Equitable: meaning, example and synonyms
Equitableadj. Fair and impartial; treating everyone justly.
Example
The council sought an equitable way to divide the water rights, one that weighed each farm's acreage as well as its historical use.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- fair, just, impartial, evenhanded
- Antonyms
- unfair, inequitable, biased, unjust
- Memory tip
- Equitable shares a root with equal, but means fair, not identical.
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Check yourself: Equitable in context
The arbitrator sought a settlement both sides would find ______, dividing the inheritance according to each sibling's contribution to the family farm.
Answer: equitable. Dividing by each sibling's contribution aims at fairness: equitable. Vapid (dull), analogical (comparison-based) and light-hearted (cheerful) don't describe a fair division.
Reformers argued that funding schools through local property taxes was not ______, since wealthy districts could spend far more per student than poor ones.
Answer: equitable. Unequal spending between rich and poor districts is unfair, so not equitable. Emblematic (symbolic), analogical (comparison-based) and light-hearted (cheerful) don't address fairness.