9 Letter Words for Criterion
cirterion, criterion, tricerion
8 Letter Words for Criterion
interior, tricorne
7 Letter Words for Criterion
cerotin, citrine, cointer, cornier, cortine, cotrine, cretion, crinite, inciter, ironice, ironier, neritic, noritic, noticer, oneiric, rection, retinic, tricorn
6 Letter Words for Criterion
centro, cinter, citrin, citron, coiner, conite, conter, coriin, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, cretin, crinet, cronet, cronie, crotin, ctenii, erotic, incite, incorr, inctri, intice, intire, irenic, ironer, ironic, irrite, nitric, noetic, norice, norite, notice, octine, oniric, orcein, orcine, oretic, orient, orrice, recoin, rector, renoir, retorn, ricier, ricine, rioter, roncet, ronier, tercio, terron, ticino, tinier, tonier, tricon, troner
5 Letter Words for Criterion
ceint, centi, cento, cerin, cetin, cirio, cirri, citer, coner, conte, contr, corer, corni, crier, crine, crone, crore, erron, iceni, icier, incor, inert, inter, intro, ionic, iortn, irone, necro, nicer, niter, nitro, noire, norie, norit, noter, oncer, oncet, ontic, orcin, recit, recon, recti, recto, retin, retro, ricer, ricin, ronte, roric, rorie, roter, tecon, tenio, tenor, ticer, tirer, toner, tonic, toric, torii, trice, trier, trine, trior, troic, tronc, trone
4 Letter Words for Criterion
cent, cern, cero, cert, ceti, cine, cion, cire, cite, cito, coin, coir, coit, cone, coni, cont, core, corn, corr, cort, cote, crin, crit, econ, ecto, ento, entr, eric, erin, etic, eton, icer, icon, incr, init, inro, inti, into, intr, iron, iter, neti, nice, nito, noir, nore, nori, note, oeci, oint, once, oner, otic, rect, rein, reit, reno, rent, rice, rier, rine, riot, rite, roer, roin, roit, rone, ront, rort, rotc, rote, roti, tern, terr, tice, tien, tier, tinc, tine, tire, tirr, tone, torc, tore, tori, torn, torr, trie, trin, trio, tron
3 Letter Words for Criterion
cen, ceo, cer, cie, cir, cit, con, cor, cot, cro, crt, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, eco, ect, eir, enc, eon, ern, err, ert, etc, ice, inc, int, ion, ire, nco, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, nor, not, oct, oer, oie, oii, one, oni, ont, orc, ore, ort, otc, rct, rec, rei, rie, rin, rio, rit, roc, roe, roi, ron, rot, rte, rti, tec, ten, ter, tic, tie, tin, toc, toe, toi, ton, tor, tri
Definitions for Criterion
[1] a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
[2] a standard by which something can be judged or decided
[3] philosophy a defining characteristic of something
Words related to Criterion
touchstone, benchmark, principle, yardstick, precedent, norm, proof, foundation, scale, basis, pattern, original, canon, rule, standard, prototype, exemplar, measure, opinion, model
Words nearby Criterion
cristobal, cristobalite, cristophe, crit, crit., criterion, crithidia, critic, critical, critical angle, critical apparatus
Origin of Criterion
1605–15; < Greek kritḗrion a standard, equivalent to kri- variant stem of krī́nein to separate, decide + -tērion neuter suffix of means (akin to Latin -tōrium -tory2)
Words that may be confused with Criterion
criteria, criterion, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Criterion
cri·te·ri·al , adjective
Word origin for Criterion
C17: from Greek kritērion from kritēs judge, from krinein to decide
Synonyms for Criterion
benchmark, norm, precedent, principle, proof, touchstone, yardstick, archetype, basis, canon, example, exemplar, fact, foundation, law, measure, model, opinion, original, paradigm, pattern, prototype, rule, scale, standard, point of comparison
