1. rank - noun
· a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
Hypernym(s): line
2. rank - noun
· relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
3. rank - noun
· the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
Synonym(s): rank_and_file
4. rank - noun
· position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
Synonym(s): social_station, social_status, social_rank
5. rank - noun
· the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
Synonym(s): membership
Hypernym(s): body
6. rank - verb
· take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
Hypernym(s): be
7. rank - verb
· assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Synonym(s): rate, range, order, grade, place
Hypernym(s): evaluate, pass_judgment, judge
8. rank - verb
· take precedence or surpass others in rank
Synonym(s): outrank
Hypernym(s): excel, stand_out, surpass
9. rank - adjective
· very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"
10. rank - adjective
· very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"
11. rank - adjective
· 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"
Synonym(s): crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross
12. rank - adjective
· 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"
Synonym(s): absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer
13. rank - adjective
· growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
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