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, sporty, sportsmanlike, fair-minded, fair-and-square, impartial, just, reasonable#1, sensible
- usage: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
- 2. fair, fairish, reasonable, moderate (vs. immoderate)
- usage: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
- 3. bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly, beautiful (vs. ugly)
- usage: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
- 4. fair (vs. foul), in-bounds
- usage: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
- 5. average, fair, mediocre, middling, ordinary (vs. extraordinary)
- usage: lacking 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"
- 6. fair(prenominal), feminine (vs. masculine)
- usage: attractively feminine; "the fair sex"
- 7. clean, fair, legible (vs. illegible)
- usage: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
- 8. honest, fair, equitable (vs. inequitable), just
- usage: gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny"
- 9. fair, clear (vs. cloudy)
- usage: free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
- 10. 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, evenhandedly
- usage: without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
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