RANKING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of ranking

as in hierarchy

a scheme of rank or order in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S.

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Relevance

as in rank

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office

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verb

present participle of rank

as in being

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs

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as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type most critics would rank him among our best actors

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Recent Examples of ranking

Noun

King Harald also held the highest ranking in Norway’s Army, Air Force and Navy. — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 The full list and an in-depth explanation of the ranking’s methodology can be found on Time magazine’s website. — Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Bulldogs are a sneaky talented team, shockingly ranking in the top-20 of the 247Sports Team Talent Composite, as Lebby has done a remarkable job upgrading the personnel at Mississippi State. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Matt Kirouac, the author of the ramen ranking on Tasting Table, highlighted the restaurant’s mushroom paitan ramen, complementing its cashew cream, shimeji mushrooms and pork belly. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ranking

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranking

Noun

Depending on the club, the hierarchies are still clear, and there might be little overlap between those positions.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Naked mole rat colonies have a hierarchy that loosely aligns with body size, where only the largest females have a shot at becoming queen—and only the queen reproduces.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchy

Verb

Maybe more people are seeing the production on streaming and rating it on IMDB instead of RT.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The Pew Research Center found about three-quarters rating economic conditions negatively and Fox News polling found three-quarters rating the economy negatively, including 41% calling it poor.

— Emily Guskin, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of rating

Verb

The following conversation touches on Rock's latest project and process, writing young characters and classifying his own work into a genre.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Edwards and Magee spent decades classifying them, and the most important distinction is between a breakaway gap and everything else.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of classifying

Noun

Before ascending the ladder at Business Affairs, Capifali did stints at the Department of Environment and the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Because the existing hole was too small, crews used a saw to cut a larger opening and lowered a ladder inside to give the animals an easy way out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ladder

Verb

At face value, young men exercising should not be reason to sound the alarms, and yet there is something treacherous about men in their formative years placing physical beauty as the ultimate expression of self-actualization.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
The Kennedy Center's board has voted to credit Trump for a pending renovation project by placing his name on the building and grounds.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of placing

Verb

But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026

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