All yardstick synonyms

noun yardstick

• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• index — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
• gauge — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
• benchmark — 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.
• standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
• touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
• barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
• criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
• indicator — a person or thing that indicates.
• norm — a standard, model, or pattern.
• basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
• example — A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• guideline — any guide or indication of a future course of action: guidelines on the government's future policy.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• meter — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
• model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
• scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
• test — Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
• tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.