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fair-minded

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfɛːˈmaɪndɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛːˌmaɪndɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹˈmaɪndɪd/
  • General-American: /ˈfɛ(ə)ɹˌmaɪndɪd/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Impartial and unbiased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fair, fairhanded, just, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fair (“equitable, just”) + minded (“having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безпристрастен (bezpristrasten) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Bulgarian: справедлив (spravedliv) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公正的 (gōngzhèngde) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無偏見的 /无偏见的 (wúpiānjiànde) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Estonian: õiglane — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Finnish: oikeudenmukainen — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Finnish: tasapuolinen — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Georgian: სამართლიანი (samartliani) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Macedonian: правдољубив (pravdoljubiv) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Manx: neuchleaynt — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Russian: беспристрастный (bespristrastnyj) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Russian: непредубеждённый (nepredubeždjónnyj) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Russian: справедливый (spravedlivyj) — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Scottish Gaelic: neo-chlaon — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepristran — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepristrasan — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Vietnamese: công bằng — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased
  • Vietnamese: vô tư — impartial and unbiased — see also impartial, unbiased