Meanings
- idiomaticAn expression used to concede a point, but suggesting that the broader argument is incorrect.
You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?
2 more examples
Puel was let go in June despite leading Southampton to their first major final for 14 years and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But apparently his style was too boring and some players and many fans disliked his method, so he had to go – fair enough but look at them now.
2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2017If I say "Donald" and you say "Fair enough, but there's someone called Donaldo"...
2021 August 9, 3:26 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Tim Key - Used to acknowledge a person's point or argument; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to acknowledge a person's point or argument; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.
Translations
Czech budiž, fajn
- budižvery well
- fajnvery well
Dutch heel goed, okay
- heel goedvery well
- okayvery well
- daar kan ik in komenvery well
French qu'à cela ne tienne, d'accord
- qu'à cela ne tiennevery well
- d'accordvery well
- certesvery well
- soitvery well
German na gut, in Ordnung
- na gutvery well
- in Ordnungvery well
- schön und gutvery well
- prima so weitvery well
Hungarian rendben van, ám legyen
- rendben vanvery well
- ám legyenvery well
- az igazvery well
- eddig jóvery well
- hát jóvery well
- hát jól vanvery well
Irish ceart go leor, maith go leor
- ceart go leorvery well
- maith go leorvery well
Italian d'accordo, va beh
- d'accordovery well
- va behvery well
- e siavery well
Polish zgoda, w porządku
- zgodavery well
- w porządkuvery well
Scottish Gaelic iomchaidh gu leòr
- iomchaidh gu leòrvery well
Spanish suficientemente/bastante/bastantemente justo
- suficientemente/bastante/bastantemente justoliteral
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fair enough
Cite this entry
fair enough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair%20enough
“fair enough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair%20enough. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fair enough,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair%20enough.
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