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▸ noun: a competitive exhibition of farm products ("She won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair")
▸ noun: gathering of producers to promote business ("World fair")
▸ noun: a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
▸ noun: a sale of miscellany; often for charity
▸ verb: join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
▸ adjective: not excessive or extreme ("A fairish income")
▸ adjective: more than adequate in quality ("Fair work")
▸ adjective: visually appealing ("Our fair city")
▸ adjective: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored ("A fair complexion")
▸ adjective: free of clouds or rain ("Today will be fair and warm")
▸ adjective: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines ("He hit a fair ball over the third base bag")
▸ adjective: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules ("A fair referee")
▸ adjective: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections ("Fair copy")
▸ adjective: of no exceptional quality or ability ("Only a fair performance of the sonata")
▸ adjective: showing lack of favoritism
▸ adjective: very pleasing to the eye ("Young fair maidens")
▸ adverb: in a fair evenhanded manner ("Deal fairly with one another")
▸ adverb: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating ("They played fairly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 12500 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1479)
▸ Also see fairs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fair
▸ Usage examples for fair
▸ Idioms related to fair (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fair
▸ Popular nouns described by fair
▸ Words that often appear near fair
▸ Rhymes of fair
▸ Invented words related to fair
▸ noun: a competitive exhibition of farm products ("She won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair")
▸ noun: gathering of producers to promote business ("World fair")
▸ noun: a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
▸ noun: a sale of miscellany; often for charity
▸ verb: join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
▸ adjective: not excessive or extreme ("A fairish income")
▸ adjective: more than adequate in quality ("Fair work")
▸ adjective: visually appealing ("Our fair city")
▸ adjective: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored ("A fair complexion")
▸ adjective: free of clouds or rain ("Today will be fair and warm")
▸ adjective: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines ("He hit a fair ball over the third base bag")
▸ adjective: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules ("A fair referee")
▸ adjective: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections ("Fair copy")
▸ adjective: of no exceptional quality or ability ("Only a fair performance of the sonata")
▸ adjective: showing lack of favoritism
▸ adjective: very pleasing to the eye ("Young fair maidens")
▸ adverb: in a fair evenhanded manner ("Deal fairly with one another")
▸ adverb: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating ("They played fairly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 12500 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1479)
▸ Also see fairs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fair
▸ Usage examples for fair
▸ Idioms related to fair (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fair
▸ Popular nouns described by fair
▸ Words that often appear near fair
▸ Rhymes of fair
▸ Invented words related to fair