Rank

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rank, a. [AS. ranc strong, proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect, Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning seems to have been influenced by L. rancidus, E. rancid.].

•  Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.  [1913 Webster]

  "And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good."  [1913 Webster]
•  Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.  [1913 Webster]
•  Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.  Mortimer.  [1913 Webster]
•  Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  Strong to the taste.  Boyle.  [1913 Webster]
•  Inflamed with venereal appetite.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

Rank modus (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See Modus, 3. -- To set (the iron of a plane, etc.) rank, to set so as to take off a thick shaving. Moxon.

Rank, adv. 

 Rankly; stoutly; violently.  [1913 Webster]
"That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell."  [1913 Webster]

Rank, n. [OE. renk, reng, OF. renc, F. rang, fr. OHG. hring a circle, a circular row, G. ring. See Ring, and cf. Range, n. & v.].

•  A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.  [1913 Webster]

  "Many a mountain nigh
  Rising in lofty ranks, and loftier still."  [1913 Webster]
•  A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).  [1913 Webster]

  "Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,
  In ranks and squadrons and right form of war."  [1913 Webster]
•  Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "These all are virtues of a meaner rank."  [1913 Webster]
•  Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.  [1913 Webster]

Rank and file. (a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff.<-- analogously, the lowest ranking members of any organization --> (b) See under 1st File. -- The ranks, the order or grade of common soldiers; as, to reduce a noncommissioned officer to the ranks. -- To fill the ranks, to supply the whole number, or a competent number. -- To take rank of, to have precedence over, or to have the right of taking a higher place than.

Rank, v. t. 

•  To place abreast, or in a line.  [1913 Webster]
•  To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ranking all things under general and special heads."  [1913 Webster]

  "Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers."  [1913 Webster]

  "Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft."  [1913 Webster]
•  To take rank of; to outrank.  [1913 Webster]

Rank, v. i. 

•  To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let that one article rank with the rest."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rank, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a position in a hierarchy, a grade of advancement. b a distinct social class, a grade of dignity or achievement (people of all ranks; in the top rank of performers). c high social position (persons of rank). d a place in a scale.
2 a row or line.
3 a single line of soldiers drawn up abreast.
4 Brit. a place where taxis stand to await customers.
5 order, array.
6 Chess a row of squares across the board (cf. FILE(2)).
--v.
1 intr. have rank or place (ranks next to the king).
2 tr. classify, give a certain grade to.
3 tr. arrange (esp. soldiers) in a rank or ranks.
4 US a tr. take precedence of (a person) in respect to rank. b intr. have the senior position among the members of a hierarchy etc.

Idiom

break rank fail to remain in line. close ranks maintain solidarity. keep rank remain in line. other ranks soldiers other than commissioned officers. rank and fashion high society. rank and file ordinary undistinguished people (orig. = the ranks). the ranks the common soldiers, i.e. privates and corporals. rise from the ranks
1 (of a private or a non-commissioned officer) receive a commission.
2 (of a self-made man or woman) advance by one's own exertions.

Rank, adj.
1 too luxuriant, coarse; choked with or apt to produce weeds or excessive foliage.
2 a foul-smelling, offensive. b loathsome, indecent, corrupt.
3 flagrant, virulent, gross, complete, unmistakable, strongly marked (rank outsider).

Derivative

rankly adv. rankness n.

Etymology

OE ranc f. Gmc

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Rank

n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.

He held at court a rank so high
That other noblemen asked why.
"Because," 'twas answered, "others lack
His skill to scratch the royal back."
Aramis Jukes

