rank

Adjective

• growing profusely
  • rank jungle vegetation
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• very offensive in smell or taste
  • a rank cigar
    

• very fertile; producing profuse growth
  • rank earth
    

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
    

• position in a social hierarchy
  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
    

• 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
    

• relative status
  • his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
    

• a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
  • the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
    

Verb

• take precedence or surpass others in rank

• assign a rank or rating to
  • how would you rank these students?
    
  • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
    

• take or have a position relative to others
  • This painting ranks among the best in the Western World
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  absolute , downright , out-and-out(a) , rank(a) , right-down , sheer(a) , crying(a) , egregious , flagrant , glaring , gross , membership , social station , social status , social rank , rank and file , outrank , rate , range , order , grade , place