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par

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1 something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared

that last dining experience was not quite up to par

Synonyms of par

bar, barometer, benchmark, criterion, gold standard, grade, mark, measure, metric, standard, touchstone, yardstick

Words Related to par

case, example, instance

average, norm, rule

acme, apex, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

Near Antonyms of par

aberration, abnormality, deviation

2 the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality

these California wines are on a par with the best produced in Europe

Synonyms of par

coequality, coordinateness, equality, equivalence, equivalency, parity, sameness

Words Related to par

comparability, compatibility, correlation, correspondence

alikeness, community, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude

exchangeability, interchangeability

identicalness, identity

Near Antonyms of par

difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, divergence, diverseness, diversity

incompatibility

dissimilarity, unlikeness

Antonyms of par

imparity, inequality, nonequivalence

3 what is typical of a group, class, or series

a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group

Synonyms of par

average, norm, normal, standard

Words Related to par

golden mean, mean, median, middle

commonplace, ordinary, rule, run, status quo, usual

exemplar, representative

Near Antonyms of par

abnormality, anomaly, deviation, exception, rarity

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