fairness

Other forms of fairness

plural

fairnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fairness

What does fairness mean?

fairness means "conformity with rules or standards". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fairness?

fairness has 2 syllables: fair-ness. The stress falls on "fair". In IPA it is /ˈfɛɹnəs/.

What is another word for fairness?

Close synonyms include equity, fair-mindedness, candor, candour, paleness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of fairness?

The recorded antonyms are unfairness, unfairness.

Is fairness a common word?

fairness is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fairness?

1 word rhymes with fairness. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.