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touchstone
Overview of noun touchstone
The noun touchstone has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) standard, criterion, measure, touchstone -- (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun touchstone
1 sense of touchstone
Sense 1
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> indicator
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun touchstone
1 sense of touchstone
Sense 1
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> benchmark
=> earned run average, ERA
=> grade point average, GPA
=> procrustean standard, procrustean rule, procrustean bed
=> yardstick
=> medium of exchange, monetary system
=> scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series
=> gauge, standard of measurement
=> baseline
=> norm
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun touchstone
1 sense of touchstone
Sense 1
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
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Domain of noun touchstone
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Familiarity of noun touchstone
touchstone used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun touchstone
1 sense of touchstone
Sense 1
standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> benchmark, bench mark
=> landmark
=> lubber's line, lubber line, lubber's mark, lubber's point
=> standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> target, mark
=> white line
=> buoy
Meronyms of noun touchstone
1 sense of touchstone
Holonyms of noun touchstone
Grep of noun touchstone
touchstone
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