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Another word for standard

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Noun

  1. Fabric used especially as a symbol

    See also:

    substitute

  2. A means by which individuals are compared and judged

    See also:

    usual

  3. One that is worthy of imitation or duplication

    See also:

    good

Adjective

  1. Having or arising from authority

    See also:

    true

  2. Being of no special quality or type

    See also:

    usual

    good

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Another word for standard

Modifier
  1. See also:

    official

    conventional

    approved

Noun

  1. Flag

    See also:

    flag

  2. Emblem

    See also:

    emblem

  3. Measure

    See also:

    measure

    criterion

  4. Model

    See also:

    model

    model

Synonym Study

  • Yardstick refers to a test or criterion for measuring genuineness or value time is the only true yardstick of a book's merit
  • Gauge literally applies to a standard of measurement a wire gauge, but figuratively it is equivalent to criterion sales are an accurate gauge of a book's popularity
  • Criterion applies to a test or rule for measuring the excellence, fitness, or correctness of something, especially of an abstraction mere memory is no accurate criterion of intelligence
  • Standard applies to some measure, principle, model, etc. with which things of the same class are compared in order to determine their quantity, value, quality, etc. standard of purity for drugs
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Sentence Examples

  • The standard day is longer than ours, about thirty hours instead of twenty-four, with that divided evenly between day and night.

  • Gabriel understood why the old standard was gone.

  • A large brass vessel used as a standard measure for the lead ore, and dating from the time of Henry VIII., is preserved.

  • The access to information that mobile phones are bringing virtually everywhere on the planet is helping people raise their standard of living and will do so even more dramatically in the years to come.

  • And it occurs to no one that to admit a greatness not commensurable with the standard of right and wrong is merely to admit one's own nothingness and immeasurable meanness.

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