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par
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PAR
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 bar, barometer, benchmark, criterion, gold standard, grade, mark, measure, metric, par, touchstone, yardstick
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>
Related Words comparability, compatibility, correlation, correspondence; alikeness, community, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude; exchangeability, interchangeability; identicalness, identity
3
what is typical of a group, class, or series <a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group>
Related Words golden mean, mean, median, middle; commonplace, ordinary, rule, run, status quo, usual; exemplar, representative
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