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Synonyms for rank

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  1. Having luxurious growth

    wild, dense, lush, vigorous, tall of growth, tropical, semitropical, overabundant, jungly, fertile, rich, productive, high-growing, fructiferous, coarse, overgrown, luxuriant, exuberant, profuse, prolific, lavish, excessive, rampant, extreme; see also green 2, thick 1.

    Antonyms sparse, thin*, barren.

  2. Having a foul odor

    smelly, fetid, putrid, stinking, rancid, disagreeable, smelling, offensive, sour, foul, fusty, noisome, noxious, stale, tainted, gamy, musty, strong, putrescent, rotten, moldy, high, ill-smelling, turned, nauseating, obnoxious, disgusting, reeking, mephitic, malodorous, ordurous, nasty, feculent, strong-smelling, graveolent.

    Antonyms fragrant, sweet*, fresh.

  3. Corrupt

    gross, coarse, indecent; see outrageous, wicked 1.

  4. Utter

    complete, outright, flagrant; see absolute 1.

noun

  1. A row

    column, file, series, string; see line 1.

  2. Degree

    seniority, standing, station, authority, status, grade, class, order, level, sphere; see also degree 2.

  3. Social eminence

    station, position, status, distinction, note, nobility, class, caste, privilege, standing, reputation, quality, situation, esteem, condition, state, place, place in society, circumstance, footing, grade, blood, family, pedigree, ancestry, stock, parentage, birth.

pull rank on*

take advantage of, exploit, abuse subordinates; see abuse 1, command 1, 2.

verb

  1. To arrange in a row or rows

    array, put in line, line up, place in formation; see line 4, order 3.

  2. To evaluate comparatively

    rate, grade, sort, order, arrange, dispose, place, put, regard, judge, assign, classify, give precedence to, fix, establish, settle, estimate, value, valuate, list, prioritize; see also classify.

  3. To possess relative evaluation

    be worth, stand, have a place, head, go ahead of, go before, be anterior to, come first, forerun, antecede, have supremacy over, have the advantage of, precede, outrank, take the lead, take precedence, belong, count among, be classed, stand in relationship.

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