Word "RANK" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
assign a rank or rating to
Synonyms:
grade, order, place, range, rate
Examples:
how would you rank these students?

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Synonyms:
rank and file
Examples:
the strike was supported by the union rank and file
he rose from the ranks to become a colonel

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Synonyms:
crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross
Examples:
rank treachery

Crossword Clues for RANK

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Sergeant or admiral Newsday 07 Oct 2025
General or admiral Commuter 07 Oct 2025
Hierarchy position USA Today 21 Sep 2025
Status (4) Mirror Classic 07 Jul 2025
It smells strongly of one's position in society (4)
Growing high and luxuriantly (4)
Spot in a hierarchy Universal 28 Jun 2025
Sort by preference USA Today 27 Jun 2025
Corporal admiral
Corporal or admiral Newsday 24 Jun 2025
Really bad line (4)
Position in the military
Major or general LA Times Daily 19 May 2025
Very smelly soldier The Sun Two Speed 18 May 2025
Status The Sun Two Speed 18 May 2025
High-growing class (4)
Status The Telegraph Quick 02 May 2025
Military level Commuter 02 May 2025
Social or military status
Status The Sun Two Speed 19 Apr 2025
Offensive line The Sun Two Speed 19 Apr 2025
Foul position (4)
Foul row
Grandmaster or Challenger, in "League of Legends"
Managed King's position (4)
Name, ___ and serial number (4)
Colonel or admiral Newsday 11 Mar 2025
And 14dn, Disparages reduced scoring (4,4)
Status Mirror Classic 01 Mar 2025
General or private, e.g.
Line-up of pranksters
Offensive practical joke deposes leader The Times Cryptic 11 Feb 2025
Level in a hierarchy The Times Concise 07 Feb 2025
J Arthur ___, British film producer (4)
Admiral or corporal Newsday 04 Feb 2025
A really bad line (4)
An entire row of eight squares on a chessboard (4)
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 14 Jan 2025
No second class trademark currency (4)
Offensive position in hierarchy (4)
- and file
Echelon Commuter 27 Dec 2024
Relative standing Newsday 18 Dec 2024
It's coarse to have a quarrel (4)
Highly offensive row (4)
The Smiths' posthumous live LP (4)
Get the movie-maker in line (4)
One's standing in line
A number of cabs making a row (4)
To assign to a particular grade is offensive (4)
Stamp needing no introduction has status (4)
Obnoxious status in life (4)
Position in the military
Disgusting The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Oct 2024
Lordly status in cinema history? (4)
Echelon Commuter 27 Sep 2024
Position or standing (4)
Captain or colonel Newsday 02 Sep 2024
Tier Universal 31 Aug 2024
Gross author, not popular (4) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Aug 2024
Film company whose symbol was a large gong (4)
Gross author, not popular (4) The Guardian Cryptic 30 Aug 2024
Row that is coarsely overgrown (4)
Military level Commuter 27 Aug 2024
Female with such social standing is candid of expression The Times Mephisto 04 Aug 2024
Military level Commuter 03 Aug 2024
Official status (4)
Rate as very offensive
General or private Commuter 15 Jul 2024
Private or general
Row standing side by side (4)
Men standing side by side are coarsely overgrown (4)
Admiral or rear admiral, perhaps The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Jul 2024
Row generating a stink (4) The Guardian Cryptic 08 Jul 2024
Major, e.g., but not minor
Smelly USA Today 08 Jun 2024
Complete grade
Position, especially in the armed forces (4)
Military position
Put in order of preference
J Arthur -, British entrepreneur who co-founded Pinewood Studios Mirror Quiz 13 May 2024
It is foul-smelling as a line of soldiers (4)
The class is wild (4)
Major row
It's coarse to have a row (4)
Coarse row (4)
Unduly vigorous in growth
Relative standing LA Times Daily 24 Apr 2024
But surely J Arthur wasn't rather smelly (4)
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 22 Apr 2024
