yardstick
WordReference English Thesaurus © 2025
Sense: A rule three feet long
Synonyms:
thirty-six-inch ruler, measuring stick, molding rule, yard Collocations, yard measure, ruler Collocations, measure Collocations, scale Collocations
Sense: A unit for comparison
Synonyms:
criterion Collocations, basis for judgment, standard Collocations, gauge Collocations, norm, rule Collocations, model Collocations, pattern Collocations, test Collocations, measure Collocations, check Collocations, exemplar