rating
Grade on scale
A rating is an evaluation or ranking on a scale.
Movies receive ratings indicating age-appropriateness.
Credit ratings assess financial reliability.
TV ratings measure viewership.
A ship's rating historically classified its size and armament; a sailor's rating was their rank.
To give something a rating is to assign it a score: The restaurant has a five-star rating.
Ratings can also refer to harsh criticism: She gave him a real rating for being late.
Formal evaluation of worth
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- gradeClassification by rank
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- rankingOrdered position assignment
measurement · appraisal · judgment · valuation · estimation · scoring · grading · classification
Luminous celestial bodies
- feedbackReturned response data
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- recommendationAdvised course of action
testimonial · endorsement · commentary · impression · Yelp · Rotten Tomatoes · IMDb · thumbs-up
Film rating, some caution
- PG-13Film rating for adolescents
- REighteenth alphabet symbol
- NC-17Strictest film rating
- GSeventh English letter
MPAA · parental · advisory · restricted · mature · explicit · content · warning
Collective television audience
prime-time · demographics · overnight · household · meters · sampling · broadcast · syndication
Currently gaining widespread attention
- viralSpreading quickly online
- buzzContinuous low drone
- chart-toppingRanking first in sales
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
bestseller · hit · fan-favorite · acclaimed · liked · favorited · upvoted · engagement
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
ranking · measurement · appraisal · judgment · valuation · estimation · scoring · grading · classification · scale
stars
Luminous celestial bodies
recommendation · testimonial · endorsement · commentary · impression · Yelp · Rotten Tomatoes · IMDb · thumbs-up · upvote
PG
Film rating, some caution
G · MPAA · parental · advisory · restricted · mature · explicit · content · warning · guidance
viewership
Collective television audience
sweeps · prime-time · demographics · overnight · household · meters · sampling · broadcast · syndication · time-slot
trending
Currently gaining widespread attention
- viralSpreading quickly online
- buzzContinuous low drone
- chart-toppingRanking first in sales
blockbuster · bestseller · hit · fan-favorite · acclaimed · liked · favorited · upvoted · engagement · views
seeding
Planting or ranking
WTA · points · ladder · draw · qualifying · wild-card · protected
creditworthiness
Ability to repay debts
AAA · investment-grade · junk · downgrade · upgrade · sovereign · default · outlook · agency · debt
- hotelshotel staff, hotel room, accommodations, hotelier, innkeeper
- assessmentevaluating, test, analyzing, exam, assessing
- book reviewsbook review, critique, critical analysis, critiques, critical essay
- buying factorsprice, cost, value, quality, brand
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- Critics & Reviewsreview, opinion, critique, commentary, evaluation
ratingunrated
Not given a score
unevaluated · unassessed · unjudged · unscored · ungraded
ratingunranked
Lacking official standing
disorganization · randomness · unordered · chaos · disorder
ratingworthlessness
Lack of any value
insignificance · irrelevance · neglect · disregard · indifference
- star ratingNumerical quality assessment
- movie ratingsContent guidance for films
- TV ratingsAudience measurement figures
- film ratingContent suitability label
- credit ratingAssigned measure of borrower reliability
- age ratingSuitability guideline by maturity