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Est. 1828
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Synonyms of for fair

  • as in well
  • as in well
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for fair

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Definition of for fairnext
as in well
to a full extent or degree The competition has started for fair.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • well
  • perfectly
  • wide
  • completely
  • thoroughly
  • full
  • all of
  • out
  • all over
  • enough
  • entire
  • fast
  • entirely
  • fully
  • quite
  • exactly
  • all
  • totally
  • utterly
  • dead
  • flat
  • altogether
  • wholly
  • through and through
  • all the way
  • even
  • in whole
  • down to the ground
  • more or less
  • absolutely
  • to pieces
  • heartily
  • to bits
  • clean
  • largely
  • generally
  • soundly
  • to the max
  • cold
  • primarily
  • plumb link icon
  • plain
  • substantially
  • at length
  • mostly
  • basically
  • mainly
  • overall
  • greatly
  • to the hilt
  • principally
  • chiefly
  • predominantly
  • by and large
  • stone
  • downright
  • hands down
  • categorically
  • stone-cold
  • unqualifiedly
  • predominately
  • generously
  • abundantly
  • copiously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • part
  • half
  • just
  • partly
  • partially
  • kind of
  • hardly
  • slightly
  • halfway
  • barely
  • scarcely
  • approximately
  • somewhat
  • roughly
  • incompletely
  • marginally
  • superficially
  • minimally

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“For fair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/for%20fair. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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