fair
- adjective
- /fɛr/
- These Vikings were tall like palm trees, fair skinned, fair haired and healthy in colour.
- fair skin
- a fair complexion
- the fair sex
These Vikings were tall like palm trees, fair skinned, fair haired and healthy in colour.
- These Vikings were tall like palm trees, fair skinned, fair haired and healthy in colour.
- Because the shades always go from fairest to darkest.
- They are, you know, fair skinned, dark, dark haired.
- She's so good because she's so fair and she's so funny.
- Now they've got like porcelain and light and fair and deep and dark and tan.
- But I think for fall and winter with fair skin always rock the deep lip.
- I'm much fairer than I appear on camera.
- Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon.
Examples
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For reference, I am fair with like dark blonde hair.
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This is a good bronzer for fair to medium skin tones.
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With fair hair, blue eyes, lost at age 8 when civil war broke out in the Far East?
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In spite of his dark, almost black, hair, his skin was fair, so the blushes really showed.
Academic text (2008) -
Getting up hurriedly, I put on something warm and found the fair-skinned visitors outside.
Fiction book (1992) -
The epithets used to describe Helen include fair haired, fair cheeked and white armed.
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Her fair complexion made her stand out amongst her friends.
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He has always been complimented for his fair hair and bright smile.
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Many people prefer foundations that suit fair skin tones.
Synonyms
Nice to look at in a gentle, simple way
Having a nice face or body that people find attractive
Having an attractive appearance
Pleasant to look at in a simple, natural way
Looking attractive and lively in a healthy way
Having pale hair like blond or light brown
Pretty to look at
A little light in color, like pale hair or skin
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
Honest behavior that treats everyone the same and follows the rules in sport or competition
- Specialized
The right to use small parts of someone else's work without permission for teaching, news, or criticism
A way of buying and selling that gives better pay and rights to farmers and workers
- Informal
A person who helps only when things are good and leaves during problems
- Specialized
A ball hit by the batter that lands between the foul lines and is in play
- Specialized
A player signals and catches a punt without running and cannot be tackled
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
- Jargon
Part of a baseball field between the first and third base lines where a hit ball is in play
A small European plant with a circle of low leaves and clusters of white star-shaped flowers
- Formal
Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price
- Specialized
A deal where a maker tells stores not to sell a branded product below a fixed price
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fair meaning 'attractive' comes from an old word for 'beautiful', which is why 'fair' can describe someone who is pretty or who has light hair or skin.