Qualities
Synonyms for fair
Synonyms for fair: just, bonnie, average and honest. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for fair
Interchangeable with fair, one per sense
Audited under fair's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fair carries in that sense.
- justadjective, in the sense "free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception"
- bonnieadjective, in the sense "very pleasing to the eye"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name fair as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under fair's own senses. The second reach fair from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception
By fair means or foul.
fair in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The manager promised a fair hearing to every employee before deciding on the promotion.
- The landlord agreed to a fair rent increase after listening to the tenants' concerns.
How it behaves: In this sense fair is typically an attributive adjective before nouns like trial, hearing, deal, or chance, common in legal, workplace, and judicial registers.
The true synonym
just
Same sentence, swapped: By just means or foul.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- average
- bonnie
- unfair
Opposites, in this sense
biased, partial and unjust reverse fair as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of fair takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- biased
- partial
- unjust
very pleasing to the eye
Young fair maidens.
The true synonym
bonnie
Same sentence, swapped: Young bonnie maidens.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- honest
- clean
- straight
Where fair turns up in the game
fair is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where fair is the trap
- fatadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is rich, in the sense "marked by great fruitfulness", with fair sitting one tile away.
- fitadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is set, in the sense "on the point of or strongly disposed", with fair sitting one tile away.
- cleanadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is neat, in the sense "free from clumsiness", so fair is there to be ruled out.
- gratefuladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is thankful, in the sense "feeling or showing gratitude", and fair is on the board beside it.
Play fair
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fair reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fair carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.