Fair

fair /fɛər/

adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, noun, verb antonym: unfair –adjective

1 free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
2legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight.
3moderately large; ample: a fair income.
4 neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good: fair health.
5 marked by favoring conditions; likely; promising: in a fair way to succeed.
6 Meteorology.

a (of the sky) bright; sunny; cloudless to half-cloudy.

b. (of the weather) fine; with no prospect of rain, snow, or hail; not stormy.

7 Nautical. (of a wind or tide) tending to aid the progress of a vessel.
8unobstructed; not blocked up: The way was fair for our advance.
9. without irregularity or unevenness: a fair surface.
10. free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character: Her fair reputation was ruined by gossip.
11. easy to read; clear: fair handwriting.
12. of a light hue; not dark: fair skin.
13. pleasing in appearance; attractive: a fair young maiden.
14. seemingly good or sincere but not really so: The suitor beguiled his mistress with fair speeches.
15. courteous; civil: fair words.
16. Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having stable and normal vital signs and other favorable indicators, as appetite and mobility, but being in some discomfort and having the possibility of a worsening state.
17. Dialect. scarcely; barely: It was just fair daylight when we started working.

–adverb

18. in a fair manner: He doesn't play fair.
19. straight; directly, as in aiming or hitting: He threw the ball fair to the goal.
20. favorably; auspiciously.
21. British, Australian. entirely; completely; quite: It happened so quickly that it fair took my breath away.

–noun

a. a woman.

b. a beloved woman.

–verb (used with object)

a. to draw and adjust (the lines of a hull being designed) to produce regular surfaces of the correct form.

b. to adjust the form of (a frame or templet) in accordance with a design, or cause it to conform to the general form of a hull.

c. to restore (a bent plate or structural member) to its original form.

d. to align (the frames of a vessel under construction) in the proper position.

26. to bring (rivet holes in connecting structural members) into perfect alignment.
27. Obsolete . to make fair.

-Verb phrase

28. fair off / up, South Midland and Southern U.S. (of the weather) to clear: It's supposed to fair off toward evening.

-Idioms

a. honestly; justly; straightforwardly: He won the race fair and square.

b. honest; just; straightforward: He was admired for being fair and square in all his dealings.

Origin: before 900; Middle English; Old English fæger; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German fagar, Old Norse fagr, Gothic fagrs

-Related forms fair·ness, noun

-Synonyms

Fair, impartial, disinterested, unprejudiced refer to lack of bias in opinions, judgments, etc. Fair implies the treating of all sides alike, justly and equitably: a fair compromise.
Impartial, like fair, implies showing no more favor to one side than another, but suggests particularly a judicial consideration of a case: an impartial judge.
Disinterested implies a fairness arising particularly from lack of desire to obtain a selfish advantage: The motives of her guardian were entirely disinterested.
Unprejudiced means not influenced or swayed by bias, or by prejudice caused by irrelevant considerations: an unprejudiced decision. :
passable, tolerable, average, middling.
open, clear, unencumbered.
clean, spotless, pure, untarnished, unsullied, unstained.
legible, distinct.
blond, pale.
pretty, comely, lovely.
polite, gracious.

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