Fair

Quick meaning: Fair is an adjective meaning (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

Meaning

(original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

More Meanings

1. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
2. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
3. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
4. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
5. Favorable, pleasant.
6. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

Example Sentences

one's fair name

Monday's child is fair of face.

There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.

He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des.

Word Forms

• fairer
• fairest
• fairs
• fairing
• faired

Synonyms for fair

Depending on context, synonyms include beautiful, pretty, lovely, pure, clean, neat.

Antonyms for fair

Common opposites include swarthy, foul, partial, unjust, unfairly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sightly, comely, beautiful, fairish, respectable, feminine.

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