Synonyms for degree
dɪˈgride·gree

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1. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   °

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. degree

   Synonyms:
   grade, rank, stage, step, extent, measure, mark, rate, position, quality, class, station, range, quantity, amount, limit, order

   Antonyms:
   space, mass, magnitude, size, numbers

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1. degree, grade, levelnoun

   a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

   "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

   Synonyms:
   ground level, stage, form, stratum, grade, storey, tier, mark, class, point, score, spirit level, academic degree, story, horizontal surface, layer, gradation, arcdegree, floor, level, course, grad

2. degree, level, stage, pointnoun

   a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

   "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

   Synonyms:
   tier, full point, layer, stratum, dot, spot, stop, head, leg, full stop, horizontal surface, gunpoint, peak, microscope stage, point, point in time, floor, percentage point, breaker point, spirit level, phase, power point, academic degree, level, grade, stage, arcdegree, pointedness, period, story, detail, decimal point, distributor point, item, stagecoach, compass point, storey, tip

3. academic degree, degreenoun

   an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

   "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

4. degree, arcdegreenoun

   a measure for arcs and angles

   "there are 360 degrees in a circle"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

5. degreenoun

   the highest power of a term or variable

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

6. degreenoun

   a unit of temperature on a specified scale

   "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

7. degreenoun

   the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)

   "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

Matched Categories

1. • Angular Unit
   • Award
   • Exponent
   • Magnitude
   • Property
   • State
   • Temperature Unit

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   step, stage

2. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   class, rank, order, grade, quality, station, standing

3. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   measure, extent

4. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   remove (in the line of descent)

5. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   division (as on a scale), interval, space

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1. List of paraphrases for "degree":

   diploma, extent, level, degrees, grade, measure, diplôme, rank, graduate, measurement, levels, degré, intensity, diplomas, bachelor, places, graduation, magnitude, deg

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1. Hong Fincher:

   The entire history of population planning in China... has been incredibly abusive and coercive, so I think there is a lot of reason to be very concerned about this complete 180-degree turn in emphasis coming from the central government, saying that now, China needs to reduce the number of non-medical abortions.

2. Erika Cheung:

   I do think entrepreneurship can empower people and empower society but we also have to not let things escalate to this degree.

3. Leatrice Eiseman:

   I think more people think of it as kind of an enveloping kind of color that they can pull around them that gives them a certain degree of security, they can kind of fade into the shadows.

4. Steve Burkett:

   Spend your initial college years living at home and paying much cheaper rates, then transfer to where you want, to earn your final degree.

5. Donald Trump:

   I hope none of you have a degree from Trump University.