fair /fɛər/
1. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
synset: carnival, fair, funfair
2. gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
synset: fair
3. a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
synset: fair
4. a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
1. join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
synset: fair
1. 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. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
synset: fair, fairish, reasonable
3. very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
synset: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly
4. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
synset: fair
5. 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"
synset: average, fair, mediocre, middling
6. attractively feminine; "the fair sex"
synset: fair
7. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
8. gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny"
9. free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
synset: fair
10. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"
1. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
antonym: unfairly, below_the_belt
2. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
synset: fairly, fair, evenhandedly
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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