All standard synonyms
standΒ·ard
S s adj standard
- in a rut β stuck in routine
- correct β If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- customary β Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- low-cost β able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- hep β hip4 .
- normal β conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- in the groove β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- cheap β Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- halfway β to half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway.
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- formulaic β made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- doctrinal β of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- mediocre β of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- archetypal β Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
- conventional β Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- matter-of-course β occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
- intermediate β being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- in the swim β to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
noun standard
- firsts β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- emblem β A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- masthead β Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- organization β the act or process of organizing.
- adequation β Equivalence.
- flagstaff β flagpole.
- natural law β a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
- grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- comp β Comp is short for compensation.
- criterion β A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- gauge β to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
- calibre β The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- gonfalon β a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- ensample β (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.
- benchmark β A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- exemplar β A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.
- mock up β a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- archetype β An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- burgee β a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
- antecessor β a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- generalisation β The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- mainspring β the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- ideal β a standard of perfection or excellence.
adjective standard
- workaday β of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- whitebread β any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- model β a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- ordinary β of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- medium β a middle state or condition; mean.
verb standard
- catalogued β a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.