FAIRNESS Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

fairness

noun

ˈfer-nəs

Definition of fairness

as in beauty

the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses a city of incomparable fairness, Venice has enchanted travelers for centuries

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as in neutrality

lack of favoritism toward one side or another fairness was certainly uppermost in the elderly woman's mind as she made arrangements for dividing the family heirlooms among her many grandchildren

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Recent Examples of fairness Presidents Tsai and now Lai represent equality, fairness, and progress. — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 It could, however, in fairness, be pointed out that United’s forwards did not score. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Plan to ask the same questions of all candidates for fairness and to make comparisons easier. — Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026 Supporters describe the measure as a protection for fairness and safety in girls’ sports. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fairness

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairness

Noun

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.

— Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

Art requires some neutrality to find its voice, but a building dedicated to the exploration of narrative shouldn’t stop exploring just when its storytelling begins.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
That neutrality can provide exposure to the broader market without requiring one architecture to dominate.

— John Gabriel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of neutrality

Noun

The list of 500 schools was compiled by the magazine and data research firm Statista, Schools were given a score based on their student outcomes, learning environment and their attractiveness to students.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The stakes are high, with victory on the track bringing in prize money and enhancing the team’s attractiveness to sponsors like Petronas and Microsoft.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of attractiveness

Noun

Vibration monitors would provide some objectivity, said Leila Sauvage, a paper conservator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam who specializes in the impacts of vibration on art.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
One of the biggest mistakes leaders make during a mid-year review is allowing optimism to replace objectivity.

— John Abusaid, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of objectivity

Noun

The composure of Amélie, and the decidedly wild and clownish manner in which she’s painted, can’t be tamed into order, elegance, or beauty.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The sellers decided to put the marble over the top and update it with elegance, without taking away what was originally here.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of elegance

Noun

The channel has come under fire from journalists for breaching the impartiality rules that apply to news broadcasters.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
Judge Chitty was assigned to oversee the case after Roach was removed from further proceedings following the defense's challenge to his impartiality.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of impartiality

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