Word

touchstone, n.
(touchstones)
freq. cnt. 1

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

criterion measure standard touchstone

sample sentences

"the schools comply with federal standards"
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

standardize standardise

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

criterional criterial

semantic pointers

hypernym

system of measurement, metric

hyponym

benchmark earned run average, ERA grade point average, GPA procrustean standard, procrustean rule, procrustean bed yardstick medium of exchange, monetary system scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series standard of measurement, gauge baseline norm