touchstone

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

a standard or criterion by which something is judged

In a sentence

Touchstone in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing touchstone in a sentence.

For many critics, that early novel remains the touchstone against which her later work is measured.

Synonyms

benchmarkstandardcriterionyardstick

Antonyms

None listed.

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Touchstone (noun) means a standard or criterion by which something is judged

Here is touchstone used in an example sentence: "For many critics, that early novel remains the touchstone against which her later work is measured."

Common synonyms for touchstone include benchmark, standard, criterion, yardstick.

Touchstone is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.