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| Main Entry: |
even-handed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial and fair |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, balanced, disinterested, equitable, fair, fair-and-square, honest, honorable, impartial, just, justifiable, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, on the level, on the level, on the up-and-up, reasonable, right, square, straight, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial, unprejudiced |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, benevolent, blameless, candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, frank, generous, good, honest, honorable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate, moderate, nonpartisan, objective, on the level, on up-and-up, open, pious, praiseworthy, principled, proper, reasonable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, temperate, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, uncorrupted, upright, virtuous |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Antonyms: | biased, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | impartial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, unprejudiced |
| Synonyms: | candid, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, just, middle-of-the-road, neutral, nondiscriminating, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-fence, open-minded, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, unslanted, without favor |
| Antonyms: | biased, discriminating, favoring, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | impersonal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | abstract, bureaucratic, businesslike, candid, cold turkey, cold-blooded, colorless, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, emotionless, equal, equitable, fair, formal, impartial, indifferent, inhuman, neutral, nondiscriminatory, objective, poker-faced, remote, straight, strictly business, unbiased, uncolored, unpassioned |
| Antonyms: | friendly, informal, personable, personal, warm |
| Main Entry: | indifferent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, uninterested |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, diffident, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, passionless, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, stoical, supercilious, superior, unaroused, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unimpressed, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsocial, unsympathetic |
| Antonyms: | caring, compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | just |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, impartial |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blameless, condign, conscientious, decent, dependable, dispassionate, due, equal, equitable, ethical, evenhanded, fair-minded, good, honest, honorable, lawful, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, pure, reliable, right, righteous, rightful, rigid, scrupulous, strict, tried, true, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, upright, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | inequitable, partial, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanistic, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, latitudinarian, left, lenient, libertarian, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, reformist, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | conservative, narrow, narrow-minded |
| Main Entry: | neutral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial, noncommittal |
| Synonyms: | aloof, bystanding, calm, clinical, collected, cool, detached, disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, inactive, indifferent, inert, middle-of-road, nonaligned, nonbelligerent, nonchalant, noncombatant, nonparticipating, nonpartisan, on sidelines, on the fence, pacifistic, poker-faced, relaxed, unaligned, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, undecided, uninvolved, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | biased, committal, partial, predisposed, prejudiced |
| Main Entry: | nonpartisan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial; not political |
| Synonyms: | detached, equitable, fair, free-wheeling, independent, indifferent, just, middle-of-the-road, neutral, nonaligned, nondiscriminatory, objective, on one's own, on-the-fence, playing it cool, unaffected, unaffiliated, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, unimplicated, uninfluenced, uninvolved, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | biased, decided, partial, partisan, political, prejudiced |
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