gold standard

as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of gold standard The current gold standard is WPA3, which provides the strongest protection. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Published in late summer, these reports detail just how long and how intense the upcoming cold season will be and have become the unofficial gold standard for winter predictions. Kade Krichko, Outside, 3 Sep. 2025 This kind of service is quickly becoming a relic in New York City hotels, but staff at The Peninsula are determined to uphold a gold standard. Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025 Albert Pro remains Aetrex’s gold standard 3D scanner, at $2,995. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gold standard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold standard
Noun
  • Since many of Yiwu's products don't meet EU compliance standards, that limits how much businesses can sell to Europe, Monga said.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Roads, bridges, power grids, and water systems fueled industrialization and lifted living standards.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To maintain comparability, the weights assigned to these criteria have been held constant.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The fund’s performance in the first seven months of the year — the most recent Boston Partners has made available on its performance — has comfortably outperformed that of the MSCI World Index, which its management team uses as a comparative benchmark index.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For Unitree, the G1 represents an attempt to rival the achievements of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, long considered the benchmark for agile, dynamic humanoid robots.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Gold standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20standard. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on gold standard

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!