fair

Adjective

• (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored;
  • a fair complexion
    

• free of clouds or rain
  • today will be fair and warm
    

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing
  • an honest wage
    
  • an fair penny
    

• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
  • fair copy
    
  • a clean manuscript
    

• attractively feminine
  • the fair sex
    

• 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
    

• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
  • he hit a fair ball over the third base bag
    

• very pleasing to the eye
  • my bonny lass
    
  • there's a bonny bay beyond
    
  • a comely face
    
  • young fair maidens
    

• not excessive or extreme
  • a fairish income
    
  • reasonable prices
    

• 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
    

Noun

• a sale of miscellany; often for charity
  • the church bazaar
    

• a competitive exhibition of farm products
  • she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair
    

• gathering of producers to promote business
  • world fair
    
  • trade fair
    
  • book fair
    

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

Adverb

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
  • deal fairly with one another
    

• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
  • they played fairly
    

Verb

• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fairish , honest , clean , fair(a) , average , mediocre , middling , bonny , bonnie , comely , sightly , reasonable , just , bazaar , carnival , funfair , fairly , evenhandedly
• Antonyms: 
  foul , unfair , unjust , unfairly , below the belt