Meaning & use

on par

phrase·Everyday

Equal in quality, level, or amount to something else being compared.

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The new phone's camera is finally on par with its main competitors.

Her second novel was not quite on par with her celebrated debut.

A note on using this word

Usually followed by 'with'; borrowed from golf, where par is the expected standard score for a hole.

Words with a similar meaning

equal tocomparable to

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Words with an opposite meaning

inferior to

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