Antonyms for criterion
kraɪˈtɪər i ən; -ˈtɪər i əcri·te·ri·on

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1. criterion

   Antonyms:
   eye, glance, intention, conjecture, scan

   Synonyms:
   test, touchstone, proof, standard, measure

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1. • Ideal

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1. standard, criterion, measure, touchstonenoun

   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:
   measure, standard, measuring stick, metre, quantity, meter, amount, mensuration, monetary standard, measuring, step, bill, measurement, bar, beat, banner, cadence, measuring rod, touchstone

2. criterion, standardnoun

   the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

   "they live by the standards of their community"

   Synonyms:
   monetary standard, banner, measure, standard, touchstone

How to use criterion in a sentence?

1. Michel de Montaigne:

   Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice...for we have no other criterion of reason than the example and idea of the opinions and customs of the country we live in.

2. Speaker Pelosi:

   That was not the criterion, as I told you yesterday.

3. Speaker Pelosi:

   Let me be clear, how people voted on affirming the election of Joe Biden is not a criterion for service. That doesn't matter.

4. Giambattista Vico:

   The criterion and rule of the true is to have made it. Accordingly, our clear and distinct idea of the mind cannot be a criterion of the mind itself, still less of other truths. For while the mind perceives itself, it does not make itself.

5. Robert Ouko:

   I have watched Rudisha this season and I am not sure if he has the fire in his belly that propelled him to Olympic glory and a world record four years ago, his saving grace could be the selection criterion set by Athletics Kenya (AK), where a third athlete is selected on merit.

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