Nouns (6)
rank
n. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
rank
n. relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
degree, social status, social rank, social station
n. position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
Verbs (10)
place, come out, come in
v. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
outrank, take precedence
v. take precedence or surpass others in rank
place, order, range, rate, grade
v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (22)
rank
adj. having a strong unpleasant smell
weedy
adj. abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden"
foul, vulgar, nasty, smutty
adj. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
crying, gross, egregious, flagrant
adj. 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"
absolute, gross, perfect, utter, sheer, pure, stark, arrant, double-dyed, out-and-out, sodding, staring
adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
Fuzzynyms (261)
line, queue, Indian file, single file
n. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
queue, waiting line
n. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
estate, estate of the realm
n. a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
form, class, grade
n. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
commission, committee
n. a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
position
n. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
situation, state of affairs
n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
precedence, priority, precedency
n. status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
note, distinction, eminence, preeminence
n. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"
seniority, higher status, higher rank, senior status
n. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
reputation, name, repute
n. the state of being held in high esteem and honor
prestige, prestigiousness
n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
stature, height
n. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
championship, title
n. the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"
place, station
n. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
level, tier, grade
n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
seniority, higher status, higher rank, senior status
n. higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
situation, state of affairs
n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
step, gradation
n. relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"
stage, level, point, degree
n. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
championship, title
n. the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"
class, separate, sort, sort out, classify, assort
v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
codify
v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"
regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider
v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
admire, look up to
v. feel admiration for
reward, honor, honour, bring honor to, do honor to
v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
revere, reverence, fear, venerate
v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
decree, command by decree, issue a decree
v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
declare, announce, announce officially
v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
label, judge, pronounce
v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
gross, earthy, coarse
adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
lewd, lustful, lascivious, libidinous
adj. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"
indecent
adj. offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
obscene
adj. designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
pornographic
adj. designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"
overabundant, plethoric, rife
adj. excessively abundant
grubby, begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy
adj. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
jet, pitchy, coal-black, jet-black, pitch-black, sooty
adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
repellent, repellant, distasteful, disgusting, disgustful, loathly, loathsome, revolting, yucky, rebarbative
adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
blue, gamy, gamey, naughty, juicy, spicy, racy, risque
adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
immodest
adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
offensive, unpleasant
adj. disagreeable to the sense
offensive
adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
gross, glaring
adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"
absolute, rank, gross, perfect, utter, sheer, pure, stark, arrant, double-dyed, out-and-out, sodding, staring
adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
ill-famed, infamous, notorious
adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
good, thorough
adj. thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
sorry, pitiful, sad, deplorable, lamentable, woeful
adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
shameless, unblushing
adj. feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"
nefarious, villainous
adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"
open, overt
adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
clear, distinct, marked, noticeable
adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
open, blazing, conspicuous, blatant
adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"
plain
adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent
adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
big, large, prominent
adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"
notable, celebrated, illustrious, noted, famed, far-famed, famous, renowned
adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
unabashed, unembarrassed
adj. not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened"
brave, audacious, fearless, dauntless, intrepid, unfearing
adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
unmitigated
adj. not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
thoroughgoing, unlimited, outright, straight-out
adj. without reservation or exception
gross, glaring
adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"
entire, integral, intact
adj. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"
complete, full
adj. having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
crying, rank, gross, egregious, flagrant
adj. 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"
ill-famed, infamous, notorious
adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
good, thorough
adj. thorough; "had a good workout"; "gave the house a good cleaning"
mere, simple, bare
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
basic, fundamental, ultimate, elemental
adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"
plain, simple, modest, unostentatious
adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent
adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
Spartan
adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
barren, bare, desolate, bleak
adj. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
thoroughgoing, downright, right-down
adj. 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"
sound
adj. thorough; "a sound thrashing"
sound
adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
total, unqualified
adj. not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
whole
adj. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
whole
adj. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
unadulterated
adj. not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"
thoroughgoing, unlimited, outright, straight-out
adj. without reservation or exception
abstemious
adj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
complete, consummate
adj. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
Synonyms (95)
group with, range with
v. group with
alliaceous
adj. smelling of onions or garlic
bilgy
adj. smelling like bilge water
foul, funky, putrid, fetid, foul-smelling, noisome, smelly, stinking
adj. offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
fusty, musty, frowsty
adj. stale and unclean smelling
high, gamy, gamey
adj. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
miasmic, mephitic
adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
niffy
adj. (British informal) malodorous
odoriferous, odorous
adj. emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
reeking
adj. giving off a strong unpleasant smell
sour, rancid
adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness
berried, baccate, bacciferous
adj. producing or bearing berries
plentiful, bountiful
adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"
fat, rich, fertile, productive
adj. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
generative, procreative, reproductive
adj. producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs"
fertile, prolific
adj. bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
verdant
adj. characterized by abundance of verdure
blue, bawdy, ribald, off-color, off-colour
adj. humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
dirty-minded
adj. having lewd thoughts
foul-mouthed, foul-spoken
adj. using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once"
lewd, indecent, obscene, salacious
adj. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
scabrous
adj. dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel"
scatological
adj. dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"
repulsive, obscene, detestable, abhorrent, repugnant
adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
gross, swinish, bestial
adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
ghastly, sepulchral, charnel
adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
repellent, repellant, distasteful, disgusting, disgustful, loathly, loathsome, revolting, yucky, rebarbative
adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
foul, vile, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening
adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
morbid, ghoulish
adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious
adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
scrimy
adj. dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine
verminous
adj. of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive
bodacious
adj. incorrigible; "a bodacious gossip"
undiminished, unrelieved
adj. not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering"
Antonyms (2)
clean
adj. (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
decent
adj. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
rank
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