Another word for fair
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Adjective
Having qualities that delight the eye
- Physically attractive or appealing; pretty.
- Excellent.
- Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness.
- Of a strikingly attractive appearance.
- Impressive:
- Pleasing to see; visually appealing.
- Affording a fine view; scenic.
- Extremely attractive; entrancing.
- (literary) Having great physical beauty.
- Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.
- Clever; adroit:
- Very bad; terrible:
- Beautiful especially in a pleasing or charming way.
- Enjoyable; delightful:
- Inspiring love or affection.
- Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features:
- Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive:
- Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable:
- Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent:
- Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance:
- Wonderful; delightful.
- Of a pleasing or attractive appearance; handsome.
- Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive.
- Suitable; seemly:
- Having qualities that delight or appeal to the senses and often the mind.
- Excellent; wonderful:
- Used to express approval or delight.
- Beautiful, especially to the sight.
- Pleasing to the senses or mind, as by being beautiful:
- Interesting because of the likelihood of being advantageous or profitable:
- Having the power to attract:
Idioms:See also:Having light hair
- Having blond hair:
- Favorite:
- Having fair hair and skin:
- Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown:
- Light-colored through bleaching:
See also:Of a light color or complexion
- A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
- A fence enclosing an area.
- The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
- Electromagnetic radiation that is visible, perceivable by the normal human eye as colors between red and violet, having frequencies between 400 terahertz and 790 terahertz and wavelengths between 750 nanometers and 380 nanometers.
- Electromagnetic radiation of any frequency or wavelength.
- The sensation of perceiving light; brightness:
- A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.
- A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
- A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.
- A dense, translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum.
- A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
- A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.
See also:Free from clouds or mist, for example
- Exposed to or abounding in sunshine:
- Cheerful; genial:
- Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
- Excellent in character or ability:
- Very small in size, weight, or thickness:
- free from clouds; clear; bright
- Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
- Not obscured or darkened; bright:
- Easily seen through; transparent:
See also:Indicative of future success or full of promise
- Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
- Merciful or kindly:
- Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor:
- Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
- Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable:
- Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.
- Having unexpected good fortune; lucky.
- One who has good fortune, especially a wealthy person.
- Advantageous; helpful:
- Encouraging; propitious:
- Manifesting approval; commendatory:
- Full of light; shining.
- Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation.
- Sharp and clear in tone:
- Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; shining.
- Comparatively high on the scale of brightness:
- Full of light or illumination:
- Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless:
- Of no danger to health; not malignant or disease-causing:
- Tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable:
- Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:
See also:Free from bias in judgment
- Free from prejudice; impartial.
- Without bias or prejudice; impartial.
- A plane figure having four equal sides.
- Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
- A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
- Existing independent of or external to the mind; actual or real:
- Based on observable phenomena; empirical:
- Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices:
- Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party:
- Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions:
- Consistent with what is morally right; righteous:
- Properly due or merited:
- Having no particular interest or concern; apathetic:
- Having no marked feeling for or against:
- Not mattering one way or the other; unimportant; immaterial:
- Not partial or biased; unprejudiced.
- Just and impartial; not prejudiced.
- Showing or characterized by equity; just and fair.
- Of or relating to rights historically enforced in courts of equity.
- Resolved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justice and the unique facts of the case.
- Not influenced by strong feelings or emotions; impartial:
- Free of bias and self-interest; impartial:
- Not interested; indifferent:
- Having lost interest.
Idioms:See also:Just to all parties
- Showing no partiality; fair.
- Having a horizontal surface; flat:
- Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth.
- Being in the same plane or line; parallel:
- Showing or characterized by equity; just and fair.
- Of or relating to rights historically enforced in courts of equity.
- Resolved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justice and the unique facts of the case.
- Having the same quantity, measure, or value as another.
- Being the same or identical to in value.
- Having the same privileges, status, or rights:
See also:According to the rules
- Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.
- Used in or appropriate for sports:
- Characterized by sportsmanship.
- Of or associated with gambling.
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
See also:Of moderately good quality but less than excellent
- Orderly and clean in appearance:
- Given to keeping things clean and in order:
- Adequate; satisfactory:
- Satisfactory or agreeable; acceptable:
- Correct:
- Barely satisfactory; mediocre:
- Capable of being tolerated; endurable:
- Acceptable but not superior; passable:
- Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough.
- Competent; qualified.
- Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate.
- Meriting respect or esteem; worthy.
- Of or appropriate to good or proper behavior or conventional conduct.
- Of moderately good quality:
- Capable of being passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable:
- Acceptable for general circulation:
- Satisfactory but not outstanding; adequate:
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- Somewhat good.
- Somewhat large or big; goodly.
- Of moderately large size or good quality.
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint:
- Of or relating to the community as a whole; public:
- Widespread; prevalent:
- A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
- An intermediate level or degree:
- The usual or ordinary kind or quality:
- In proper or satisfactory condition:
- Acceptable; allowable:
- Satisfactory; good:
- Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.
- Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory:
- Satisfactory but not superior; passable:
See also:
Adverb
In a fair, sporting manner
- in a proper manner
- In a fair or just manner; equitably.
- Legitimately; suitably.
- Clearly; distinctly.
- In a correct manner.
- In a clean manner.
- Habitually and carefully neat and clean.
See also:With precision or absolute conformity
- Squarely; directly:
- Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
- Having no waves or bends:
- Not bent or bowed; rigid or erect:
- At right angles:
- In a square shape.
