fair

Meanings

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
• gathering of producers to promote business
  • "world fair"
  • "trade fair"
  • "book fair"
• a competitive exhibition of farm products
  • "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
• a sale of miscellany; often for charity
• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
• 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"
• not excessive or extreme
  • "a fairish income"
• very pleasing to the eye
  • "young fair maidens"
• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
  • "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
• lacking exceptional quality or ability
  • "only a fair performance of the sonata"
  • "in fair health"
• attractively feminine
  • "the fair sex"
• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
  • "fair copy"
• gained or earned without cheating or stealing
  • "an fair penny"
• free of clouds or rain
  • "today will be fair and warm"
• (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
  • "a fair complexion"
• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
  • "they played fairly"
• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
  • "deal fairly with one another"

Synonyms

average, bazaar, bonnie, bonny, carnival, clean, comely, evenhandedly, fairish, fairly, funfair, honest, just, mediocre, middling, reasonable, sightly