- benchmark - a standard by which something can be measured or judged; "his painting sets the benchmark of quality"
--1 is a kind of standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
- benchmark, bench mark - a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
--2 is a kind of reference point, point of reference, reference
- benchmark, bench mark - a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point