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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rank

    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, grade, order, set

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    row, line, tier, order, degree, grade, dignity

    Antonyms:
    disconnection, disorder, incontinuity, solution, intermission, hiatus, plebeianism, meanness, commonalty

  2. rankadjective

    Synonyms:
    luxuriant, exuberant, extreme, excessive, rampant

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. ranknoun

    a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

    "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

    Synonyms:
    membership, social rank, social station, social status, rank and file

    Antonyms:
    inconspicuous, scarce, invisible, incomplete, inoffensive, sterile, infertile, uncomplete, unfertile

  2. ranknoun

    relative status

    "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

    Synonyms:
    membership, social rank, social station, social status, rank and file

    Antonyms:
    scarce, unfertile, invisible, inoffensive, infertile, inconspicuous, sterile, incomplete, uncomplete

  3. rank and file, ranknoun

    the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)

    "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

    Synonyms:
    social rank, social station, membership, social status, rank and file

    Antonyms:
    inoffensive, inconspicuous, scarce, unfertile, invisible, sterile, infertile, uncomplete, incomplete

  4. social station, social status, social rank, ranknoun

    position in a social hierarchy

    "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

    Synonyms:
    social rank, social station, rank and file, membership, social status

    Antonyms:
    scarce, sterile, inconspicuous, invisible, inoffensive, infertile, incomplete, uncomplete, unfertile

  5. membership, rankadjective

    the body of members of an organization or group

    "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

    Synonyms:
    social rank, social station, membership, social status, rank and file

    Antonyms:
    inoffensive, uncomplete, invisible, inconspicuous, incomplete, sterile, infertile, unfertile, scarce

  6. rankadjective

    very fertile; producing profuse growth

    "rank earth"

    Synonyms:
    rank(a), sheer(a), downright, crying(a), egregious, right-down, glaring, flagrant, absolute, out-and-out(a), gross

    Antonyms:
    sterile, inconspicuous, invisible, uncomplete, infertile, unfertile, incomplete, inoffensive, scarce

  7. rankadjective

    very offensive in smell or taste

    "a rank cigar"

    Synonyms:
    rank(a), sheer(a), downright, crying(a), egregious, right-down, glaring, flagrant, absolute, out-and-out(a), gross

    Antonyms:
    unfertile, inconspicuous, infertile, incomplete, invisible, uncomplete, scarce, sterile, inoffensive

  8. crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rankadjective

    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

    "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

    Antonyms:
    invisible, inconspicuous, infertile, inoffensive, incomplete, sterile, uncomplete, scarce, unfertile

  9. absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)adjective

    complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

    "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

    Antonyms:
    unfertile, inoffensive, scarce, uncomplete, incomplete, infertile, invisible, inconspicuous, sterile

  10. rankverb

    growing profusely

    "rank jungle vegetation"

    Synonyms:
    rank(a), sheer(a), downright, crying(a), egregious, right-down, glaring, flagrant, absolute, out-and-out(a), gross

    Antonyms:
    infertile, inconspicuous, incomplete, scarce, uncomplete, sterile, unfertile, inoffensive, invisible

  11. rankverb

    take or have a position relative to others

    "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

    Synonyms:
    range, outrank, place, order, grade, rate

    Antonyms:
    unfertile, scarce, sterile, incomplete, uncomplete, invisible, infertile, inconspicuous, inoffensive

  12. 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, 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, grade, 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

    Antonyms:
    infertile, incomplete, uncomplete, inoffensive, unfertile, sterile, inconspicuous, invisible, scarce

  13. rank, outrankverb

    take precedence or surpass others in rank

    Synonyms:
    range, outrank, place, order, grade, rate

    Antonyms:
    uncomplete, inoffensive, unfertile, invisible, sterile, incomplete, inconspicuous, scarce, infertile

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rankadjective

    Synonyms:
    luxuriant, vigorous, exuberant, over-abundant

  2. rankadjective

    Synonyms:
    excessive, overmuch, extravagant, rampant, very great

  3. rankadjective

    Synonyms:
    rancid, musty, fusty, fetid, offensive, FROWZY, strong-smelling, strong-scented

  4. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    row (as of soldiers, reckoned from side to side), tier, range, FILE

  5. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    class, order, division, head, category

  6. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    degree, grade, quality, relative station

  7. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    dignity, nobility, noble class, aristocratic class

  8. rankverb

    Synonyms:
    class, arrange, range

  9. rankverb

    Synonyms:
    [Modern.] outrank, take precedence of

  10. rankverb

    Synonyms:
    be ranked, be classed, take rank, have rank

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rankadjective

    Synonyms:
    exuberant, luxuriant, rampant, vigorous, violent, extreme, excessive, immoderate, gross, rancid, musty, frowzy, fetid, stale, offensive, impalatable, fulsome, foul, gross

  2. ranknoun

    Synonyms:
    row, line, range, order, tier, series, grade, class, order, division, position, station, degree, eminence, distinction

  3. rankverb

    Synonyms:
    classify, arrange, dispose, class, group, be ranked

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. RANK

    Synonyms:
    Receptor activator of NF-kB, TNFRSF11A

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How to use rank in a sentence?

  1. Peter Drucker:

    Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank. Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

  2. Todd Vachon:

    The question is how long it will be, the union's president ran and won on taking a more militant approach. Even if they're very close [ to a deal ], the rank and file will be hungry to take on the company.

  3. Jesse Sharkey:

    The agreement that rank-and-file Union educators fought for, and sacrificed four days of pay for, will continue to protect our school communities, masks will remain in all CPS schools, which research and national polling both show is essential mitigation that the majority of parents and families support.

  4. Bernie Sanders:

    We've seen, across the board, across the country, that the rank-and-file membership of these different groups are overwhelmingly with Bernie.

  5. The Sun:

    Mr Hancock cannot now hope to put on a straight face and tell us how to behave and seriously expect us to listen, there is the rank stench of hypocrisy.


Translations for rank

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  • مرتبةArabic
  • ranciCatalan, Valencian
  • hodnostCzech
  • ekelhaft, stinkend, Dienstgrad, ReiheGerman
  • ταγγόςGreek
  • rango, fila, grado, columna, repugnanteSpanish
  • رده, رتبهPersian
  • taso, sijoitus, sijoittua, lemuava, asema, löyhkäävä, sijoittaa, haiseva, rankkaus, rankata, arvo, sotilasarvo, sijaFinnish
  • coter, rangée, malodorant, classer, rangerFrench
  • breunScottish Gaelic
  • կոչումArmenian
  • schiera, fila, puzzolente, ceto, truppa, condizione sociale, repellente, ripugnante, rango, grado, gregarioItalian
  • 臭いJapanese
  • tūngaMāori
  • чинMacedonian
  • pangkatMalay
  • ranzig, register, rang, stinkend, werk, ransDutch
  • szeregi, ranga, stopień, rządPolish
  • rang, râncedRomanian
  • катего́рия, класс, положе́ние, ли́ния, чин, строй, коло́нна, ме́рзкий, зва́ние, шере́нга, омерзи́тельный, отврати́тельный, ранг, ряд, разря́д, воню́чий, прого́рклыйRussian
  • placera, placering, rad, stank, klassa, klassificera, vämjelig, grad, gradera, klass, verkSwedish
  • iğrenç, rütbe, sıra, pis kokulu, satırTurkish

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