- So as to make solid contact; firmly:
- A plane figure having four equal sides.
- Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
- A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
- To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
- To kiss noisily.
- To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
- Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality:
- In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
- Fitting, proper, or appropriate:
- In a precise manner.
- Used as an intensive:
- Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions:
- Consistent with what is morally right; righteous:
- Properly due or merited:
- To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
- To glow, especially with a reddish color:
- To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
- In an exact manner; accurately.
- In all respects; just:
- As you say. Used to indicate agreement.
- In a direct line or manner; straight:
- Without anyone or anything intervening:
- Exactly or totally:
- To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of:
- To supervise or oversee (an activity or process):
- To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
- Having lost life; no longer alive.
- Marked for certain death; doomed:
- Having the physical appearance of death:
- A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion.
- A sudden loud blow or bump.
- A sudden burst of action:
See also:
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Another word for fair
Modifier
Free from injustice or bias
- Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
- Having no waves or bends:
- Not bent or bowed; rigid or erect:
- (idiomatic) Totally fairly and undoubtedly.
- (idiomatic) Within the applicable rules.
- (idiomatic) Legitimate; honest; upright.
- Alternative spelling of on the up-and-up.
- (idiomatic) Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly).
- Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality:
- In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
- Fitting, proper, or appropriate:
- Customary, usual, or normal:
- Orderly, even, or symmetrical:
- In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.
- Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
- To set apart for a specific use:
- To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission:
- To be the proper size and shape for:
- To cause to be the proper size and shape:
- To measure for proper size:
- Payable immediately or on demand.
- Owed as a debt; owing:
- In accord with right, convention, or courtesy; appropriate:
- To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement:
- To come into the company of:
- To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of:
- Warranting trust; reliable.
- Without deceit or trickery; straightforward.
- Characterized by or given to doing good:
- Suggestive of doing good; agreeable:
- Relating to a charitable organization that operates without making a profit.
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle:
- Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features:
- Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive:
- Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable:
- Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor:
- Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
- Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable:
- Used in or appropriate for sports:
- Characterized by sportsmanship.
- Of or associated with gambling.
- Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.
- Just and impartial; not prejudiced.
- A plane figure having four equal sides.
- Something having an equal-sided rectangular form:
- A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
- Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party:
- Separated; disconnected:
- Standing apart from others; separate:
- Marked by an absence of emotional involvement or personal interest; aloof or unbiased.
- Free of bias and self-interest; impartial:
- Not interested; indifferent:
- Having lost interest.
- British money, especially the pound as the basic unit of currency of the United Kingdom.
- British coinage of silver or gold, having as a standard of fineness 0.500 for silver and 0.91666 for gold.
- Sterling silver.
- Characterized by gracious consideration toward others.
- Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
- Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
- Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
- Capable of reasoning; rational:
- Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
- Being within the bounds of common sense:
- Of, relating to, or dealing with ethics:
- Being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a profession:
- Relating to or being a drug dispensed solely on the prescription of a physician.
- Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone:
- Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
- Moderate in degree or quality; restrained:
- Morally upright; without guilt or sin:
- In accordance with virtue or morality:
- Righteous people considered as a group.
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Deserving or winning honor and respect:
- Bringing distinction or recognition:
- Possessing and characterized by honor:
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Being in compliance with the law; lawful:
- Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards:
- Valid or justifiable:
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
- Being within the law; allowed by law:
- Established, sanctioned, or recognized by the law:
- Obeying the law; law-abiding.
- Marked by or displaying integrity; upright:
- Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine:
- Equitable; fair:
- Honest and frank:
- Free from ambiguity or pretense; plain and open:
- Easy to accomplish, identify, or understand; not complicated, uncertain, or involved:
- Not feigned or affected; genuine:
- Being without hypocrisy or pretense; true:
- Pure; unadulterated.
- Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.
- Affording unobstructed passage or view:
- Having no protecting or concealing cover:
- Open and sincere in expression; straightforward:
- Clearly manifest; evident:
- To put an official mark on (a piece of mail) so that it can be sent free of charge.
- Liberal in giving or sharing.
- Showing kindness and magnanimity:
- Marked by abundance; ample:
- Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward:
- Not obscuring or omitting anything unpleasant, embarrassing, or negative:
- Not posed or rehearsed:
- Being in a vertical position or direction:
- Erect in posture or carriage:
- Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.
- Conscientious and exact; painstaking.
- Having scruples; principled.
- Free from obstructions; open; clear:
- Obvious to the perception or mind; evident:
- Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
- Direct and without evasion; straightforward:
- Proceeding straight ahead.
- Directly and frankly.
- Not discriminatory; not effecting or resulting in discrimination.
- Referring to electrical symmetry. A balanced line or balanced medium such as twisted pair, in which both twisted pair conductors serve for signal transmission and reception. Each conductor carries a similar electrical signal with identical direct and return current paths.At any given point in the cable, the signals are equal in voltage to ground but opposite in polarity, which has the effect of reducing radiated energy and, therefore, reducing attenuation. See also unbalanced and UTP.
- Referring to symmetrical relationship. For example, the X.25 protocol suite includes Link Access Procedure-Balanced (LAP-B), a balanced protocol that operates in Asynchronous Balanced Mode (ABM), which refers to the fact that the devices have a balanced, rather than a master/slave, relationship.Therefore, a device at either end of the link can initiate a dialogue at any time. See also ABM, LAP-B, master/slave, and X.25.
- Having a horizontal surface; flat:
- Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth.
- Being in the same plane or line; parallel: