| noun | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another “the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen” |
| noun | relative status “his salary was determined by his rank and seniority” |
| 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” |
| noun | position in a social hierarchy “the British are more aware of social status than Americans are” |
| noun | the body of members of an organization or group “they polled their membership” |
| verb | take or have a position relative to others “This painting ranks among the best in the Western World” |
| verb | assign a rank or rating to “how would you rank these students?” |
| verb | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| adjective | very fertile; producing profuse growth “rank earth” |
| adjective | very offensive in smell or taste “a rank cigar” |
| adjective | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible “a crying shame” |
| adjective | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers “absolute freedom” |
| adjective | growing profusely “rank jungle vegetation” |
| rank | verb | assign a rank or rating to |
| member | noun | anything that belongs to a set or class |
| rank | noun | relative status |
| ranker | noun | a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status |
| ranking | noun | position on a scale in relation to others in a sport |
| order | noun | a degree in a continuum of size or quantity |
| ordering | noun | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement |
| grade | noun | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) |
| gradation | noun | relative position in a graded series |
| grader | noun | a judge who assigns grades to something |
| grading | noun | the act of arranging in a graduated series |
| place | noun | an item on a list or in a sequence |
| rankness | noun | the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth |
| absoluteness | noun | the quality of being absolute |