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ADJECTIVE | 1 | just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
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2 | just, equitable | Implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all | |
3 | just, fair | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception | |
4 | just, good, upright, virtuous | Of moral excellence | |
ADVERB | 1 | just, merely, simply, only, but | And nothing more |
2 | just, precisely, exactly | Indicating exactness or preciseness | |
3 | just, just now | Only a moment ago | |
4 | just, simply | Absolutely | |
5 | just, barely, hardly, scarcely, scarce | By a small margin |
Sounds | jhah'st; jhihst |
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Rhymes | abolitionist, accompanist, activist, and 198 more rhymes in ahst at the HyperDic website... |
abortionist, absolutist, activist, and 230 more rhymes in ihst at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting. |
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Examples | "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
Similar | conscionable; fitting, meet; retributive, retributory, vindicatory; rightful |
See also | fair, just; honorable, honourable; right; righteous |
Contrary | unjust |
Adverbs | justly; justly |
Meaning | Implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all. |
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Synonyms | equitable |
Similar | evenhanded |
Contrary | inequitable, unjust |
Meaning | Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception. Or conforming with established standards or rules. |
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Synonyms | fair |
Attribute of | fairness, equity |
Similar | antimonopoly, antitrust; clean, sporting, sportsmanlike; fair-minded; fair-and-square |
See also | just; impartial, fair; reasonable, sensible |
Contrary | unfair, unjust |
Meaning | Of moral excellence. |
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Examples | "a just cause" |
Synonyms | good, upright, virtuous |
Similar to | righteous |
Meaning | And nothing more. |
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Examples | "just a scratch" |
Synonyms | merely, simply, only, but |
Meaning | Indicating exactness or preciseness. |
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Examples | "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" |
Synonyms | precisely, exactly |
Meaning | Only a moment ago. |
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Examples | "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" |
Synonyms | just now |
Meaning | Absolutely. |
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Examples | "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo" |
Synonyms | simply |
Usage | intensifier, intensive |
Meaning | By a small margin. |
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Examples | "just missed being hit" |
Synonyms | barely, hardly, scarcely, scarce |