benchmark

benchmark

noun

Definition of BENCHMARK

something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared <this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years>

Synonyms bar, barometer, benchmark, criterion, gold standard, grade, mark, measure, metric, par, touchstone, yardstick

Related Words case, example, instance; average, norm, rule; acme, apex, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

Near Antonyms aberration, abnormality, deviation