criterion

Other forms of criterion

plural

criteria

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 criterion

What does criterion mean?

criterion means "a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in criterion?

criterion has 4 syllables: cri-ter-i-on. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/.

What is another word for criterion?

Close synonyms include standard, measure, touchstone, standard. 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 criterion a common word?

criterion 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 criterion?

1 word rhymes with criterion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.