THESAURUS

Rank

English horn, IC analysis, Indian file, KP, abject, abominable, absolute, abundant, adjust, align, alphabetize, analyze, ancestry, antecede, appositive, appraise, appreciate, aristocracy, aristocraticalness, army, army group, arrange, arrant, array, articulation, ascendancy, assess, assort, atrocious, attribute, attributive, authority, awful, bad, bad-smelling, bank, barfy, base, bassoon, battalion, battery, battle group, be distinguished, be regarded, be thought of, bearings, beastly, beggarly, beneath contempt, birth, black, blamable, blameworthy, blatant, block flute, blood, blown, blue, blue blood, bolt, bombard, bourdon, bracket, brackish, branch, break down, brigade, broad, broken, brutal, bulk, bumpy, buzz, cachet, cadre, call, capacity, capital, case, caste, catalog, categorize, category, catena, catenation, cello, chain, chain reaction, chaining, character, cheesy, choppy, circumstance, circumstances, clan, claribel, clarinet, clarion, class, classical, classify, cloying, coarse, coarse-grained, codify, cohort, collate, column, combat command, combat team, come before, come first, company, complement, complete, concatenation, concert flute, condition, connection, consecution, consequence, conspicuous, construction modifier, consummate, contemptible, continuity, continuum, cool off, cornet, cornopean, corps, corrugated, corrupt, count, course, crappy, crass, criminal, cromorna, cross-grained, crummy, cutting, cycle, cymbel, damnable, dank, dark, debased, decided, deep structure, definitive, degraded, degree, dense, deplorable, deploy, depraved, descent, despicable, detachment, detail, detestable, diapason, digest, dignity, dire, direct object, dirty, disagreeable, disgraceful, disgusting, dispose, distinction, divide, division, downright, dreadful, drone, dulciana, earthy, echelon, egregious, eminence, employees, endless belt, endless round, enlarge, enormous, estate, estimate, evaluate, evil, execrable, exuberant, face, fecal, feculent, fertile, fetid, field army, field train, figure, file, filiation, filler, filthy, fix, flagitious, flagrant, flourishing, flute stop, flyblown, flying column, footing, form, form an estimate, form-function unit, formation, foul, foundation stop, fourniture, frank, front, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fructuous, fulsome, function, funky, fusty, gamba, gamut, gamy, garrison, gauge, gedeckt, gemshorn, genteelness, gentility, give an appreciation, glaring, gloppy, go ahead of, go before, go in advance, gradate, gradation, grade, graduate, grainy, granulated, grave, graveolent, greatness, grievous, gross, group, grouping, grown, guess, gunky, gutter, harmonic flute, harmonize, hateful, have priority, head, head the table, head up, heading, heavy, heinous, hierarchize, hierarchy, high, high place, high-tasted, homespun, honorable descent, horrible, horrid, horripilant, hum, humid, hybrid stop, icky, ill-smelling, immediate constituent analysis, immodest, impenetrable, importance, improper, indecent, indecorous, index, indirect object, inequal, infamous, influence, influentialness, iniquitous, intolerable, irregular, jam, jolty, jungled, jungly, kick off, kin, kitchen police, knavish, koppel flute, kudos, label, lamentable, larigot, lavish, lay out, lead, lead off, legion, level, levels, line, line up, lineage, linsey-woolsey, list, little, loathsome, location, lot, lousy, low, low-down, lumpen, lurid, lush, luxuriant, maggoty, make an estimation, malodorous, mangy, maniple, mark, marshal, match, mawkish, mean, measly, measure, melodia, mephitic, methodize, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, miserable, mixture, modality, mode, modifier, moldy, moment, monotone, monstrous, mucky, musty, mutation stop, nasty, naughty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, nazard, nefarious, nexus, nidorous, nobility, noble birth, nobleness, noisome, normalize, noticeable, notorious, noxious, object, obnoxious, oboe, obscene, octave, odious, odorous, off, off color, offensive, olid, order, ordurous, organ stop, organization, organize, out-and-out, outfit, outrageous, outrank, outright, outstanding, overgrown, overripe, overrun, pacify, paltry, pass, peccant, peerage, pendulum, perfect, periodicity, petty, phalanx, phrase structure, piccolo, pickle, pigeonhole, pimply, pitiable, pitiful, pitted, place, platoon, play first fiddle, plein jeu, plenum, plight, pocky, poisonous, poky, poor, pornographic, posaune, position, positive, posse, posture, potholed, powder train, power, power structure, precede, precedence, precious, predicament, predicate, pressure, prestige, principal, priority, prize, productive, profound, profuse, progression, prolific, prominence, pronounced, proper, proportion, puky, pungent, putrid, qualifier, quality, queue, quiet, quint, quintaten, race, rampant, rancid, range, rank first, rank out, ranket, ranks, rate, rating, raunchy, raw, reasty, reasy, rebarbative, reckon, recurrence, reechy, reed stop, reeking, reeky, regiment, register, regrettable, regular, regularize, regulate, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repulsive, reticulation, riddle, riotous, ripply, risque, rohr flute, rotation, rotten, rough, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, round, routine, routinize, row, royalty, rubric, ruffled, run, rutted, rutty, sad, scabby, scale, scandalous, scatological, schlock, screen, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurfy, scurvy, section, seniority, separate, sept, sequence, serial order, series, sesquialtera, set, set up, shabby, shagged, shaggy, shallow structure, shameful, shameless, shattering, shawm, sheer, shitty, shocking, shoddy, sickening, sieve, sift, sinful, single file, situation, size, slabby, slimy, sloppy, sloshy, slot, slot and filler, sludgy, slushy, small, smellful, smelling, smelly, smutty, soldiers, sordid, sort, sort out, sour, spectrum, sphere, spitz flute, spoiled, sposhy, spot, squad, squadron, squalid, staff, stage, stale, stand, stand first, standardize, standing, star, stark, stark-staring, state, station, stature, status, stenchy, stinking, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, strain, strata, stratum, string, string diapason, string out, string stop, strong, strong-flavored, strong-tasting, structure, stuffy, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subject, suborder, subordinate, subordination, succession, sulfurous, superabundant, superiority, superlative, surface structure, surpassing, swath, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, systematize, tabulate, tactical unit, tagmeme, tainted, take precedence, task force, terrible, textured, the veriest, thick, thorough, thoroughgoing, thread, tier, tierce, title, too bad, total, train, tranquilize, tremolo, trombone, troop, trumpet, turned, twelfth, type, unalloyed, unbearable, unclean, unconscionable, uncouth, unda maris, undeniable, underlying structure, undiluted, unequivocal, uneven, unforgivable, unit, unkempt, unlevel, unmentionable, unmitigated, unpardonable, unpolished, unqualified, unrefined, unrelieved, unsmooth, unspeakable, unspoiled, ununiform, unweeded, unworthy, usher in, utter, valuate, value, vibrato, vicious, vile, villainous, viola, voix celeste, vomity, vox angelica, vox humana, vulgar, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy, weevily, weight, weightiness, wicked, wimpled, windrow, wing, woeful, word arrangement, word order, workers, wormy, worst, worthless, wretched, wrong, yecchy, yucky

