standard

standard is a 8-letter English word with 25 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
2. noun. That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
3. noun. That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
4. noun. The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
5. noun. A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
6. noun. The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
7. noun. An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
8. noun. An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
9. noun. The sheth of a plow.
10. noun. A large drinking cup.
11. adjective. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
12. adjective. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
13. adjective. Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
14. adjective. Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
15. noun. any distinctive flag

    Synonyms: banner

16. noun. an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)

    "distance was marked by standards every mile"

    "lamps supported on standards provided illumination"

17. noun. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

    "they live by the standards of their community"

    Synonyms: criterion

18. noun. 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: criterion, measure, touchstone

19. noun. the value behind the money in a monetary system
20. noun. a board measure = 1980 board feet
21. adjective. commonly used or supplied

    "standard procedure"

    "standard car equipment"

22. adjective. regularly and widely used or sold

    "a standard size"

    "a stock item"

    Synonyms: stock

23. adjective. established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

    "a standard reference work"

    "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"

24. adjective. conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

    "windows of standard width"

    "standard sizes"

25. adjective. conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers (American) (British)

    "standard English"

    "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English"

    Synonyms: received

Synonyms

banner, criterion, measure, touchstone, stock, received

Common word forms

standards, standardly, standardise, standardize, standardness

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