cricket

[krik-it] / ˈkrɪk ɪt /

ADJECTIVE

equitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decent fair honest proper reasonable stable unbiased

STRONG

just

WEAK

candid disinterested dispassionate due ethical even-handed even-steven fair and square fair shake fair-to-middling impersonal level moral nondiscriminatory nonpartisan objective proportionate right rightful square square deal uncolored unprejudiced

Antonyms

STRONGEST

biased intolerable prejudiced unreasonable unsuitable

WEAK

disproportionate partial unequitable unfair unjust

Example Sentences

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From meeting as teenagers, Root and Stokes have been together for every significant moment in English cricket in the past decade and more.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Director of cricket Rob Key investigated the time in Noosa, but denied the team had a drinking culture.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

What everybody has wanted from this team is to be adaptable and to be flexible and to not just play one-dimensional cricket, which is what they were doing.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

All of the skipper, coach Brendon McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key remained in their posts despite the heavy loss down under.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

And then for some reason I started looking up into the cloudless sky, touching Mong’s tooth necklace and listening to the cricket sounds again.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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