Words Like BENCHMARK

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BENCHMARK.

5 Alternative Words Similar to benchmark

1 Criterion Noun      Synonym Words Like Criterion
2 Measure Noun      Synonym Words Like Measure
3 Reference Noun      Synonym Words Like Reference
4 Standard Noun      Synonym Words Like Standard
5 Touchstone Noun      Synonym Words Like Touchstone

1 examples of benchmark

1 his painting sets the benchmark of quality

9 definitions of benchmark

1 one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. See bench mark in the vocabulary.
2 Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred.
3 A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.
4 a surveyer's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
5 something serving as a standard by which related items may be judged.
6 a test or series of tests designed to compare the qualities or performance of different devices of the same type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as benchmarks for comparing the performance of different computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to complete a test.
7 a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
8 a standard by which something can be measured or judged
9 A standard by which something can be measured or judged: "Inflation . . . is a great distorter of seemingly fixed economic ideas and benchmarks” ( Benjamin M. Friedman). See Synonyms at standard.
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