fair

• (a) 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
  just,
• (r) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
  • they played fairly
  clean, fairly,
• (s) not excessive or extreme
  • a fairish income
  • reasonable prices
  fairish, reasonable,
• (r) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
  • deal fairly with one another
  evenhandedly, fairly,
• (s) very pleasing to the eye
  • my bonny lass
  • there's a bonny bay beyond
  • a comely face
  • young fair maidens
  bonnie, bonny, sightly, comely,
• (a) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
  • he hit a fair ball over the third base bag
• (s) 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
  middling, mediocre, average,
• (s) attractively feminine
  • the fair sex
• (s) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
  • fair copy
  • a clean manuscript
  clean,
• (s) gained or earned without cheating or stealing
  • an honest wage
  • an fair penny
  honest,
• (s) free of clouds or rain
  • today will be fair and warm
• (s) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
  • a fair complexion";
  fairish,

Nouns

• (n) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. funfair, carnival,
• (n) gathering of producers to promote business
  • world fair
  • trade fair
  • book fair
• (n) a competitive exhibition of farm products
  • she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair
• (n) a sale of miscellany; often for charity
  • the church bazaar
  bazaar,

Verbs

• (v) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

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Words of close approximity