on a par with

Synonyms

reminiscent tantamount

Examples

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities. Robert Nozick

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries

I find above all that the expression, "atonal music," is most unfortunate - it is on a par with calling flying "the art of not falling," or swimming "the art of not drowning." Arnold Schoenberg

I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future. Ellen Goodman

Curiosity can be called a virtue or a vice, depending on what kind of elementary ethics one reads; in our house at Brekkukot, curiosity was considered on a par with thievishness. Halldór Laxness

Don't put yourself on a par with your betters. Sicilian Proverb

Words in the phrase

on a par with

Close letter words and terms

on a need-to-know basis on a pair on a par on a pedestal on a permanent basis on a pinch