measuring stick

Questions about measuring stick

What is another word for measuring stick?

It depends which measuring stick you mean. In the sense “measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements”, the synonyms are measure, measuring rod. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of measuring stick?

WordNet records no antonym for measuring stick. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for measuring stick come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of measuring stick

• Full entry for measuring stickAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for measuring stickWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.