rank

rank is a 4-letter English word with 31 senses as adverb, noun & verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 31 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
2. superlative. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
3. superlative. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
4. superlative. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
5. superlative. Strong to the taste.
6. superlative. Inflamed with venereal appetite.
7. adverb. Rankly; stoutly; violently.
8. noun & verb. A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
9. noun & verb. A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
10. noun & verb. Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
11. noun & verb. An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
12. noun & verb. Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
13. noun & verb. Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
14. transitive verb. To place abreast, or in a line.
15. transitive verb. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
16. transitive verb. To take rank of; to outrank.
17. intransitive verb. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
18. intransitive verb. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
19. 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"

20. noun. the body of members of an organization or group

    "they polled their membership"

    "they found dissension in their own ranks"

    Synonyms: membership

21. noun. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

    "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

22. noun. position in a social hierarchy

    "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

23. noun. relative status

    "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

24. verb. assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rate

25. verb. take or have a position relative to others

    "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

26. verb. take precedence or surpass others in rank

    Synonyms: outrank

27. adjective. growing profusely

    "rank jungle vegetation"

28. adjective. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

    "absolute freedom"

    "an absolute dimwit"

    Synonyms: absolute, downright, sheer

29. adjective. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

    "a crying shame"

    "an egregious lie"

    Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross

30. adjective. very fertile; producing profuse growth

    "rank earth"

31. adjective. very offensive in smell or taste

    "a rank cigar"

Synonyms

membership, grade, order, place, range, rate, outrank, absolute, downright, sheer, crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rank:

karn, knar, kran, krna, nark

Common word forms

ranks, ranked, ranker, rankly, rankest, ranking, rankless, rankness

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