Noun | 1. | fair - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. |
2. | fair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" | |
3. | fair - a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair" | |
4. | fair - a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" Synonyms: bazaar | |
Verb | 1. | fair - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly |
Adj. | 1. | fair - free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" Synonyms: just |
2. | fair - showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" Synonyms: impartial | |
3. | fair - more than adequate in quality; "fair work" | |
4. | fair - not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" Synonyms: fairish, reasonable | |
5. | fair - visually appealing; "our fair city" Synonyms: sightly | |
6. | fair - very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" | |
7. | fair - (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" Antonyms: foul - (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines | |
8. | fair - of no 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" | |
9. | fair - attractively feminine; "the fair sex" | |
10. | fair - (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" Synonyms: clean | |
11. | fair - free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm" | |
12. | fair - (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"; Synonyms: fairish | |
Adv. | 1. | fair - in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" |
2. | fair - in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another" |
(language) | FAIR - An early system on the IBM 705. [Listed in CACM 2(5):1959-05-16]. |