Synonyms for ranking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rang-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ kɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for ranking Other synonyms for the word ranking
- arrange
- array
- assign
- assort
- be classed
- be worth
- belong
- button down
- class
- come first
- count among
- dispose
- evaluate
- fix
- forerun
- give precedence
- go ahead of
- go before
- grade
- have the advantage
- judge
- locate
- marshal
- order
- outrank
- peg
- pigeonhole
- place
- place in formation
- position
- precede
- put away
- put down as
- put down for
- put in line
- range
- settle
- size up
- sort
- tab
- take the lead
- typecast
- valuate
- value
Définition of ranking
Origin :- early 14c., "row, line series;" c.1400, a row of an army, from Old French renc, ranc "row, line" (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German hring "circle, ring"), from Proto-Germanic *khrengaz "circle, ring" (see ring (n.1)).
- Meaning "a social division, class of persons" is from early 15c. Meaning "high station in society" is from early 15c. Meaning "a relative position" is from c.1600.
- verb line up; classify in system
- verb be worthwhile; have supremacy
- Linn was ranking officer, although there was little discipline.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- I do not dream for a moment of ranking myself in the class of those who wish to rule.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- In 1843 he graduated, ranking twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- And, since he was the ranking Exec, he was expected to give some sort of answer.
- Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- The officer taking the next place to a general, ranking with vice-admiral.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- You and I are to cruise in company, as far as it may be done, and you are ranking officer.
- Extract from : « Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers » by H. Irving Hancock
- Prizes are never offered, and ranking of classes is unknown.
- Extract from : « The Education of American Girls » by Anna Callender Brackett
- Army and navy men, ranking as captain or above, should put their rank on their cards.
- Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
- The women, if not all patrons of the ranking "houses" and dressmakers, were correct.
- Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Antonyms for ranking
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