rank in WordNet English dictionary

1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
   "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
   absolute  downright  out-and-out  rank  right-down  sheer 
   
2. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
   "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
   crying  egregious  flagrant  glaring  gross  rank 
   
3. growing profusely
   "rank jungle vegetation"
   rank 
   
4. very fertile; producing profuse growth
   "rank earth"
   rank 
   
5. very offensive in smell or taste
   "a rank cigar"
   rank 
   

1. assign a rank or rating to
   "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
   rate  rank  range  order  grade  place 
   
2. take precedence or surpass others in rank
   rank  outrank 
   
3. take or have a position relative to others
   "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
   rank 
   

1. the body of members of an organization or group
   "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
   membership  rank 
   
2. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
   "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
   rank 
   
3. the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
   "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
   rank and file  rank 
   
4. relative status
   "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
   rank 
   
5. position in a social hierarchy
   "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
   social station  social status  social rank  rank