J. Arthur, British industrialist who founded a film company (4)
Offensive position The Guardian Quiptic 07 Apr 2024
Managed King's file (4)
Military rating
Social status of the coarse and vulgar? (4)
Rate in order
Social status will produce a row (4)
File's counterpart Wall Street Journal 16 Mar 2024
Disgusting position Mirror Cryptic 15 Mar 2024
Level of command Mirror Quick 15 Mar 2024
Position in the hierarchy of the armed forces (4)
Military grading
Row (of soldiers)
__ and file LA Times Daily 06 Mar 2024
Relative status
Social status The Telegraph Quick 27 Feb 2024
Female with this class would be up-front
Ripe Wall Street Journal 14 Feb 2024
Horribly smelly Commuter 10 Feb 2024
This class is wild (4)
Sergeant or general for example
Order a taxi from it (4)
Superabundant
Awful smelling Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2024
Position in a hierarchy Family Time 15 Jan 2024
Put in order New York Times 02 Jan 2024
Utterly offensive order (4)
Utterly offensive order The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Dec 2023
Arrange by quality
Where to get a taxi from station The Times Cryptic 18 Dec 2023
File's partner LA Times Daily 15 Dec 2023
Create a top-ten list, say
Cab stand Puzzler Backwords 05 Dec 2023
Published killer's face. Offensive! (4)
Line-up order
Military status
Position in the standings USA Today 21 Nov 2023
Line of soldiers (4) Puzzler 17 Nov 2023
Position in the hierarchy The Guardian Speedy 12 Nov 2023
Place in society held by veteran knight The Times Quick Cryptic 07 Nov 2023
Person's standing in the military
Official position (4) Puzzler 03 Nov 2023
Order from best to worst Wall Street Journal 24 Oct 2023
Admiral or general Newsday 13 Sep 2023
___ and file Universal 25 Aug 2023
Position in a hierarchy New York Times 08 Aug 2023
File's counterpart Wall Street Journal 22 Jul 2023
Putrid LA Times Daily 01 Jul 2023
Managed to meet king, bringing status The Times Cryptic 27 Apr 2023
See 13 Across The Guardian Cryptic 13 Apr 2023
Offensive in smell — line of soldiers The Guardian Quick 10 Apr 2023
Sergeant or Lieutenant, e.g.
Military status
Corporal or private LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2023
Army level Thomas Joseph 02 Feb 2023
Military position
Captain, for Horatio Magellan Crunch Universal 20 Dec 2022
File partner LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2022
Put in order of importance Family Time 28 Nov 2022
Colonel or corporal Universal 12 Nov 2022
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 04 Nov 2022
Absolute — out-and-out The Guardian Quick 26 Oct 2022
Sort from best to worst USA Today 25 Sep 2022
Putrid The Guardian Quick 17 Sep 2022
Prioritize, in a way New York Times 03 Aug 2022
Order LA Times Daily 20 Jul 2022
Status The Times Concise 17 Jul 2022
Really, really stinky LA Times Daily 21 Jun 2022
Arrange in a list, perhaps
Downright repulsive The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2022
Status of Conservative dismissed by eccentric The Telegraph Toughie 27 Apr 2022
Social position Universal 15 Apr 2022
Noble's standing Universal 10 Apr 2022
Corporal or private The Washington Post 22 Mar 2022
Corporal or private LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2022
Military status
Absolute The Times Concise 13 Mar 2022
Rushed to meet head of KGB in station The Times Cryptic 08 Feb 2022
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 28 Dec 2021
Military grade The Times Concise 11 Dec 2021
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 07 Dec 2021
It might be pulled by a superior LA Times Daily 25 Nov 2021
Arrange in sequence The Washington Post 17 Oct 2021
Arrange in sequence LA Times Daily 17 Oct 2021
Both sides raised a stink that's offensive Irish Times Crosaire 10 Sep 2021
Army level Thomas Joseph 04 Sep 2021
Seed in a tournament USA Today 19 Aug 2021
Unpleasant weirdo wants cocaine
Position in the standings USA Today 06 Aug 2021
___ and file USA Today 01 Aug 2021
Backed trademark narrative position of major employer Irish Times Crosaire 14 Jul 2021
