FAIRISH Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

fairish

adjective

ˈfer-ish

Definition of fairish

as in adequate

of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards did a fairish job of refinishing the old chest, especially since it was her first foray into furniture restoration

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Water authorities trying to maintain adequate supplies of fresh water have banned farmers in some parts of the country from pumping water out of canals to irrigate their crops.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Investors also challenged lofty tech stock valuations and doubted whether surging capital spending will generate adequate returns.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of adequate

Adjective

As time passes, the kills have to get more inventive to sustain the level of suspense required for a decent sized group of people to be in fear of their lives for a prolong period of time.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
These are fine principles, the bedrock of any decent society.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of decent

Adjective

This matters because ringing up more sales outside the morning coffee rush can help keep Starbucks’ comps growing at satisfactory clips as year-over-year comparisons get tougher.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Police responses can also lead to trauma for that person or a less satisfactory outcome than another community service response would produce, Duckett said.

— Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026

Definition of satisfactory

Adjective

Even the Brewers, the leaders for team ERA, added another good arm just for safe measure.

— Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Chef Iñigo Lavado spent years hopping between Europe’s best kitchens, including Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adriá, before opening his namesake restaurant in the neighboring city of Irún in 2004.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of good

Adjective

There’s an acceptable, understood feeling-things-out period that takes place in the first week of training camp.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The concern about respectability politics is legitimate Black people have historically been expected to alter themselves to become acceptable to institutions whose standards were rarely built with them in mind.

— Tee Wilson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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