ranks
Sorts by merit
Ranks are positions in a hierarchy—military ranks from private to general, academic ranks from instructor to professor.
To rank is to assign or hold a position: She ranks third in her class.
The ranks refers to ordinary members as distinct from leadership: rising through the ranks.
Rank and file has the same sense.
Something rank-and-file comes from ordinary members rather than officials.
Social dominance arrangement
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
pyramid · gradation · structure · order · superiority · seniority · dominance · subordination
Mid-level military rank
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- colonelSenior military officer
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- admiralSenior naval commander
captain · major · corporal · private · ensign · commander · brigadier · officer
Comparative position list
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
- seedingsPreliminary competition rankings
- bracketSupport or category
- ladderPortable climbing frame
tournament · playoffs · scoreboard · qualifiers · finals · elimination · champion · contender
Grouping by shared traits
- casteInherited social division
- eliteSuperior select group
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
bourgeoisie · peasantry · privilege · status · prestige · patrician · plebeian · gentry
Academic performance ratings
- scoresAchieves points; many
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- GPACumulative academic score
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
salutatorian · honors · dean's list · quartile · decile · standing · cum laude · top of class
pecking order
Social dominance arrangement
stratification · pyramid · gradation · structure · order · superiority · seniority · dominance · subordination · chain
sergeant
Mid-level military rank
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- colonelSenior military officer
- generalWidespread, not specialized
admiral · captain · major · corporal · private · ensign · commander · brigadier · officer · enlisted
standings
Comparative position list
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
- seedingsPreliminary competition rankings
- bracketSupport or category
ladder · tournament · playoffs · scoreboard · qualifiers · finals · elimination · champion · contender · underdog
class
Grouping by shared traits
aristocracy · bourgeoisie · peasantry · privilege · status · prestige · patrician · plebeian · gentry · commoner
grades
Academic performance ratings
- scoresAchieves points; many
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- GPACumulative academic score
valedictorian · salutatorian · honors · dean's list · quartile · decile · standing · cum laude · top of class · academic standing
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- hierarchiestier, tiers, level, levels, rankings
- hierarchyauthority, command, tiered, reporting, ladder
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
ranksequals
Matches in value
equality · peers · egalitarianism · parity · equivalence
rankschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disarray · jumble · randomness · disorganization
ranksequals
Matches in value
peers · civilians · commoners · bottom rung · rank and file
- pulling rankInvoking superior status
- taxi rankQueue point for hire cars
- pull rankExploit hierarchical advantage
- enlisted rankNon-commissioned military grade
- pulled rankExploited hierarchical advantage
- rank and fileOrdinary members collectively
rank, ranking, ranked, outrank, unranked, ranker, outranked, rankest, outranking