1. Free from favouritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
   "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"; "a fair referee";
   - just
    
2. Gained or earned without cheating or stealing
   "a fair penny";
   - honest
    
3. Not excessive or extreme
   "a fair income";
   - fairish, reasonable
    
4. Very pleasing to the eye
   "young fair maidens";
   - bonny [UK, dialect], bonnie [UK, dialect], comely [archaic], sightly, pretty
    
5. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-coloured
   "a fair complexion";
   - fairish
    
6. Free of clouds or rain
   "today will be fair and warm"
    
7. Attractively feminine
   "the fair sex"
    
8. Lacking exceptional quality or ability
   "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health";
   - average, mediocre, middling
    
9. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
   "fair copy";
   - clean
    
10. Quite good
    "a fair chance of winning"; "The food at the new restaurant was fair";
    - not bad [informal], not so bad [informal]
     
11. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
    "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"

1. In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
   "they played fair";
   - fairly, clean
    
2. Without favouring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
   "The referee judged the match fair";
   - fairly, evenhandedly

1. Gathering of producers to promote business
   "book fair"; "world fair"; "trade fair"
    
2. A travelling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
   "The fairs set up their attractions in the fairground";
   - carnival [N. Amer], funfair [Brit], carnie [N. Amer, informal], carny [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. A competitive exhibition of farm products
   "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
    
4. A sale of miscellany; often for charity
   "the church fair";
   - bazaar

1. Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
   "The carpenter faired the edges of the wood panels"

Sounds like: fainting, feintingr, far

Derived forms: fairer, fairest, faired, fairs, fairing

See also: antimonopoly, antitrust [N. Amer], beautiful, blond, blonde, clean, clear, equitable, equity, fair-and-square, fair-haired, fair-minded, fairness, feminine, impartial, in-bounds, just, legible, light-haired, moderate, ordinary, reasonable, sensible, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty

Type of: assemblage, assembly, cut-rate sale, exhibition, expo, exposition, gathering, join, sale, sales event, show

Antonym: foul, unfair

Encyclopedia: Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory