The forebearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual uses it, is the test of a true gentleman.
Source: tatoeba (7431777)
Touchstone
//ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn//
Synonyms for "touchstone" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِحَكّ noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Armenian
3 entries- չափանիշ noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- փորձաքար noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- փորձաքար noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Basque
1 entries- froga-harri noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Bulgarian
2 entries- критерий noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- пробен камък noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Burmese
1 entries- မှတ်ကျောက် noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Catalan
1 entries- pedra de toc noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 試金石 /试金石 noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- 試金石 /试金石 noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Czech
1 entries- prubířský kámen noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Danish
1 entries- prøvesten noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Dutch
3 entries- maatstaf noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- toetssteen noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- toetssteen noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Finnish
2 entries- koetinkivi noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- koetinkivi noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
French
2 entries- pierre de touche noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- touchau noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Galician
2 entries- pedra de toque noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- pedra de toque noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
German
3 entries- Probierstein noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- Prüfstein noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- Prüfstein noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Greek
2 entries- βάσανος noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- λυδία λίθος noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Hindi
4 entries- कसौटी noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- कसौटी noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- निकष noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- निकषण noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Hungarian
3 entries- ismérv noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- kritérium noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- próbakő noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Icelandic
1 entries- prófsteinn noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Italian
2 entries- pietra di paragone noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- pietra di paragone noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Japanese
2 entries- 試金石 noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- 試金石 noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Korean
2 entries- 기준 noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- 시금석 noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- prøvestein noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- prøvestein noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Old Armenian
1 entries- սմպատակ noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مهنك noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Persian
1 entries- سنگ محک noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Polish
2 entries- kamień probierczy noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- probierz noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Portuguese
2 entries- pedra de toque noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- pedra de toque noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Russian
1 entries- проби́рный ка́мень noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- probni kamen noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- пробни камен noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Spanish
3 entries- norma noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- piedra de toque noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- toque noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Swedish
3 entries- probersten noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- prövosten noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- prövosten noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Turkish
4 entries- denek taşı noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- denek taşı noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
- mihenk noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
- mihenk noun (standard of comparison or evaluation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пробірний камінь noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Yiddish
1 entries- אבֿן־בוחן noun (stone used to test the quality of gold alloys)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Do not praise anyone before you hear him speak, for that is the touchstone of human beings.
Source: tatoeba (11086476)
"It started small," she says of the guide, which listed motels and restaurants that welcomed black travelers at a time when many businesses did not. It was a cultural touchstone to many blacks, but unknown to many others.
Source: tatoeba (12185374)
Near-synonym: comparator
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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