Antonyms for fairer

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fair

Phonetic Transcription : fɛər

Definition of fairer

Origin : Old English fæger "beautiful, lovely, pleasant," from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (cf. Old Saxon fagar, Old Norse fagr, Old High German fagar "beautiful," Gothic fagrs "fit"), perhaps from PIE *pek- "to make pretty" (cf. Lithuanian puošiu "I decorate").
The meaning in reference to weather (c.1200) preserves the original sense (opposed to foul). Sense of "light-complexioned" (1550s) reflects tastes in beauty; sense of "free from bias" (mid-14c.) evolved from another early meaning, "morally pure, unblemished" (late 12c.). The sporting senses (fair ball, fair catch etc.) began in 1856. Fair play is from 1590s; fair and square is from c.1600. Fair-haired in the figurative sense of "darling, favorite" is from 1909. First record of fair-weather friends is from 1736.

adj impartial, unprejudiced
adj light-complexioned, light-haired
adj mediocre, satisfactory
adj beautiful
adj bright, cloudless (weather)

Example sentences :

Suddenly, too, the world took to his eyes a brighter and fairer aspect.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And will he then change himself for the better and fairer, or for the worse and more unsightly?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Indeed, he said, in no way could they make a fairer picture.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

In landscapes the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than we know.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For surely you cannot have discovered a fairer love than he is; certainly not in this city of Athens.
Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato

No one would deny that the test proposed is fairer, speedier, and safer than any other.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

If so, what fairer test of courage will you propose than the arbitrament of war—the war just ended?
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

And her complexion was fairer than Parian marble, than the heads of angels.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

"It would have been fairer to have cast me adrift at first," said he, fiercely.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

I think that is fairer to both parties,' said Henry judicially.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Synonyms for fairer

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