| Main Entry: | fair shake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair chance |
Synonyms: |
even break, even chance, even odds, fair treatment, fifty-fifty, square deal, square odds |
| Main Entry: | affirmative action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anti-discrimination program |
Synonyms: |
anti-discrimination, equal opportunity, equal rights policy, even break, fair hiring, fair hiring practices, fair shake, fair treatment, limited choice, nondiscrimination, positive discrimination, quota system, reverse discrimination |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possibility, probability |
Synonyms: |
break, contingency, fair shake, fighting chance, indications, liability, likelihood, long shot, look-in, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager |
Antonyms: |
assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | equality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, balance; egalitarianism |
Synonyms: |
adequation, civil rights, commensurateness, coordination, correspondence, equal opportunity, equatability, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, fair play, fair practice, fair shake, fairness, homology, identity, impartiality, isonomy, likeness, par, parallelism, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity |
Antonyms: |
difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness |
| 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: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
Synonyms: |
candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair shake, fair-mindedness, give and take, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, justness, legitimacy, moderation, open-mindedness, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, right, righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity |
Antonyms: |
inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
Synonyms: |
coin flip, direction, even break, fair shake, fifty-fifty, fighting chance, good chance, liability, likeliness, long shot, outside chance, plausibility, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility, tendency, toss-up, trend |
Antonyms: |
unlikelihood |
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
Synonyms: |
befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack |
Antonyms: |
bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
Synonyms: |
achievability, action, attainableness, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake, fifty-fifty, fling*, fluke, fortuity, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, likeliness, occasion, occurrence, odds, opportunity, outside chance, plausibility, play*, potentiality, practicability, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, workableness |
Antonyms: |
impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
| Main Entry: | fair game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legitimate target |
Synonyms: |
clear stage, even break, fair field, fair play, fair shake, level playing field, prey, quarry, target, up for grabs |