benchmark

1. 1.

   a standard by which something can be measured or judged

   “his painting sets the benchmark of quality”

   Broaderstandard
2. 2.

   a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

   Synonymsbench mark

   Broaderreference point

Other forms of benchmark

plural

benchmarks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about benchmark

What does benchmark mean?

benchmark means "a standard by which something can be measured or judged". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benchmark?

benchmark has 2 syllables: bench-mark. The stress falls on "bench". In IPA it is /ˈbɛntʃˌmɑɹk/.

What is another word for benchmark?

Close synonyms include bench mark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benchmark a common word?

benchmark is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with benchmark?

17 words rhyme with benchmark. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.