Antonyms for fair-weather
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fair-weth-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛərˌwɛð ər |
Definition of fair-weather
- As in untrustworthy : adj not dependable, unfaithful
- I am assured, at least, that in you I have but a fair-weather friend, a poor lipserver.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- As she said of herself a few years later, she was not a fair-weather friend.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- "Ask him what he wants," I cried, turning to our fair-weather friend, the cook.
- Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen
- It is a fair-weather sign, whether upon the sea or upon the land.
- Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs
- The flying men at the front are not "fair-weather" aviators.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Boche Underground » by Harry Davis Trounce
- Blow me taught, but thourt a fair-weather fellow, too, to overhaul the Dons shiners!
- Extract from : « Hildebrand » by Anonymous
- You have it strong in your head then, and you know 'tis not all fair-weather work!
- Extract from : « The Daisy Chain » by Charlotte Yonge
- But I do not know, after all, 244 she continued, that I like fair-weather friends.
- Extract from : « A Very Naughty Girl » by L. T. Meade
- What, do you mean that fair-weather spark that was here just now?
- Extract from : « Love for Love » by William Congreve
- On fair-weather Sundays there would be quite a rush for the old church.
- Extract from : « The Knights of the White Shield » by Edward A. Rand
Synonyms for fair-weather
- capricious
- conniving
- crooked
- deceitful
- devious
- dishonest
- disloyal
- dubious
- fair-weather
- faithless
- false
- fickle
- fink
- fly-by-night
- guileful
- irresponsible
- questionable
- shady
- sharp
- shifty
- slippery
- sneaky
- treacherous
- tricky
- trustless
- two-faced
- two-timing
- unassured
- undependable
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsure
- untrue
- untrusty
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