prime
qualified
questionable
quite
rainy
raw
repugnant
repulsive
restricted
revolting
rough
rude
sensational
severe
shocking
sickening
soiled
special
splendid
spotted
stained
stellar
sterling
stormy
subjective
superb
superior
superlative
supreme
swart
swarthy
swell
tanned
tawny
tempestuous
terrible
terrific
thoroughly
top
tricky
turbulent
ugly
unattractive
uncertain
unclean
undue
unequitable
unfair
unfit
unjust
unlawful
unlikely
unlovely
unpleasant
unpleasing
unpromising
unreasonable
unreliable
unsightly
untrustworthy
unvirtuous
vile
well

Meanings of fair

noun

Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
Fairness, beauty.
A fair woman; a sweetheart.
Good fortune; good luck.
A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

verb

To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.
To make fair or beautiful.

adjective

Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
Just, equitable.
Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
(of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
Between the baselines.
(of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
(of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

adverb

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.

On this page you'll find 248 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fair, such as: abhorrent, abominable, about, absolute, absolutely, adequate, almost.

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