Antonyms for fairest
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fair |
Phonetic Transcription : fɛər |
- abnormal
- biased
- black
- brunette
- cloudy
- colored
- colorful
- dark
- darkened
- deceitful
- decided
- devious
- dishonest
- disproportionate
- exceptional
- extraordinary
- extreme
- illegal
- illegitimate
- impolite
- inadequate
- inclement
- infrequent
- insufficient
- intolerable
- lying
- mean
- misbehaving
- noble
- partial
- prejudiced
- rainy
- rare
- repellent
- repulsive
- rude
- stormy
- subjective
- tricky
- ugly
- uncommon
- unequitable
- unfair
- unfit
- unjust
- unkind
- unlawful
- unreasonable
- unreliable
- unsuitable
- untrustworthy
- unusual
- unvirtuous
Definition of fairest
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)
- For we have made them the fairest offers, but they would not be persuaded.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Paris and the fairest woman in the world were well across the sea.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- But the fairest, wi' hair like the mune in a clud, She sought till she was the last.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- But the fairest she laid her comb by itsel' On the rock where the king's son lay.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- I will not ask you, fairest of your sex, to give your confidence to unauthorised words.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Fairest, forlornest, and saddest of all the cities, and dearest!
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- There remains still the finest and fairest of all men and all States—tyranny and the tyrant.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- That country is the fairest which is inhabited by the noblest minds.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- And the body is fairest which grows up straight and well-formed from the time of birth.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Now the fairest and most useful of strains will be uttered by the elder men, and therefore we cannot let them off.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
Synonyms for fairest
- aboveboard
- adequate
- all right
- argent
- attractive
- average
- balmy
- beauteous
- benevolent
- blameless
- blanched
- bleached
- blond
- blonde
- bonny
- calm
- candid
- chalky
- charming
- chaste
- civil
- clarion
- clean
- clear
- clement
- colorless
- comely
- common
- commonplace
- courteous
- creamy
- dainty
- decent
- delicate
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- dry
- enchanting
- equal
- equitable
- even-handed
- exquisite
- faded
- fair-haired
- fair-skinned
- fairish
- favorable
- fine
- flaxen-haired
- frank
- generous
- good
- good-looking
- handsome
- honest
- honorable
- impartial
- indifferent
- intermediate
- just
- lawful
- legitimate
- light
- lovely
- mean
- medium
- middling
- mild
- milky
- moderate
- neutral
- nonpartisan
- not bad
- objective
- okay
- on the level
- on up-and-up
- open
- ordinary
- pale
- pale-faced
- pallid
- passable
- pearly
- pious
- placid
- pleasant
- praiseworthy
- pretty
- pretty good
- principled
- proper
- pulchritudinous
- pure
- rainless
- reasonable
- respectable
- righteous
- sallow
- satisfactory
- scrupulous
- silvery
- sincere
- smiling
- snowy
- so-so
- square
- straight
- straightforward
- sunny
- sunshiny
- temperate
- tolerable
- tow-haired
- tow-headed
- tranquil
- trustworthy
- unbiased
- unclouded
- uncolored
- uncorrupted
- undarkened
- unthreatening
- up to standard
- upright
- usual
- virtuous
- white
- whitish
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