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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. Not excessive or extreme
   "a fair income";
   - fairish, reasonable
    
3. Very pleasing to the eye
   "young fair maidens";
   - bonny [UK, dialect], bonnie [UK, dialect], comely [archaic], sightly, pretty
    
4. Lacking exceptional quality or ability
   "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health";
   - average, mediocre, middling
    
5. Attractively feminine
   "the fair sex"
    
6. (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
   "fair copy";
   - clean
    
7. Gained or earned without cheating or stealing
   "a fair penny";
   - honest
    
8. Free of clouds or rain
   "today will be fair and warm"
    
9. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-coloured
   "a fair complexion";
   - fairish
    
10. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
    "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"

1. A travelling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
   - carnival [N. Amer], funfair [Brit], carnie [N. Amer, informal], carny [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Gathering of producers to promote business
   "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
    
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
    
5. Quite good
   "a fair chance of winning";
   - not bad [informal], not so bad [informal]

1. Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

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
   "deal fair with one another";
   - fairly, evenhandedly

Sounds like: fainting, feintingr, far

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

See also: antimonopoly, antitrust [N. Amer], beautiful, blond, blonde, clean, clear, equitable, equity, fair ground, fair territory, fair-and-square, fair-minded, fairness, feminine, impartial, in-bounds, just, legible, light-haired, mod [informal], 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

Encyclopedia: Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms