| Sounds | feh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | not excessive or extreme / extreme. | |
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| Example | "a fairish income" | |
| Synonyms | fairish, reasonable | |
| Broader | moderate | Within reasonable or average limits |
| Spanish | razonable | |
| Catalan | raonable | |
| Nouns | fairness | conformity with rules or standards |
| Meaning | Very pleasing to the eye / eye. | |
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| Example | "young fair maidens" | |
| Synonyms | bonny, bonnie, comely, sightly | |
| Broader | beautiful | delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration |
| Spanish | hermoso, lindo | |
| Catalan | bonic, bufó, formós, maco | |
| Nouns | fairness | the quality of being good looking and attractive |
| Meaning | (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines. | |
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| Example | "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | in-bounds | Between the first and third base lines |
| Opposite | foul | (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines |
| Spanish | bueno | |
| Meaning | Lacking exceptional quality or ability. | |
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| Synonyms | average, mediocre, middling | |
| Broader | ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| Spanish | corriente, justo, mediano, mediocre, ordinario, regular | |
| Catalan | corrent, mediocre, ordinari, regular | |
| Meaning | attractively feminine. | |
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| Example | "the fair sex" | |
| Broader | feminine | associated with women and not with men |
| Spanish | bello, hermoso | |
| Nouns | fairness | the quality of being good looking and attractive |
| Meaning | (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections. | |
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| Example | "fair copy" | |
| Synonym | clean | |
| Broader | legible | (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered |
| Meaning | Gained or earned without cheating or stealing. | |
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| Example | "an fair penny" | |
| Synonym | honest | |
| Broader | equitable, just | Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience |
| Meaning | Free of clouds or rain. | |
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| Example | "today will be fair and warm" | |
| Broader | clear | Free from clouds or mist or haze |
| Meaning | (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored. | |
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| Example | "a fair complexion" | |
| Synonym | fairish | |
| Broader | blond, blonde, light-haired | Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes |
| Spanish | claro, pálido, pastel | |
| Catalan | clar, esblanqueït, pàl·lid | |
| Nouns | fairness | the property of having a naturally light complexion |
| Meaning | A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | carnival, funfair | |
| Parts | midway | The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located |
| Broader | show | The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining |
| Spanish | feria | |
| Catalan | fira | |
| Meaning | gathering of producers to promote business. | |
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| Narrower | book fair, bookfair | fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books / books |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | feria | |
| Catalan | fira | |
| Meaning | A competitive exhibition of farm products. | |
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| Example | "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair" | |
| Broader | exhibition, exposition, expo | A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display |
| Spanish | feria | |
| Meaning | A sale of miscellany; often for charity / charity. | |
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| Synonym | bazaar | |
| Narrower | book fair, bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
| craft fair | A fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale | |
| Broader | sale, cut-rate sale, sales event | An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices |
| Spanish | bazar, feria | |
| Catalan | fira | |
| Meaning | In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud / fraud or cheating. | |
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| Example | "they played fairly" | |
| Synonyms | fairly, clean | |
| Opposite | unfairly, below the belt | In an unfair manner |
| Meaning | Without favoring / favoring one party / party / party, in a fair evenhanded manner. | |
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| Example | "deal fairly with one another" | |
| Synonyms | fairly, evenhandedly | |
| Spanish | con justicia, imparcialmente, justamente | |
| Catalan | força | |
| Meaning | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
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