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just

• (r) and nothing more
  • I was merely asking
  • it is simply a matter of time
  • just a scratch
  • he was only a child
  • hopes that last but a moment
  but, merely, only, simply,
• (a) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
  • "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln
  • a kind and just man
  • a just reward
  • his just inheritance
• (a) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  • equitable treatment of all citizens
  • an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
  equitable,
• (r) indicating exactness or preciseness
  • he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
  • it was just as he said--the jewel was gone
  • it has just enough salt
  exactly, precisely,
• (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
  fair,
• (r) only a moment ago
  • he has just arrived
  • the sun just now came out
  just now,
• (r) absolutely
  • I just can't take it anymore
  • he was just grand as Romeo
  • it's simply beautiful!
  simply,
• (s) of moral excellence
  • a genuinely good person
  • a just cause
  • an upright and respectable man
  upright, good,
• (r) only a very short time before
  • they could barely hear the speaker
  • we hardly knew them
  • just missed being hit
  • had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
  • "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
  barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely,
• (r) exactly at this moment or the moment described
  • we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them

Synonyms

but merely only simply equitable exactly precisely fair just now upright good barely hardly scarce scarcely

Antonyms

unjust inequitable unfair

See also

fair honourable honorable right righteous impartial reasonable sensible

Words of close approximity