fair
adjective [before noun] (QUITE LARGE) /feər/
/fer/ Definition
C2 quite large: We've had a fair amount of rain this week. We've had a fair number of applicants. It's a fair-sized garden. We've come a long way, but there's still a fair way (= quite a long distance) to go.Big and quite bigEnormous
(Definition of fair adjective (QUITE LARGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appreciable adjective
- baronial adjective
- burly adjective
- capacious adjective
- commodious adjective
- grand adjective (SPLENDID)
- heavy adjective (MACHINES)
- juicy adjective (GOOD)
- L, l adjective
- large adjective
- largish adjective
- macro- prefix
- man-sized adjective
- mass adjective
- mega- prefix (BIG/GOOD)
- swamp verb (TOO MUCH/BIG)
- sweeping adjective (GENERAL)
- the bigger the better idiom
- uncommon adjective (EXTREME)
- voluminous adjective
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