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

In multi-core CPU benchmarks, the M6’s performance is roughly 20 percent faster than the M5. — ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

Our industry can lose sight of that because wealth management firms are very good at measuring things, like returns, benchmarks and expense ratios. — Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

These are benchmarks, so individual days, especially during heat waves, can be considerably hotter. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

All three benchmarks were higher at one point during the session before the Fed took action and before Warsh started speaking. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Those benchmarks project to at least double the amount the Bengals have used over the last four seasons, if believing the chatter over time about leaning back into the 2021 philosophy for using that weapon to create explosives. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Within that menu, there are three benchmarks — the 10-year, 30-year, and 2-year, in order of importance — that wind up dominating headlines. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Since the start of the year, both oil benchmarks have risen by nearly 70%. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

Fidelity Investments has helpful benchmarks to assess retirement nest egg adequacy at various life stages. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026