Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Synonyms for Reference
Standards and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Standards" with "Reference", this nouns are similar.
Standards
Both words in one sentence
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Other depictions however have them be absurdly tall and bony by human standards, with intensely narrow faces (for reference, those two images are supposed to be the same character).
Source: Green-Skinned Space Babe - A Napoleon Complex is in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte, who was actually of average height by modern day standards.
Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life - Take That: Chapter Three's Codex entry has a jab at the canceled Tiberium game when referencing the GD-10, saying the original product was canceled for "failing to meet quality standards." There's also the obligatory shot at Mass Effect 1's elevators, including a reference to the Elcor Hamlet ad.
Source: Fanfic / Renegade
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Standards and Reference. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/standards
Reference & Standards. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/standards>.
Standards or Reference. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reference/standards.
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