par

1. 1.

   make a score (on a hole) equal to par

   Broaderscore

   golf

Other forms of par

plural

pars·

past tense

parred·

present participle

parring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about par

What does par mean?

par means "(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in par?

par has 1 syllable: par. In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹ/.

What is another word for par?

Close synonyms include equality, equivalence, equation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is par a common word?

par is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with par?

1 word rhymes with par. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.