cricket

[krik-it] / ˈkrɪk ɪt /

ADJECTIVE

equitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decent fair honest proper reasonable stable unbiased

STRONG

just

WEAK

candid disinterested dispassionate due ethical even-handed even-steven fair and square fair shake fair-to-middling impersonal level moral nondiscriminatory nonpartisan objective proportionate right rightful square square deal uncolored unprejudiced

Antonyms

STRONGEST

biased intolerable prejudiced unreasonable unsuitable

WEAK

disproportionate partial unequitable unfair unjust

Example Sentences

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Given Mark Wood is unlikely to play Test cricket again, there is a changing of the guard among England's seamers.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The names of those to play both cricket and football for England conjure up the feeling of a very different era: cigarette cards, blazers and the faint whiff of Brylcreem.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

"Tilly is really proactive with her thinking. She has a good cricket brain."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

My brother still plays and my dad was part of the Redbacks Cricket Club, which we would go to every summer with family and friends and play cricket.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Around her, the urban wilderness churned with cricket calls and the gentle swoosh of trees.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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