| affair | (noun) a vaguely specified concern | Synonyms: matter, thing |
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| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: function, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affaire, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
| affaire | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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| affairs | (noun) transactions of professional or public interest | - |
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| (noun) matters of personal concern | Synonyms: personal business, personal matters |
| bookfair | (noun) bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause | Synonyms: book fair |
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| (noun) fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books | Synonyms: book fair |
| fair | (adjective) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines | - |
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| (adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: just |
| (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly |
| (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fairish |
| (adjective) free of clouds or rain | - |
| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: honest |
| (adjective) attractively feminine | - |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fairish, reasonable |
| (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling |
| (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: bazaar |
| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, funfair |
| (noun) a competitive exhibition of farm products | - |
| (noun) gathering of producers to promote business | - |
| (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fairly |
| (verb) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | - |
| fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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| fairish | (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fair |
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| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, reasonable |
| fairlead | (noun) a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing | - |
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| fairly | (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fair |
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| (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fair |
| fairness | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: equity |
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| (noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, paleness |
| (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness |
| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, candour, fair-mindedness |
| fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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| (noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
| (noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
| fairy | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fay, sprite |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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| (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| funfair | (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, fair |
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| (noun) a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement | Synonyms: amusement park, pleasure ground |
| unfair | (adjective) not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception | Synonyms: unjust |
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| unfairly | (adverb) in an unfair manner | Synonyms: below the belt |
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| unfairness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, shabbiness |
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| (noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: inequity |
| (noun) partiality that is not fair or equitable | - |