English dictionary

rank

/r/&//N/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

adjective

Source: webster1913

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

noun.group

Examples
The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.

Source: WordNet 3.0
relative status

noun.state

Examples
His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)

noun.group

Examples
The strike was supported by the union rank and file.

He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.

Synonyms rank and file

Source: WordNet 3.0
position in a social hierarchy

noun.state

Synonyms social rank social station social status

Source: WordNet 3.0
the body of members of an organization or group

noun.group

Examples
They found dissension in their own ranks.

He joined the ranks of the unemployed.

Synonyms membership

Source: WordNet 3.0
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

noun

Source: webster1913

take or have a position relative to others

verb.cognition

Examples
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World.

Source: WordNet 3.0
assign a rank or rating to

verb.cognition

Examples
How would you rank these students?

Synonyms grade order place range rate

Source: WordNet 3.0
take precedence or surpass others in rank

verb.stative

Synonyms outrank

Source: WordNet 3.0
To place abreast, or in a line.

verb

Source: webster1913
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

verb

Source: webster1913