Criterion

Noun

 * 1) A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

Adjectives for Criterion
economic; post-factum; inadequate; surer; whimsical; corresponding.

Verbs for Criterion
admit as —; allow as —; award on —; base on —; conclude by —; decide by —; distinguish as —; establish —; estimate by—; gauge by —; judge by —; mark —; measure by —; present —; produce —; reach —; represent —; test by —.

Synonyms for Criterion
test, standard, rule, model, norm, fact, proof, measure, law, principle, opinion.

Antonyms for Criterion
guess, conjecture, possibility, fancy, supposition, probability, chance.

Related terms

 * crisis
 * critic
 * criticize
 * critical

Thesaurus
Procrustean law, acid test, adjudgment, antetype, antitype, archetype, assay, barometer, benchmark, biotype, blank determination, brouillon, canon, check, classic example, code, crucial test, crucible, degree, determination, docimasy, epitome, essay, feeling out, first draft, form, formality, formula, formulary, fugleman, fugler, gauge, genotype, graduated scale, guideline, imitatee, judgment, kiteflying, law, law of nature, lead, maxim, measure, mirror, model, norm, norma, ordeal, order of nature, original, paradigm, parameter, pattern, precedent, prescribed form, prescription, principle, probation, proof, prototype, quantity, reading, readout, regulation, representative, rough draft, rough sketch, rule, scale, set form, sounding out, standard, standing order, test, test case, touchstone, trial, try, type, type species, type specimen, universal law, urtext, value, verification, yardstick

Etymology
< criterion: <  κριτήριον: < κριτής: < κρίνω:; see critic.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: criteri
 * Chinese: 標準, 标准 (biāo zhǔn), 尺度 (chǐdù)
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kriteerium
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קריטריון (qrit'erion)
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 判断基準
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani:, کریتێر, پێوه‌ر
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: kryterium
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: criteriu
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * tricerion