frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

(blue) jeans, dungarees, denims, Trade Mark Levis, Scots trews;
Scots and No. Eng. breeks, US knickers, Colloq cut-offs:
Americans who go into British shops asking for a pair of pants
are embarrassed to be offered only underwear.
paper n. 1 newspaper, tabloid, daily, weekly, journal, gazette,
publication, periodical, newsletter, organ, Colloq rag, sheet:
She is feature editor of a paper in Manchester. 2 Often,
papers. a document(s), instrument, legal papers, form,
certificate, deed, ownership papers; credential(s),
identification: Bring the papers to my office for signing. His
papers are not in order. Many people lost their papers during
the war. b docket, files, dossier, record(s), archive(s): Your
papers seem to have disappeared from our office. 3 stationery,
letterhead, writing-paper, letter-paper, notepaper; foolscap;
scrap or US also scratch paper; wrapping paper; gift-wrapping,
gift-wrap; wallpaper: She wrote to me on the most beautiful
engraved paper. We buy our Christmas paper from a museum shop. 4
article, composition, essay, assignment, report, thesis, study,
tract, analysis, critique, exegesis, treatise, dissertation,
disquisition, manuscript, MS or ms, autograph, holograph,
typescript, script, speech: Adelaide will present her paper at
the meeting of the Royal Academy this year.
--v. 5 (hang) wallpaper, line; post, distribute: The entire
area was papered with posters announcing the meeting.
par adj. 1 standard, normal, average, expected: A success rate of
two per cent is par for these candidates.
--n. 2 level, rank, standing, scale, standard: How can you
place yourself on a par with her as a tennis player? 3 above
par. above average, superior, outstanding, excellent,
exceptional; choice, select, prime: Since I stopped taking that
medication, I've been feeling above par. I am pleased to
announce that the test results were above par for the school as
a whole. 4 at par. average, level, even, equal, equivalent,
standard; par value: The shares are selling at par, or below
their true market value. 5 below or under par. a below
average, substandard, inferior, second-rate, mediocre, middling,
not up to par, poor, inadequate, unsatisfactory, wanting, bad,
wretched, miserable, awful, terrible, Colloq lousy, not up to
snuff or scratch: Ian's goal-keeping has been below par all