Synonyms for grade
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1. grade

   A class is a number or body of persons or objects having common pursuits, purposes, attributes, or characteristics. A caste is hereditary; a class may be independent of lineage or descent; membership in a caste is supposed to be for life; membership in a class may be very transient; a religious and ceremonial sacredness attaches to the caste, as not to the class. The rich and the poor form separate classes; yet individuals are constantly passing from each to the other; the classes in a college remain the same, but their membership changes every year. We speak of rank among hereditary nobility or military officers; of various orders of the priesthood; by accommodation, we may refer in a general way to the higher ranks, the lower orders of any society. Grade implies some regular scale of valuation, and some inherent qualities for which a person or thing is placed higher or lower in the scale; as, the coarser and finer grades of wool; a man of an inferior grade. A coterie is a small company of persons of similar tastes, who meet frequently in an informal way, rather for social enjoyment than for any serious purpose. Clique has always an unfavorable meaning. A clique is always fractional, implying some greater gathering of which it is a part; the association breaks up into cliques. Persons unite in a coterie through simple liking for one another; they withdraw into a clique largely through aversion to outsiders. A set, while exclusive, is more extensive than a clique, and chiefly of persons who are united by common social station, etc. Circle is similar in meaning to set, but of wider application; we speak of scientific and religious as well as of social circles.

   Synonyms:
   association, caste, circle, clan, class, clique, club, company, coterie, order, rank, set

   Preposition:
   A class of merchants; the senior class at (sometimes of) Harvard; the classes in college.

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1. class, form, grade, coursenoun

   a body of students who are taught together

   "early morning classes are always sleepy"

   Synonyms:
   category, ground level, figure, tier, flesh, frame, stratum, mark, kind, track, chassis, social class, physical body, grad, soma, row, course of action, score, human body, division, level, socio-economic class, manikin, sort, form, mannikin, mannequin, conformation, phase, course of study, family, word form, trend, path, cast, gradation, configuration, class, variant, degree, course, pattern, bod, year, signifier, shape, descriptor, line, course of instruction, variety, strain, anatomy, physique, contour, var., material body, manakin, build

2. grade, level, tiernoun

   a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

   "lumber of the highest grade"

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

3. gradenoun

   the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

   "the road had a steep grade"

   Synonyms:
   class, score, level, form, grad, tier, course, mark, ground level, gradation, degree

4. grad, gradenoun

   one-hundredth of a right angle

   Synonyms:
   ground level, class, score, form, graduate, tier, grad, course, mark, alum, level, alumnus, alumna, gradation, degree

5. grade, gradationnoun

   a degree of ablaut

   Synonyms:
   class, score, level, form, grad, tier, graduation, course, mark, step, ground level, gradation, degree

6. mark, grade, scorenoun

   a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

   "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"

   Synonyms:
   course, ground level, scotch, marking, grad, mug, sucker, tier, target, crisscross, musical score, fall guy, score, sign, level, brand, form, chump, mark, stigma, grievance, stain, home run, gradation, scratch, class, degree, gull, sexual conquest, patsy, grudge, fool, marker, scrape, cross, print, scar, bell ringer, bull's eye, account, soft touch

7. grade, ground levelnoun

   the height of the ground on which something stands

   "the base of the tower was below grade"

   Synonyms:
   class, score, level, form, grad, tier, first floor, course, mark, ground floor, ground level, gradation, degree

8. 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, storey, degree, tier, mark, class, point, score, spirit level, academic degree, story, horizontal surface, layer, gradation, arcdegree, floor, level, course, grad

9. gradeverb

   a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

   Synonyms:
   class, score, level, form, grad, tier, course, mark, ground level, gradation, degree

10. rate, rank, range, order, grade, placeverb

    assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms:
    roll, vagabond, dictate, score, rank, ramble, mark, set up, identify, localize, range, enjoin, run, target, stray, rove, tell, post, station, place, browse, point, come in, regulate, array, graze, say, govern, cast, straddle, arrange, send, pasture, lay, wander, regularize, position, ordinate, aim, ordain, regularise, direct, lay out, swan, site, tramp, value, put, crop, invest, outrank, localise, consecrate, rate, commit, drift, pose, come out, set, prescribe, order, locate, roam, set out

11. gradeverb

    level to the right gradient

    Synonyms:
    rank, mark, score, place, order, range, rate

12. grade, score, markverb

    assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

    "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

    Synonyms:
    cross out, pit, stigmatise, rank, mark, commemorate, pock, hit, rack up, range, seduce, tick, nock, differentiate, place, strike out, notice, punctuate, score, make, brand, check off, cross off, stigmatize, strike off, mark off, distinguish, tally, denounce, rate, tag, scar, label, set, order, tick off, note, check

13. gradeverb

    determine the grade of or assign a grade to

    Synonyms:
    rank, mark, score, place, order, range, rate

Matched Categories

1. • Ablaut
   • Angular Unit
   • Classify
   • Evaluate
   • Gathering
   • Gradient
   • Level
   • Property

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1. gradenoun

   Synonyms:
   rank, degree, step, stage

2. gradenoun

   Synonyms:
   gradient, rate of ascent or of descent (as on a railroad)

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1. List of paraphrases for "grade":

   rank, class, grades, category, degree, level, nuance, year, degrees, quality, grading, ranks, -class, classroom, slope, octane

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1. Arun Bharath:

   We believe there is not a whole lot of value left in investment-grade and we are underweight investment-grade bonds.

2. Mark Twain:

   Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, It was like trying to hold 35 corks under water at the same time.

3. Kurt Vonnegut:

   I was taught in the sixth grade that we had a standing army of just over a hundred thousand men and that the generals had nothing to say about what was done in Washington. I was taught to be proud of that and to pity Europe for having more than a million men under arms and spending all their money on airplanes and tanks. I simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it. I got a very good grade.

4. Richard Blumenthal:

   Every year we lose hundreds of lives at highway-rail grade crossings -- each is a tragedy, and each is a heartbreaking reminder that our rail-grade crossings are based on technology and practices from the 19th century, we need to do everything we can to ensure we're using 21st century technology to protect drivers from these dangers.

5. Songklod Wongchai:

   It's in line with global trends as major petrochemical producers shift from commodity-grade products to specialty grade, and that's why they need to spend more on research, but given the weak economic outlook and poor domestic consumption, I'm worried about demand because everyone needs to control costs. Prices of premium grade products are much higher than normal.