Stinking row
Major or Captain, for one
Put in order of importance Family Time 10 May 2021
Colonel or captain
Military level of authority Newsday 03 May 2021
Absolute order
General, captain or private, for example Family Time 19 Apr 2021
Social standing Newsday 15 Apr 2021
Foul smelling taxis here? The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2021
___ and file
Status The Sun Two Speed 20 Feb 2021
Offensive line The Sun Two Speed 20 Feb 2021
Rear admiral or colonel, for one
Arrange in order The Washington Post 03 Dec 2020
Arrange in order LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2020
Put in order Thomas Joseph 01 Dec 2020
Very smelly soldier The Sun Two Speed 23 Oct 2020
Military status
Airman, for instance Newsday 15 Oct 2020
Standing The Times Concise 27 Sep 2020
Admiral or corporal Newsday 01 Jun 2020
Position in the military
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 15 May 2020
Speaking plainly, not top level
Foul The New Yorker 20 Apr 2020
Absolute or offensive Newsday 18 Apr 2020
Malodorous New York Times 16 Apr 2020
Insignia indication Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2020
Major general or rear admiral Newsday 03 Mar 2020
Stinking row
Sheer class
What stripes may indicate, in army
'Nutter drops Conservative' row
Standing in the military? Family Time 18 Nov 2019
Malodorous
Captain, e.g The Washington Post 11 Nov 2019
Captain, e.g LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2019
Complete row
Echelon LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2019
Echelon The Washington Post 25 Oct 2019
Horizontal line on a chessboard
Horizontal line on a chessboard New York Times 23 Oct 2019
Grade; foul The Telegraph Quick 01 Oct 2019
Foul-smelling row of soldiers
__ and file The Washington Post 24 Sep 2019
__ and file LA Times Daily 24 Sep 2019
___ and file (ordinary members of an organization)
Captain or Major, in the army
Position one gets at the end of a competition
Where cabbie stands off
File companion Newsday 17 May 2019
Utter stink in class The Telegraph Cryptic 15 May 2019
Private, e.g Wall Street Journal 09 May 2019
Backed trademark narrative position of major employer Irish Times Crosaire 12 Apr 2019
Military status
Female gets cut from straightforward foul The Telegraph Toughie 12 Mar 2019
Foul-smelling The Telegraph Quick 09 Mar 2019
You might pull it to get your way The New Yorker 04 Mar 2019
File's partner Universal 26 Feb 2019
Station managed by keen beginner Irish Times Crosaire 02 Feb 2019
Foul; standing The Times Concise 14 Jan 2019
Sort by importance USA Today 07 Jan 2019
File's partner
Private, e.g.
Sort by importance
__ and file
Echelon
Captain or private, e.g Universal 30 Dec 2018
Awful-smelling USA Today 23 Dec 2018
Fellow rejected for open position 
Grade The Telegraph Quick 18 Dec 2018
Ensign or admiral Newsday 12 Dec 2018
Classify The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2018
Army level Thomas Joseph 26 Nov 2018
Position in a list
Downright smelly The Sun Two Speed 07 Nov 2018
Position which decides hierarchy in the armed forces, Colonel, for one
Position in army which decides hierarchy
Station where taxis wait, turned off
Offensive superiors may pull it
Offensive and honest, but not loud The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Aug 2018
Unpleasant row The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2018
Offensive, row The Telegraph Quick 14 Jul 2018
Classify in order of importance LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2018
Tier The Telegraph Quick 09 Jul 2018
Classify in order of importance The Washington Post 09 Jul 2018
"___ in order of priority"
Private, for one The Washington Post 23 Jun 2018
Private, for one LA Times Daily 23 Jun 2018
Stinky The Chronicle of Higher Education 22 Jun 2018
E.g. major row, making a stink The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jun 2018
What an insignia denotes USA Today 16 Jun 2018
File crosser USA Today 30 May 2018
Class, level or class level?