ROGET THESAURUS

Rank

Badness

N badness, hurtfulness, virulence, evil doer, bane, plague spot, evil star, ill wind, hoodoo, Jonah, snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet, amari aliquid, thorn in the side, malignity, malevolence, tender mercies, ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution, outrage, misusage, injury, knockout drops, badness, peccancy, abomination, painfulness, pestilence, guilt, depravity, hurtful, harmful, scathful, baneful, baleful, injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome, prejudicial, disserviceable, disadvantageous, wide-wasting, unlucky, sinister, obnoxious, untoward, disastrous, oppressive, burdensome, onerous, malign, corrupting &c (corrupt), virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive, poisonous, deadly, destructive, inauspicious, bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful, horrid, horrible, dire, rank, peccant, foul, fulsome, rotten, rotten at the core, vile, base, villainous, mean, injured, deteriorated, unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent, below par, illcontrived, ill-conditioned, wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, pitiable, woeful, evil, wrong, depraved, shocking, reprehensible, hateful, hateful as a toad, abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded, damned, damnable, infernal, diabolic, unadvisable, unprofitable, incompetent, irremediable, badly, wrong, ill, to one's cost, where the shoe pinches, bad is the best: the worst come to the worst, herba mala presto cresco, wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged.

Degree

N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

Greatness

N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Order

N order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place, orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c (confuse), arranged, in order, methodically, in turn, in its turn, by steps, step by step, by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods, natura non facit saltum, order is heaven's first law, order from disorder sprung, ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribue.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Continuity

N continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

Term

N term, rank, station, stage, step, degree, scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch, stand, standing, footing, range.

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.

Repute

N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.

Nobility

N nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality, gentility, blue blood of Castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred, elite, aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world, peer, peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual, noblesse, noble, nobleman, lord, lordling, grandee, magnifico, hidalgo, daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don, donship, aristocrat, swell, three- tailed bashaw, gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate, gentry, gentlefolk, squirarchy, better sort magnates, primates, optimates, pantisocracy, king, atheling, prince, duke, marquis, marquisate, earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret, baronet, baronetcy, knight, knighthood, count, armiger, laird, signior, seignior, esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour, emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali, sahib, chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave, princess, begum, duchess, marchioness, countess, lady, dame, memsahib, Do$a, maharani, rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables, notabilities, celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster, magni nominis umbra, every inch a king, noble, exalted, of rank, princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic, high-, well-born, of gentle blood, genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable, in high quarters, Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige.

Vegetability^

N vegetability, vegetable life, vegetation, vegetability, vegetality, rank, lush, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive.

Fetor

N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.

Judgment

VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.