| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
fair |
| |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal : OK, tidy. See GOOD. 2. Having qualities that delight the eye: attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning. Scots : bonny. Idioms: easy on the eyes. See BEAUTIFUL. 3. Free from clouds or mist, for example: clear, cloudless, fine1, sunny, unclouded. See CLEAR. 4. Just to all parties: equal, equitable, even1, evenhanded. See SAME. 5. Free from bias in judgment: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair-minded, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan, objective, square, unbiased, unprejudiced. Idioms: fair and square. See FAIR. 6. Having light hair: blond, fair-haired, towheaded. See COLORS. 7. Of a light color or complexion: alabaster, ivory, light1, pale. See COLORS. 8. Indicative of future success or full of promise: auspicious, benign, bright, brilliant, favorable, fortunate, good, propitious. See LUCK. 9. According to the rules: clean, sporting, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly. See FAIR. | | ADVERB: | 1. With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, flush, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE. 2. In a fair, sporting manner: cleanly, correctly, fairly, properly. See FAIR.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
