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Synonyms for ranks
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rangk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ræŋk |
Top 10 synonyms for ranks Other synonyms for the word ranks
- align
- ancestry
- antecede
- arrange
- array
- assign
- assort
- authority
- be classed
- be worth
- belong
- birth
- blood
- button down
- cachet
- capacity
- caste
- circumstance
- classification
- come first
- condition
- consequence
- count among
- degree
- dignity
- dispose
- distinction
- echelon
- estate
- esteem
- evaluate
- file
- fix
- footing
- forerun
- formation
- give precedence
- go ahead of
- go before
- have the advantage
- judge
- line
- list
- locate
- marshal
- nobility
- note
- order
- outrank
- paramountcy
- parentage
- pecking order
- pedigree
- peg
- pigeonhole
- place
- place in formation
- position
- precede
- primacy
- privilege
- put
- put away
- put down as
- put down for
- put in line
- quality
- queue
- range
- rate
- regard
- reputation
- row
- seniority
- series
- settle
- situation
- size up
- slot
- sort
- sovereignty
- sphere
- stand
- state
- station
- stature
- status
- stock
- stratum
- string
- supremacy
- tab
- take the lead
- type
- typecast
- valuate
- value
Définition of ranks
Origin :- early 14c., "row, line series;" c.1400, a row of an army, from Old French renc, ranc "row, line" (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German hring "circle, ring"), from Proto-Germanic *khrengaz "circle, ring" (see ring (n.1)).
- Meaning "a social division, class of persons" is from early 15c. Meaning "high station in society" is from early 15c. Meaning "a relative position" is from c.1600.
- noun standing in a system, often a social one
- noun column, tier of individuals
- verb line up; classify in system
- verb be worthwhile; have supremacy
- As one result of this, our Navy ranks larger, in comparison, than it ever did before.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Since then we have been found in the ranks of your enemies; but this was your fault, not ours.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Wasn't there enough loafers round, without him joining the ranks?
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Young Howard beckoned to the professor from his place in the ranks.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- All the Banjaur tribes had been well represented in the enemy's ranks.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Their burdens deposited, they took their places in front of the ranks of the warriors.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He then bade me carry the goose into the ranks, and to come to him when we halted at night.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Voluntarily, then, he had stepped from the ranks of the hunters to those of the hunted.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He was no simple and lowly one from the ranks of the disinherited.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And all ranks and guilds had their signs, by which they might be known.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
Antonyms for ranks
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