Related Words for benchmark

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standard
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Noun
performance
x/x
Noun
yardstick
/x
Noun
test
/
Noun
comparison
x/xx
Noun
metrics
/x
Noun
guideline
/x
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
framework
/x
Noun
comparable
/xxx
Adjective
comparative
x/xx
Name
objective
x/x
Noun
touchstone
/x
Noun
baseline
/x
Noun
methodology
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Noun
setting
/x
Noun
outperform
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Verb
model
/x
Noun
reference
/xx
Noun
index
/x
Noun
compare
x/
Verb
tool
/
Noun
measurement
/xx
Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective
pinnacle
/xx
Noun
criterion
x/xx
Noun
landmark
/x
Noun
barometer
x/xx
Noun
record
x/
Noun
spec
/
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
snapshot
/x
Noun
flagship
/x
Noun
ultimate
/xx
Adjective
strategy
/xx
Noun
simulation
xx/x
Noun
rubric
/x
Noun
average
/xx
Noun
marker
/x
Noun
mark
/
Noun
routine
x/
Noun
score
/
Noun
target
/x
Noun
goal
/
Noun
medium
/xx
Noun
statistic
x/x
Noun
sample
/x
Noun
grade
/
Noun
data set
/x/
Phrase, Noun
quota
/x
Noun
margin
/x
Noun
assessment
x/x
Noun
critique
x/
Noun
point
/
Noun
mock
/
Adjective
task
/
Noun
rule of thumb
///
Phrase, Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
universe
/xx
Noun
paradigm
/xx
Noun
example
x/x
Noun
rating
/x
Noun
prototype
/xx
Noun
quality assurance
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
track record
/x/
Phrase, Noun
note
/
Noun
course
/
Noun
bill
/
Noun
clock
/
Noun
mean
/
Noun
survey
x/
Noun
appraisal
x/x
Noun
checkpoint
/x
Noun
blue book
//
Phrase, Noun
object
/x
Noun
mean time
//
Phrase, Noun
specifications
xxx/x
Noun
field test
//
Phrase, Noun
litmus test
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stand
/
Noun
full marks
//
Phrase, Noun
reality check
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Phrase, Noun
trial run
/x/
Phrase, Noun
checkup
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun
evaluation
xxx/x
Noun
panel
/x
Noun
experiment
x/xx
Noun
dose
/
Noun
epoch
/x
Noun
timer
/x
Noun
peak
/
Noun
proof
/
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun
brand
/
Noun
verdict
/x
Noun
chart
/
Noun
outline
/x
Noun
pattern
/x
Noun
audit
/x
Noun
indicator
/xxx
Noun
ramp
/
Noun
check
/
Noun
frame
/
Noun
workbook
/x
Noun
learning curve
/x/
Phrase, Noun
subject
x/
Noun
batch
/
Noun
review
x/
Noun
reckoning
/xx
Noun
lesson
/x
Noun
trial
/x
Noun
breakout
/x
Noun
scheme
/
Noun
basis
/x
Noun
case
/
Noun
budget
/x
Noun
demonstration
xx/x
Noun
practice
/x
Noun
time frame
//
Phrase, Noun
preset
x/
Noun
poll
/
Noun
work
/
Noun
market
/x
Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
project
/x
Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
case in point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
showing
/x
Verb
tempo
/x
Noun
portfolio
x/xx
Noun
brown
/
Name
pricing
/x
Verb, Noun
gauging
/x
Verb
customized
/xx
Adjective
relative
/xx
Noun
competitors
x/xx
Noun
useful
/x
Adjective
judging
/x
Verb
excellence
/xx
Noun
convenient
x/x
Adjective
normative
/xx
Adjective
assessing
x/x
Verb
serves
/
Verb
terminology
xx/xx
Noun
simulates
/xx
Verb
deviations
xx/x
Noun
synthetic
x/x
Adjective
valuation
xx/x
Noun
elevation
xx/x
Noun
investors
x/x
Noun
neoclassical
xx/xx
Adjective
norm
/
Noun
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
adjusted
x/x
Adjective
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
analysis
x/xx
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
authority
x/xx
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bridgehead
/x
Noun
calibrate
/xx
Verb
calibration
xx/x
Noun
citation
x/x
Noun
comparator
x/xx
Noun
compass
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
compliance
x/x
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
cornerstone
/xx
Noun
coverage
/xx
Noun
credential
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cue
/
Noun, Verb
datum
/x
Noun, Verb
deductive
x/x
Adjective
descriptor
x/x
Noun
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
footnote
/x
Noun, Verb
guidance
/x
Noun
identifies
x/xx
Verb
illustrative
x/xx
Adjective
indicative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lair
/
Noun, Verb
locating
/xx
Noun
locator
/xx
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
meta
/x
Noun, Adjective
method
/x
Noun, Verb
numerical
x/xx
Adjective
parameter
x/xx
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preferential
xx/x
Adjective
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proficiency
x/xx
Noun
prover
/x
Noun
qualifying
/xxx
Noun
quantify
/xx
Verb
ranking
/x
Adjective, Noun
rationale
xx/
Noun
ref
/
Noun, Verb
refer
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Verb, Noun
referent
/xx
Noun
referral
x/x
Noun
repository
x/xxx
Noun
requirement
x/x
Noun
restoration
xx/x
Noun
retest
//
Noun, Verb
scale
/
Noun, Verb
semiquantitative
xx/xxx
Adjective
signpost
/x
Noun, Verb
source
/
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stallion
/x
Noun
status
/x
Noun
statute
/x
Noun
step
/
Noun, Verb
stud
/
Noun, Verb
template
/x
Noun, Verb
treatment
/x
Noun
unadjusted
xx/x
Adjective
validated
/xxx
Adjective
witness
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dialect
/xx
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb