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Fair

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Beautiful 84% connected

Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

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Beautiful 84% connected

Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

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Blond 84% connected

Alt. of Blonde

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Blond 84% connected

Alt. of Blonde

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Blonde 84% connected

Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.

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Blonde 84% connected

Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Equitable 84% connected

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartia…

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Equitable 84% connected

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartia…

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Fair-minded 84% connected

Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.

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Fair-minded 84% connected

Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest.

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Feminine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Feminine 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 84% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Legible 84% connected

Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

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Legible 84% connected

Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Sporting 84% connected

of Sport

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Sporting 84% connected

of Sport

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Assembly 76% connected

A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for…

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Exhibition 76% connected

The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

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Exposition 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Sale 76% connected

See 1st Sallow.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Narrower term 1

Exhibition 76% connected

The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

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Derivationally related 6

Blondness 74% connected

The state of being blond.

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Blondness 74% connected

The state of being blond.

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Equity 74% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Equity 74% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Loveliness 74% connected

The state or quality of being lovely.

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Loveliness 74% connected

The state or quality of being lovely.

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Midway 70% connected

The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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See also 10

Equitable 66% connected

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartia…

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Equitable 66% connected

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartia…

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Impartial 66% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

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Impartial 66% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

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Just 66% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 66% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Reasonable 66% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Reasonable 66% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Sensible 66% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Sensible 66% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Equity 66% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Equity 66% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Fairness 66% connected

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

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Fairness 66% connected

The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

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Synonym 15

Average 92% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Bazaar 92% connected

Alt. of Bazar

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Bonnie 92% connected

See Bonny, a.

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Bonny 92% connected

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.

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Carnival 92% connected

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days…

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Clean 92% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Comely 92% connected

Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

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Fairish 92% connected

Tolerably fair.

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Fairly 92% connected

In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

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Honest 92% connected

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

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Just 92% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Mediocre 92% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Middling 92% connected

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

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Reasonable 92% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Sightly 92% connected

Pleasing to the sight; comely.

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Antonym 4

Unfair 94% connected

To deprive of fairness or beauty.

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Unfair 94% connected

To deprive of fairness or beauty.

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