high standards
Demanding excellence always
High standards are elevated expectations for quality, performance, or behavior.
Someone with high standards accepts only what meets rigorous criteria: She has high standards for the people she dates.
The phrase often implies being difficult to satisfy: His high standards made him hard to work with.
To hold someone to high standards is to expect excellence from them.
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- no excusesRefusing to justify failure
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
attention to detail · exacting · demanding · zero tolerance · elite · top tier · prestige · best in class · world class · uncompromising · quality · precision · flawless · impeccable · discipline · expectations · bar · raise the bar
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
- perfectionismself-criticism, overachieving, fear of failure, striving, idealism
- fussinessfussiness, pickiness, picky, nitpicky, persnickety
- Education Termslesson plan, curriculum, syllabus, rubric, assessment
- leadership skillsdecision-making, strategic vision, empathy, listening, direction
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
high standardslow expectations
Anticipating poor outcomes
low bar · anything goes · bare minimum · mediocrity · good enough
high standardsundemanding
Requiring minimal effort
undiscriminating · indiscriminate · settling · permissiveness · uncritical
high standardssloppiness
Lack of neatness
carelessness · laziness · mediocrity · complacency · negligence
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