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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair |
| Synonyms: | balanced, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even-handed, fair-minded, impartial, just, liberal, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, straight, unbiased, unbigoted, uncolored, uninfluenced |
| Antonyms: | biased, prejudiced, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | candid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, bluff, blunt, equal, equitable, fair, forthright, frank, free, frontal, genuine, guileless, impartial, ingenuous, just, objective, open, outspoken, plain, right up front, scrupulous, sincere, straightforward, talking turkey, telling it like it is, truthful, unbiased, uncolored, unequivocal, unprejudiced, unpretended, up front, upright |
| Antonyms: | artful, deceitful, devious, lying, tricky |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
| Antonyms: | narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | detached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, disinterested; neutral |
| Synonyms: | abstract, apathetic, casual, cool*, dispassionate, distant, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, laid-back*, objective, out of it, poker-faced, remote, removed, reserved, spaced-out, spacey, staid, stolid, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unpassioned, unprejudiced, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | biased, compassionate, engaged, interested, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disinterested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detached, uninvolved |
| Synonyms: | aloof, candid, casual, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, just watching the clock, lackadaisical, negative, neutral, nonpartisan, not giving a damn, outside, perfunctory, remote, unbiased, unconcerned, uncurious, unprejudiced, unselfish, withdrawn |
| Notes: | if you are disinterested, you have no stake in the outcome of an event and you are impartial - but if you are uninterested, you simply don't care; disinterested is 'impartial, neutral' and uninterested is 'bored, lacking interest' uninterested means 'having no interest in, being indifferent to'; disinterested means 'having no personal interest or stake in; being unbiased toward' |
| Antonyms: | biased, concerned, interested, involved, passionate, prejudiced |
| Main Entry: | dispassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, impartial |
| Synonyms: | abstract, aloof, calm, candid, cold-blooded, cold-fish, collected, composed, cool, cool cat, couldn't care less, detached, disinterested, fair, iceberg, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, judicial, just, laid back, moderate, neutral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, poker-faced, quiet, serene, sober, temperate, tough, unbiased, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unruffled |
| Antonyms: | biased, emotional, excited, feeling, involved, moved, partial, passionate, prejudiced, subjective |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, unbiased |
| Synonyms: | dispassionate, egalitarian, equable, even-handed, impartial, just, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, uncolored, unprejudiced, without distinction |
| Antonyms: | biased, disproportionate, unequal, unequitable, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | equitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial |
| Synonyms: | candid, cricket, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, even-steven, fair, fair and square, fair shake, fair-to-middling, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, square deal, stable, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced |
| Notes: | equable means steady or unvarying and far from extremes; equitable means fair and impartial |
| Antonyms: | biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unequitable, unfair, unjust, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair, impartial |
| Synonyms: | balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, fair and square, honest, just, matching, nonpartisan, square, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | biased, partial, unfair |
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