TOUCHSTONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a basis for comparison
   • a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
   Synonym(s)
   • criterion (what does criterion mean?)
   • measure (what does measure mean?)
   • standard (what does standard mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they set the measure for all subsequent work
   Hypernyms(s) touchstone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reference point (what does reference point mean?)
   • point of reference (what does point of reference mean?)
   • reference (what does reference mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • benchmark (what does benchmark mean?)
   • grade point average (what does grade point average mean?)
   • GPA (what does GPA mean?)
   • yardstick (what does yardstick mean?)
   • medium of exchange (what does medium of exchange mean?)
   • monetary system (what does monetary system mean?)
   • scale (what does scale mean?)
   • scale of measurement (what does scale of measurement mean?)
   • graduated table (what does graduated table mean?)
   • ordered series (what does ordered series mean?)
   • gauge (what does gauge mean?)
   • standard of measurement (what does standard of measurement mean?)
   • baseline (what does baseline mean?)
   • norm (what does norm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • standardize (what does standardize mean?)
   • standardise (what does standardise mean?)
   • standardize (what does standardize mean?)
   • standardise (what does standardise mean?)