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Synonyms for fair

Noun

1. carnival, fair, funfair, show
usage: a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
2. fair, gathering, assemblage
usage: gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
3. fair, exhibition, exposition, expo
usage: a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
4. bazaar, fair, sale, cut-rate sale, sales event
usage: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"

Verb

1. fair, join, bring together
usage: join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

Adjective

1. fair (vs. unfair), just, antimonopoly, antitrust, clean, sporting, sportsmanlike, fair-minded, fair-and-square, impartial#1, fair, just, reasonable#1, sensible
usage: 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"
2. impartial (vs. partial), fair, disinterested, dispassionate, cold-eyed, indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed, indifferent, fair#1, just
usage: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
3. fair, respectable (vs. unrespectable)
usage: more than adequate in quality; "fair work"
4. fair, fairish, reasonable, moderate (vs. immoderate)
usage: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
5. fair, sightly, beautiful (vs. ugly)
usage: visually appealing; "our fair city"
6. bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, beautiful (vs. ugly)
usage: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
7. fair (vs. foul), in-bounds
usage: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
8. average, fair, mediocre, middling, ordinary (vs. extraordinary)
usage: 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"
9. fair(prenominal), feminine (vs. masculine)
usage: attractively feminine; "the fair sex"
10. clean, fair, legible (vs. illegible)
usage: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
11. fair, clear (vs. cloudy)
usage: free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
12. fair, fairish, blond (vs. brunet), blonde, light-haired
usage: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";

Adverb

1. fairly, fair, clean
usage: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
2. fairly, fair, without favoring one party, without favouring one party, evenhandedly
usage: in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
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