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n. (act) | 1. carnival, fair, funfair | a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.. |
| ~ show | the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining.; "a remarkable show of skill" |
| ~ midway | the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located. |
n. (group) | 2. fair | gathering of producers to promote business.; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ book fair, bookfair | fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books. |
n. (group) | 3. fair | a competitive exhibition of farm products.; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair" |
| ~ expo, exhibition, exposition | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. |
n. (act) | 4. bazaar, fair | a sale of miscellany; often for charity.; "the church bazaar" |
| ~ cut-rate sale, sales event, sale | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices.; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" |
| ~ book fair, bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause. |
| ~ craft fair | a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale. |
v. (contact) | 5. fair | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
adj. | 6. fair, just | 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" |
| ~ antimonopoly, antitrust | of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices. |
| ~ sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, clean | exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" |
| ~ fair-minded | of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced. |
| ~ fair-and-square | just and honest. |
| ~ just | used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.; "a just and lasting peace"; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
| ~ impartial | showing lack of favoritism.; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" |
| ~ reasonable, sensible | showing reason or sound judgment.; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" |
adj. | 7. fair, fairish, reasonable | not excessive or extreme.; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" |
| ~ moderate | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme.; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" |
adj. | 8. bonnie, bonny, comely, fair, sightly | very pleasing to the eye.; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" |
| ~ beautiful | delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration.; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party" |
adj. | 9. fair | (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines.; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ in-bounds | between the first and third base lines. |
adj. | 10. average, fair, mediocre, middling | 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" |
| ~ ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
adj. | 11. fair | attractively feminine.; "the fair sex" |
| ~ feminine | associated with women and not with men.; "feminine intuition" |
adj. | 12. clean, fair | (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections.; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" |
| ~ legible | (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered.; "legible handwriting" |
adj. | 13. fair, honest | gained or earned without cheating or stealing.; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny" |
| ~ equitable, just | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience.; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" |
adj. | 14. fair | free of clouds or rain.; "today will be fair and warm" |
| ~ clear | free from clouds or mist or haze.; "on a clear day" |
adj. | 15. fair, fairish | (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored.; "a fair complexion" |
| ~ blond, blonde, light-haired | being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" |
adv. | 16. clean, fair, fairly | in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.; "they played fairly" |
adv. | 17. evenhandedly, fair, fairly | without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner.; "deal fairly with one another" |
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