Military status
Stinky Wall Street Journal 05 May 2018
Echelon Premier Sunday 15 Apr 2018
Captain or Major, in the army
Candid female blasting off in row The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Mar 2018
Captain or colonel Newsday 21 Mar 2018
Level of authority Newsday 04 Mar 2018
Corporal or colonel USA Today 25 Feb 2018
Foul The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2018
File crosser, on a chessboard USA Today 18 Feb 2018
Filthy row The Sun Two Speed 13 Jan 2018
Army position The Sun Two Speed 13 Jan 2018
What an insignia denotes
Classify in order of importance
Private, for one
Stinky
Stinky
Corporal or colonel
File crosser
Awful-smelling
File crosser, on a chessboard
Captain or private, e.g.
Position in a pecking order USA Today 25 Dec 2017
What an insignia signifies USA Today 05 Dec 2017
Complete class
Person's standing in the military
Sergeant or captain Newsday 25 Sep 2017
Status New York Times 24 Sep 2017
Author's not in, causing row
Smelly Wall Street Journal 02 Sep 2017
Grotty station
Absolute order
Order that's downright offensive to the nose The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jun 2017
Relative standing Newsday 02 Jun 2017
Status Canadiana 24 Apr 2017
Sergeant is a ___ in the armed forces
It signifies status in military
Position in a hierarchy USA Today 24 Mar 2017
Disgusting basis of class system The Telegraph Toughie 03 Mar 2017
Taxis for lawyers excessive
Position in a hierarchy
Position in a pecking order
What an insignia signifies
Status
Row; foul The Telegraph Quick 21 Nov 2016
Putrid The Guardian Quick 19 Nov 2016
Disagreeable class
Status The Telegraph Quick 11 Nov 2016
One of eight on a chessboard USA Today 02 Nov 2016
File's open, folio is missing
Put in order of significance Universal 20 Oct 2016
Military status LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2016
Captain or general, e.g Universal 12 Oct 2016
Admiral or general The Washington Post 08 Oct 2016
Smelly 30
Disagreeable class
Colonel for example is offensive
Row; grade The Telegraph Quick 29 Aug 2016
Drove close to black cabs' waiting area
Corporal or colonel LA Times Daily 23 Aug 2016
Terrible row
List one of these in 11 across Irish Times Crosaire 13 Aug 2016
Chessboard row USA Today 03 Aug 2016
Stinky New York Times 25 Jul 2016
Standing in the military? Universal 14 Jun 2016
Managed to come before king in status The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jun 2016
Standing is very unpleasant The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jun 2016
Rotten Row?
Standing and revolting
File's partner The Washington Post 19 Apr 2016
Foul smelling; standing The Times Concise 24 Mar 2016
Standing and revolting
Beyond gross LA Times Daily 30 Jan 2016
__ and file (employee group) Newsday 25 Jan 2016
Beyond gross
One of eight on a chessboard
Standing in the military?
Stinky
Chessboard row
Military status
Corporal or colonel
Dirty position
Worked on king's position
Airman or seaman LA Times Daily 01 Nov 2015
Captain or major New York Times 14 Sep 2015
File partner Newsday 13 Sep 2015
Relative position LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2015
Standing in the military USA Today 27 Jul 2015
Rotten position in the Army The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jun 2015
General, e.g LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2015
Highly disagreeable standing order
Standing right next to armoured vehicle without top The Times Cryptic 21 May 2015
Standing LA Times Daily 17 May 2015
Military level Thomas Joseph 12 May 2015
Tier, row The Telegraph Quick 22 Apr 2015
Numerical position Newsday 04 Feb 2015
Standing
Stinky
Airman or seaman
Standing in the military
Social standing
Captain or major
Admiral or corporal
Numerical position
What a superior might pull
Relative position
General, e.g.
File partner
Worked on king's position
Total class
Malodorous
Foul-smelling
Echelon
Live '88 Smiths album
Private or general, e.g.
Prioritize
'80s cowpunks ___ and File
Major, for example
Captain, e.g.
Arrange in order
Captain, e.g.
Major, for one
File companion
Line from pointless joke
Private or general, e.g.
