Rank

Quick meaning: Rank is an adjective meaning Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.

Meaning

Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.

More Meanings

1. (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
2. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
3. (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
4. (card games) The value of a playing card.
5. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
6. (obsolete) lustful; lascivious
7. (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

Example Sentences

rank treason

rank nonsense

I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.

the ewes being rank, In end of autumn turned to the rams

Word Forms

• ranker
• rankest
• ranck
• ranks
• ranking
• ranked

Synonyms for rank

Depending on context, synonyms include stinky, smelly, pongy, thorough, virulent, condition.

Antonyms for rank

Common opposites include file.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abundant, out-and-out, conspicuous, right-down, outrank, obvious.

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