fairer

[ fair ]

adj.impartial, unprejudiced
adj.light-complexioned, light-haired
adj.mediocre, satisfactory
adj.beautiful
adj.bright, cloudless (weather)

Antonyms for fairer

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences forfairer

Suddenly, too, the world took to his eyes a brighter and fairer aspect.

And will he then change himself for the better and fairer, or for the worse and more unsightly?

Indeed, he said, in no way could they make a fairer picture.

In landscapes the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than we know.

For surely you cannot have discovered a fairer love than he is; certainly not in this city of Athens.

No one would deny that the test proposed is fairer, speedier, and safer than any other.

If so, what fairer test of courage will you propose than the arbitrament of war—the war just ended?

And her complexion was fairer than Parian marble, than the heads of angels.

"It would have been fairer to have cast me adrift at first," said he, fiercely.

I think that is fairer to both parties,' said Henry judicially.