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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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