Synonyms of benchmarks

benchmarks

noun

plural of benchmark

as in standards

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 & Similar Words

• standards
• criteria
• metrics
• measures
• yardsticks
• barometers
• examples
• grades
• touchstones
• norms
• rules
• pars
• instances
• gold standards
• bars
• averages
• marks
• pinnacles
• cases
• summits
• peaks
• meridians
• zeniths
• apexes
• acmes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deviations
• abnormalities
• aberrations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of benchmarks

As the initiative develops, these criteria could provide a foundation for future discussions about common benchmarks or guidelines, ideally involving stakeholders from across the industry. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

From their perspective, math problems are practical benchmarks to measure the capabilities of their products. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

Several of our benchmarks wouldn't run due to hardware limitations, from a lack of ray tracing support in 3DMark's Solar Bay to insufficient memory for Steel Nomad. — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 31 Oct. 2026

Those are judgments about character instead of being evaluation benchmarks. — Aditi Sinha, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

They should not be interpreted as fitness goals or medical benchmarks. — Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2026

Through the lease, Kakadoodle must meet certain financial benchmarks and infrastructure investments. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Google says the results place Carbon ahead of competing models across all three cybersecurity benchmarks. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Its capabilities are already outgrowing the benchmarks built to measure them; moreover, a model of the same level becomes tens of times cheaper within a year. — Dmytro Korchevskyi, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026