Synonyms of pars

pars

noun

plural of par

1

as in criteria

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 & Similar Words

• criteria
• standards
• criterions
• metrics
• benchmarks
• measures
• grades
• barometers
• bars
• yardsticks
• examples
• touchstones
• rules
• instances
• norms
• gold standards
• marks
• apices
• averages
• cases
• pinnacles
• summits
• meridians
• apexes
• peaks
• acmes
• zeniths

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deviations
• abnormalities
• aberrations

2

as in normals

what is typical of a group, class, or series

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normals
• norms
• averages
• standards
• means
• usuals
• medians
• runs
• ordinaries
• rules
• status quos
• commonplaces
• golden means
• middles
• representatives
• exemplars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exceptions
• deviations
• abnormalities
• anomalies
• rarities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pars

Last week Reyes fired a personal best three-under 33 over the Bernardo Heights Red front nine, showing her consistency by collecting three birdies and the rest pars. —Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025

Doctors then performed a pars plana vitrectomy — which is a procedure to remove the vitreous humor from the inside of the eye — to take out the worm. —Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025

To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye. —Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025

Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra. —Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025