Term: benchmark: a standard by which something can be measured or judged
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: life peer: a British peer whose title lapses at death
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: amino: the radical -NH2
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: bird's foot: the foot of a bird
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: shutting: the act of closing something
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: parka: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: cutlassfish: long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: brick trowel: a trowel used in masonry
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: annihilation: destruction by annihilating something
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: sino-tibetan: the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
Broader: standard: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Unrelated: trompillo: weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America