Definitions

fairish

[fair-ish] / ˈfɛər ɪʃ /

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fair adj.
fair to middling adj.
goodish adj.
mediocre adj.
medium adj.
middling adj.
moderate adj.
OK adj.
so-so adj.

ADJECTIVE

fair

Synonyms

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adequate decent reasonable satisfactory

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average common commonplace intermediate mean medium middling moderate okay ordinary

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all right indifferent not bad passable pretty good respectable so-so tolerable up to standard usual

Antonyms

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inadequate insufficient intolerable unfit

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abnormal exceptional extraordinary extreme infrequent rare uncommon unusual

ADJECTIVE

fair to middling

Synonyms

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OK acceptable adequate can't complain fair indifferent mediocre middling moderate modest passable so-so

ADJECTIVE

goodish

Synonyms

WEAK

A-OK adequate admissible all right average big common cooking with gas cool copacetic decent delightful fair hunky-dory in the swim kosher large moderate okay on the ball on the beam passable peachy keen

ADJECTIVE

mediocre

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decent dull inferior middling ordinary second-rate so-so undistinguished uninspired

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characterless colorless common conventional fair fair to middling humdrum indifferent insignificant intermediate mainstream mean medium mid moderate no great shakes of poor quality passable pedestrian run-of-the-mill standard tolerable unexceptional vanilla

Antonyms

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different excellent exceptional extraordinary first-rate superior

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unusual

ADJECTIVE

medium

Synonyms

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intermediate

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common commonplace fair mean median middle middling moderate neutral normal ordinary par standard

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medial mediocre passable popular run-of-the-mill so-so tolerable

Antonyms

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abnormal biased different exceptional extraordinary extreme infrequent irregular noble partial prejudiced rare uncommon unreasonable unusual

ADJECTIVE

middling

Synonyms

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mediocre passable run-of-the-mill so-so

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average common fair good intermediate mean medium moderate okay ordinary

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all right conventional decent indifferent mid modest tolerable traditional unexceptional unremarkable

Antonyms

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excellent exceptional superior

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abnormal bad extraordinary extreme noble uncommon unreasonable unsuitable unusual

ADJECTIVE

moderate

Synonyms

STRONG

intermediate mean medium middling ordinary piddling trifling

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bland fair to middling inconsequential inconsiderable indifferent mediocre paltry passable trivial unexceptional

Antonyms

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extraordinary extreme important significant

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considerable excessive extravagant immoderate liberal outrageous uncontrolled unlimited unreasonable unrestrained violent wild

ADJECTIVE

Synonyms

STRONG

average common cool fair hip kosher large moderate okay pleasing standard swell welcome

WEAK

A-OK adequate admissible all right big cooking with gas copacetic decent delightful goodish hep hunky-dory in the swim on the ball on the beam passable peachy keen pleasant respectable right on satisfactory sufficient tolerable trendy unexceptional unobjectionable up to code up to snuff

Antonyms

STRONG

abnormal bad extraordinary extreme unacceptable unreasonable unusual

ADJECTIVE

so-so

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mediocre middling passable respectable undistinguished

WEAK

adequate average enough fair fair to middling indifferent medium mid moderate not bad okay ordinary run-of-the-mill tolerable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exceptional extraordinary superior

WEAK

different distinguished excellent

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fairish

Suddenly, to the amazement of Marine pilots and mechanics, a Japanese twin-engined bomber, its wheels still retracted, glided in and scraped down the runway to a fairish belly landing.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fairish number of "parents" are disposed of before Lieberman finally catches up with and confronts the wicked Mengele in a Pennsylvania farmhouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

By luck and good conduct he had managed to get the wee boat a fairish way out.

From Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. by Norman Duncan

He is a fat young man with fairish curly hair and an important bearing.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Tell him I can give him some fairish shooting, and will do all I can to make you both comfortable.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope

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