| Main Entry: | par |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, equilibrium |
Synonyms: |
adequation, balance, coequality, criterion, equal footing, equality, equatability, equivalence, equivalency, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal, typical amount |
Synonyms: |
mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule, standard, usual |
Antonyms: |
abnormality, exception, extreme, unusual |
| Main Entry: | equality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, balance; egalitarianism |
Synonyms: |
adequation, civil rights, commensurateness, coordination, correspondence, equal opportunity, equatability, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, fair play, fair practice, fair shake, fairness, homology, identity, impartiality, isonomy, likeness, par, parallelism, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity |
Antonyms: |
difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | equivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sameness, similarity |
Synonyms: |
adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, synonym, synonymy |
Antonyms: |
difference, dissimilarity, inequality, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average |
Synonyms: |
balance, center, compromise, happy medium, median, middle, middle course, midpoint, norm, par |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | median |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
Synonyms: |
average, center, centermost, central, equidistant, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midmost, midpoint, midway, par |
Antonyms: |
extreme, outside |
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | midway, average |
Synonyms: |
common, commonplace, fair, fairish, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, middle, middling, moderate, neutral, normal, ordinary, par, passable, popular, run-of-the-mill, so-so, standard, tolerable |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | norm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, standard |
Synonyms: |
barometer, benchmark*, criterion, gauge, mean, measure, median, medium, model, par, pattern, rule, scale, touchstone, type, yardstick |
Antonyms: |
end, exception, extreme |
| Main Entry: | parity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equality, balance |
Synonyms: |
adequation, affinity, agreement, analogy, approximation, closeness, coequality, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, equal terms, equivalence, equivalency, likeness, nearness, par, parallelism, paraphernalia, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude, uniformity, unity |
Antonyms: |
dissimilitude, imbalance, inequality |
| Main Entry: | sameness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | likeness, similarity |
Synonyms: |
adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization, tedium, uniformity, unison, unity, unvariedness |
Antonyms: |
difference, dissimilarity, variableness, variety |