Have status
Level of authority
Stinky
File's partner
What stars may indicate
Relative standing
Foul-smelling
Put in order of significance
Position in a hierarchy
Specialist, for one
Sergeant or admiral
Social station
Army status
Noxious
Seeding factor
Sergeant or general
File's partner
Putrid
File's partner
Stinky
Smelling awful
Standing in the military?
Smelling awful
Far from fragrant
Overgrown
Gross
Sergeant, for one
What stars might indicate
One of eight in chess
It might be pulled
Captain, for one
Relative position
Colonel or captain
List in order of importance
File's counterpart
List in order of importance
Sergeant, for one
Relative position
Official standing
Position in a hierarchy
File crosser
Prioritize
Relative standing
Position
Admiral, e.g.
Major, for one
Military standing
Put in order of significance
General or major
Standing in the military
Class level
Row on a chessboard
Standing in the military
Admiral, e.g.
Colonel or captain
Needing a bath badly
Line in chess
Major, but not minor
Colonel or captain
Military echelon
Partner with name and serial number
What stripes might indicate
File's partner
Seeding
Privates can't pull it
Assign places to
Standing
What stripes may indicate
What stripes may indicate
Social position
Name-serial number go-between
Lush
Foul
File's counterpart
Place in the pecking order
Military echelon
Major, but not minor
Have status
Stack up
Smelling bad
Position
Name and serial number companion
Private or captain
Put in order
Colonel or captain
Awful-smelling
File's partner
Military status
Major, for one
Rear admiral, e.g.
File companion
Utter
Position
Standing
This puzzle's theme
File partner
Standing
Major, for one
Awful-smelling
Foul
Have value
Row
Relative position
Major or major general
Corporal or captain
Chessboard line
Chessboard row
Class, level or class level
Kind of amateur
Kind of amateur
Echelon
Put in order
Social standing
Lieutenant, for one
Stinking
Odoriferous
Chessboard row
Major, for one
Military level
General or major
Private, e.g.
Military status
Chessboard row
Corporal or captain
Corporal or captain
Put in order
Have status
Soldier's datum
File crosser
Put in order
Position
Stack up
Like some amateurs
Fetid
Status
Put in order of significance
Assign places to
Army level
Standing
File's partner
Offensively odoriferous
Private, e.g.
Position
Colonel or corporal
General, e.g.
What this puzzle's theme deals with
Social station
Captain, e.g.
High station
Military standing
Official standing
What stripes may indicate
Social standing
What stripes may indicate
Standing in the navy?
Rushed to meet head of KGB in station
Noisome
Offensively strong
Captain, e.g.
Position in the hierarchy
Not exactly fragrant
Private, e.g.
Station
Standing in the military
File companion
Position
Standing
__ and file
Echelon
Position
Formation
Egregious
Assign places to
Malodorous
Offensive
Chessboard line
Classify
Absolute
Gross
Companion of file
Complete
Private or major
General or private
Standing
J. Arthur of films
Pecking-order position
Put in order
Luxuriant
Flagrant
Fetid
File's companion
Having an unpleasant odor
Grade
Movie maker J. Arthur
Unsavory
Grossly coarse
Indecent
Foul
Kind of outsider
P.O.W. data item
File's cousin
Array.
___ and file.
British movie magnate.
British cinema mogul.
File's partner
Captain, for 28-Down
Assign places to
First principle of protocol.
Opposite of file.
Grade.
Orderly arrangement.
Standing.
Soldier's station.
File's companion.
Row or line.
Distinction.
Station.
Luxuriant in growth.
Utter.
One of Freud's first pupils.
Eminence.
Order.
High degree.
Overly luxuriant.
Position.
British movie mogul.
Partner of file.
Status.
Luxuriant.
Number in chess notation
Station
Relative standing.
Vulgar
General or admiral.
Degree of quality.
Super smelly
Downright
Luxuriant in growth
File's partner.
Relative position.
Noted British film producer.
Movie mogul of Britain.
British movie producer.
British film producer.
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