Definition of Fair-weather

1. Adjective. Suitable for use only during fair weather ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of friends, etc.) Dependable only in the absence of trouble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fair-weather

1. 1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. 2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. Fair-weather sailor, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; the nautical equivalent of carpet knight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fair-weather

faintnesses
faints
fainty
fair(a)
fair-and-square
fair-built
fair-haired
fair-haired(a)
fair-haired boy
fair-maids-of-France
fair-minded
fair-mindedness
fair-to-middlin'
fair-to-middling
fair-weather (current term)
fair-weather friend
fair-world
fair and square
fair ball
fair bet
fair catch
fair chance
fair copy
fair crack of the whip
fair deal
fair dinkum
fair dos
fair enough

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