rank

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n

1. class, level, stratum, caste; state, station, place, position, standing, status, situation, circumstances; grade, estate, order, range.

2. blood, high birth, nobility, peerage, aristocracy; distinction, eminence, dignity; connection, influence, power, weight, prestige, importance.

3. category, division, section, branch, department; stage, graduation, degree, step; standard, plane.

4. file, line, column, tier, bank; queue, string, thread, swath, procession, train; row, series, sequence.

5. array, alignment, arrangement, classification, organization, assignment.

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6. array, marshal, align, line up, queue up, put in a row, arrange, range.

7. classify, prioritize, dispose, place, group; position, locate, station, establish, set, fix; organize, sort, assort, size; class, type, name, label, tag, ticket, brand; distinguish, rate, grade, graduate; allocate, allot, assign, distribute.

8. outrank, rank above, have supremacy, take precedence; have standing, have weight, be influential, be powerful, be preeminent.

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adj

1. exuberant, superabundant, luxuriant, lush, overgrown; tropical, jungly, dense, wild; abundant, profuse, prolific, fructuous, productive, fertile.

2. strong, smelly, rammish, pungent, acrid; malodorous, fetid, reeky, reeking, stinky, stenchful, foul-smelling, strong-smelling, odorous, odiferous; noisome, mephitic, nauseating, sickening, unpleasant, disagreeable; putrid, rancid, rotten, tainted, spoiled, gamy, putrescent, miasmal; offensive, disgusting, repulsive, repellent, revolting.

3. utter, complete, sheer, entire; absolute, out-and-out, downright, thorough, unqualified, unmitigated; flagrant, glaring, egregious, striking, blatant.

4. indecent, immodest, shameless, indecorous, coarse; obscene, vulgar, gross, risqud, off-color, Inf. blue; lurid, shocking, abusive, scurrilous, Archaic. scurrile, thersitical, profane, foul-mouthed, Fescen-nine, Obs. blackguard; lewd, salacious, pornographic, vile, foul, filthy, dirty, smutty, nasty, scatologic, Sl. raunchy.