Noun

• S: (n) standard, criterion, measure, touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated) "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) benchmark (a standard by which something can be measured or judged) "his painting sets the benchmark of quality"
• S: (n) earned run average, ERA ((baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched)
• S: (n) grade point average, GPA (a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted)
• S: (n) procrustean standard, procrustean rule, procrustean bed (a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality)
• S: (n) yardstick (a measure or standard used for comparison) "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
• S: (n) medium of exchange, monetary system (anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region)
• S: (n) scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series (an ordered reference standard) "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"
• S: (n) gauge, standard of measurement (accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared)
• S: (n) baseline (an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared) "the established a baseline for the budget"
• S: (n) norm (a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical) "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form