Synonyms of the word

standard

• adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
• adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
• adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
• adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
• adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
• adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
• n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
• n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
• n. A manual transmission vehicle.
• n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
• n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch…
• n. A large drinking cup.

acceptable

• adj. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
• adj. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

accepted

• v. simple past tense and past participle of accept.
• adj. Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

authoritative

• adj. Arising or originating from a figure of authority.
• adj. Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.
• adj. Having a commanding style.

basic

• adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
• adj. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
• adj. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
• adj. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
• n. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
• n. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
• n. (military) Basic training.

canonic

• adj. canonical.

canonical

• adj. Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
• adj. According to recognised or orthodox rules.
• adj. Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
• adj. Prototypical.
• adj. (religion) In conformity with canon law.
• adj. (music) In the form of a canon.
• adj. (religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
• adj. (mathematics, computing) In canonical form.
• adj. (mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does…
• n. (Roman Catholicism) The formal robes of a priest.

casebook

• n. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.
• n. (law) A kind of book, used predominantly in United States law schools, containing the text of court opinions…

classic

• adj. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
• adj. Exemplary of a particular style.
• adj. Exhibiting timeless quality.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest…
• adj. (euphemistic) Traditional; original.
• n. A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
• n. An artistic work of lasting worth.
• n. The author of such a work.
• n. A major, long-standing sporting event.
• n. (dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.

classical

• adj. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
• adj. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
• adj. (music) Describing European music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
• adj. (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using…
• adj. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest…
• adj. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined.
• adj. (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into…

common

• adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
• adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
• adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
• adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
• adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence…
• adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
• adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
• adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
• adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
• n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
• n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
• n. The people; the community.
• n. (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other…
• v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
• v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
• v. (obsolete) To have sex.
• v. (obsolete) To participate.
• v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
• v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

criterial

• adj. Which is based on, pertains to, or constitutes criteria.

criterion

• n. A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

definitive

• adj. explicitly defined.
• adj. conclusive or decisive.
• adj. definite, authoritative and complete.
• adj. Limiting; determining.
• adj. (philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes.
• adj. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
• n. (grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something.
• n. (philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as…

flag

• n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
• n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or…
• n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
• n. (construction) Abbreviation of flagstone: a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or…
• n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
• n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically…
• n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise…
• n. (Britain) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
• n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally,…
• n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space…
• v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
• v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• v. (computing) To signal (an event).
• v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
• v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
• v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
• n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
• n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
• n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• v. To lay down flagstones.
• n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
• n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value.

ideal

• adj. Optimal; being the best possibility.
• adj. Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
• adj. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
• adj. Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
• adj. Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
• adj. (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
• n. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
• n. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary…

measure

• n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
• n. The act or result of measuring.
• n. Metrical rhythm.
• n. A course of action.
• v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• v. To estimate the unit size of something.
• v. To judge, value, or appraise.
• v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
• v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

modular

• adj. Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function…
• adj. (chiefly mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.

normal

• adj. According to norms or rules.
• adj. Healthy; not sick or ill.
• adj. (Of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms).
• adj. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre…
• adj. (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound…
• adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency…
• adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
• adj. (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
• adj. (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context.
• adj. (topology, of a topology) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
• n. (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
• n. (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live…
• n. (uncountable) The usual state.

orthodox

• adj. Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.
• adj. Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
• adj. (botany, of seed, pollen, spores) Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.

post

• n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
• n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
• n. A pole in a battery.
• n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
• n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
• n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
• n. (sports) A goalpost.
• n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
• v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
• v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
• v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
• v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
• v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
• n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
• n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
• n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
• n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
• n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
• n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
• n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
• n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
• n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
• n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
• n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
• v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
• v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
• v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
• v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
• v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
• adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
• adv. Sent via the postal service.
• n. An assigned station; a guard post.
• n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
• v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
• v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
• prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
• n. (film, informal) Post-production.

received

• v. simple past tense and past participle of receive.
• adj. Generally accepted as correct or true.

reference

• n. (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
• n. A measurement one can compare to.
• n. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
• n. A reference work.
• n. (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to…
• n. (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source…
• n. (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
• n. (programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing…
• n. (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page…
• n. (obsolete) Appeal.
• v. To refer to, to make reference to.
• v. To mention, to cite.

regular

• adj. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to…
• adj. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
• adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same…
• adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
• adj. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
• adj. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
• adj. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
• adj. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of…
• adj. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
• adj. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
• adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
• adj. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
• adj. Belonging to a monastic order or community.
• adj. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
• adj. (crystallography) isometric.
• adj. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
• adj. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular…
• adv. (archaic, Britain, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis.
• n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
• n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
• n. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
• n. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
• n. Anything that is normal or standard.

regulation

• n. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
• n. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct…
• n. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention…
• n. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
• n. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
• adj. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

standardised

• adj. Designed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of standardise.

standardized

• v. simple past tense and past participle of standardize.
• adj. designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.

stock

• n. A store or supply.
• n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an…
• n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
• n. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
• n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
• n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
• n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
• n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
• n. A bar, stick or rod.
• n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle.
• n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical…
• n. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew…
• n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as…
• n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
• n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
• n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
• n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
• n. (Britain, historical) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the…
• n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
• n. (Britain, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
• n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
• n. The beater of a fulling mill.
• v. To have on hand for sale.
• v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
• v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
• v. To put in the stocks as punishment.
• v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
• v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
• adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
• adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having…
• adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
• n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

textbook

• n. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools…
• adj. Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
• adj. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example…

touchstone

• n. A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
• n. (figuratively, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.

value

• n. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
• n. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
• n. That which is valued or highly esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
• n. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
• n. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
• n. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
• n. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
• n. Precise meaning; import.
• n. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically,…
• n. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
• n. (obsolete) valour; also spelled valew.
• v. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
• v. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
• v. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
• v. To hold dear.