Another word for standard
standard
modif.
regular, usual, regulation, made to a standard; see approved, conventional 1, official 3.
standard
n.
Flag
Emblem
Measure
criterion, gauge, yardstick, example, rule, test; see also criterion, measure 2.
Model
pattern, type, example, norm; see model 2. See syn. study at model.
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; 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; gauge literally applies to a standard of measurement a wire gauge, but figuratively it is equivalent to criterionsales are an accurate gauge of a book's popularity; yardstick refers to a test or criterion for measuring genuineness or value time is the only true yardstick of a book's merit
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Another word for standard
Fabric used especially as a symbol:
banderole, banner, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag1, jack, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, streamer. See substituteA means by which individuals are compared and judged:
benchmark, criterion, gauge, mark, measure, test, touchstone, yardstick. See usualOne that is worthy of imitation or duplication:
beau ideal, example, exemplar, ideal, mirror, model, paradigm, pattern. See good
Having or arising from authority:
authoritative, conclusive, official, sanctioned. See trueBeing of no special quality or type:
average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See good, usual
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