Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rank
3 senses of rank
Sense 1
rank -- (take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 2
rate, rank, range, order, grade, place -- (assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide")
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")
Sense 3
rank, outrank -- (take precedence or surpass others in rank)
=> excel, stand out, surpass -- (distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math")
Antonyms of adj ranked
1 sense of ranked
Sense 1
graded, ranked, stratified -- (arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution")
INDIRECT (VIA hierarchical) -> nonhierarchical, nonhierarchic -- (not classified hierarchically)
Similarity of adj ranked
1 sense of ranked
Sense 1
graded, ranked, stratified -- (arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution")
=> hierarchical (vs. nonhierarchical), hierarchal, hierarchic -- (classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first")