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| 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: | fair shake, anti-discrimination, equal opportunity, equal rights policy, even break, fair hiring, fair hiring practices, fair treatment, limited choice, nondiscrimination, positive discrimination, quota system, reverse discrimination |
| Main Entry: | equality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, balance; egalitarianism |
| Synonyms: | civil rights, correspondence, equilibrium, equivalence, evenness, fair shake*, fairness, identity, impartiality, likeness, par, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity, adequation, commensurateness, coordination, equal opportunity, equatability, equipoise, fair play, fair practice, homology, isonomy, parallelism |
| Antonyms: | difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial |
| Synonyms: | candid, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, due, ethical, even-handed, fair, fair and square, fair shake*, honest, impersonal, just, level, moral, nonpartisan, objective, proper, proportionate, reasonable, right, rightful, square, stable, unbiased, unprejudiced, cricket, even-steven, fair-to-middling, nondiscriminatory, square deal, uncolored |
| Notes: | equable means steady or unvarying and far from extremes; equitable means fair and impartial |
| Antonyms: | biased, disproportionate, partial, prejudiced, unfair, unjust, unreasonable, unequitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
| Synonyms: | candor, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, due, duty, equity, fair shake*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, moderation, propriety, right, righteousness, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity, charitableness, disinterestedness, equitableness, exactitude, fair-mindedness, give and take, justness, legitimacy, open-mindedness, rationality, reasonableness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal |
| Antonyms: | inequity, injustice, partiality, wrong, unfairness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
| Synonyms: | direction, fair shake, fighting chance*, liability, long shot*, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, tendency, toss-up, trend, coin flip, even break, fifty-fifty*, good chance, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility |
| Antonyms: | unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
| Synonyms: | action, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fling*, fluke*, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, occasion, occurrence, odds*, opportunity, play*, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, achievability, attainableness, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, potentiality, practicability, workableness |
| Antonyms: | impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fair game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legitimate target |
| Synonyms: | fair shake, level playing field, prey, quarry, target, clear stage, even break, fair field, fair play, up for grabs |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possibility, probability |
| Synonyms: | break, contingency, fair shake*, fighting chance*, liability, likelihood, long shot*, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager, indications, look-in |
| Antonyms: | assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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