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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Clue Source Date
Tier USA Today 11 Oct 2026
Place in a hierarchy New York Times 06 Oct 2026
Military position Commuter 03 Oct 2026
Foul-smelling row of soldiers (4) Puzzler Cryptic 23 Sep 2026
Foul in smell or taste The Times Concise 22 Sep 2026
Colonel or captain Newsday 24 Aug 2026
Offensive to the nose The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 11 Aug 2026
Military level Commuter 18 Jul 2026
Order by preference Universal 12 Jul 2026
General or private Universal 24 Jun 2026
Absolute, utter The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 Jun 2026
Private or general USA Today 15 Jun 2026
Corporal or private LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2026
Military position Commuter 01 Jun 2026
Colonel or captain Newsday 18 May 2026
Tier The Telegraph Quick 06 May 2026
Offensive The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 May 2026
Major or general New York Times Mini 05 May 2026
High position in society The Telegraph Cryptic 05 May 2026
Highly repellent Newsday 28 Mar 2026
Social standing LA Times Mini 23 Mar 2026
Military echelon Newsday 01 Mar 2026
__ and file LA Times Daily 25 Feb 2026
Major, e.g. New York Times 19 Feb 2026
Had beer, perhaps, with no head? Disgusting (4) The Sun Two Speed 17 Feb 2026
Break, pull or taxi (4) The Guardian Quick 17 Feb 2026
Nasty The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 08 Feb 2026
Absolute class The Telegraph Toughie 05 Feb 2026
Foul sort The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Feb 2026
Complete standing order The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jan 2026
Disgusting position The Times Quick Cryptic 03 Jan 2026
Army level Thomas Joseph 31 Dec 2025
Put on 29-Across, maybe TV 14 Dec 2025
Rotten row (4) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Dec 2025
Offensively strong-smelling soldiers side by side The Telegraph Toughie 02 Dec 2025
Social standing Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2025
Level of command (4) Mirror Quick 05 Nov 2025
Disgusting position (4) Mirror Cryptic 05 Nov 2025
Ensign or admiral Newsday 02 Nov 2025
Level (4) The Guardian Quick 29 Oct 2025
Classify (4) Puzzler 26 Oct 2025
General, corporal, or private Commuter 20 Oct 2025
Standing The Times Sunday Concise 12 Oct 2025
Military position
General or admiral Commuter 07 Oct 2025
Sergeant or admiral Newsday 07 Oct 2025
Hierarchy position USA Today 21 Sep 2025
Status (4) Mirror Classic 07 Jul 2025
Growing high and luxuriantly (4)
It smells strongly of one's position in society (4)
Spot in a hierarchy Universal 28 Jun 2025
Sort by preference USA Today 27 Jun 2025
Corporal or admiral Newsday 24 Jun 2025
Corporal admiral
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
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)
Row (of soldiers)
Military grading
__ and file LA Times Daily 06 Mar 2024
Social status The Telegraph Quick 27 Feb 2024
Relative status
Female with this class would be up-front
Ripe Wall Street Journal 14 Feb 2024
This class is wild (4)
Horribly smelly Commuter 10 Feb 2024
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 The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Dec 2023
Utterly offensive order (4)
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
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
Arrange in sequence LA Times Daily 17 Oct 2021
Both sides raised a stink that's offensive
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
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 LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2020
Arrange in order
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
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
Captain, e.g LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2019
Complete row
Echelon
Echelon LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2019
Horizontal line on a chessboard New York Times 23 Oct 2019
Horizontal line on a chessboard
Grade; foul The Telegraph Quick 01 Oct 2019
Foul-smelling row of soldiers
__ and file
__ 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
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
File's partner Universal 26 Feb 2019
Station managed by keen beginner
Foul; standing The Times Concise 14 Jan 2019
Sort by importance USA Today 07 Jan 2019
File's partner
Private, e.g.
Echelon
__ and file
Sort by importance
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
Tier The Telegraph Quick 09 Jul 2018
Classify in order of importance LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2018
Classify in order of importance
"___ in order of priority"
Private, for one LA Times Daily 23 Jun 2018
Private, for one
Stinky
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
Classify in order of importance
Captain or private, e.g.
Private, for one
Stinky
Stinky
Awful-smelling
Corporal or colonel
File crosser
File crosser, on a chessboard
What an insignia denotes
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
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
What an insignia signifies
Position in a hierarchy
Status
Position in a pecking order
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
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
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
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
Stinky
Standing in the military?
Chessboard row
One of eight on a chessboard
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
Standing in the military
What a superior might pull
Stinky
Captain or major
Numerical position
File partner
Admiral or corporal
Airman or seaman
General, e.g.
Relative position
Social standing
Worked on king's position
Total class
Malodorous
Echelon
File companion
Foul-smelling
Live '88 Smiths album
'80s cowpunks ___ and File
Major, for one
Prioritize
Captain, e.g.
Arrange in order
Captain, e.g.
Major, for example
Private or general, e.g.
Line from pointless joke
File's partner
Sergeant or admiral
Relative standing
Stinky
Position in a hierarchy
Foul-smelling
Level of authority
Have status
What stars may indicate
Army status
Private or general, e.g.
Specialist, for one
Put in order of significance
Social station
Putrid
Stinky
File's partner
Seeding factor
File's partner
Sergeant or general
Noxious
Far from fragrant
Gross
What stars might indicate
One of eight in chess
It might be pulled
Captain, for one
List in order of importance
Standing in the military?
Sergeant, for one
Sergeant, for one
Relative position
Colonel or captain
Smelling awful
List in order of importance
File's counterpart
Smelling awful
Relative position
Overgrown
Admiral, e.g.
Prioritize
Relative standing
Put in order of significance
Official standing
File crosser
Position
Major, for one
Military standing
Position in a hierarchy
Colonel or captain
Line in chess
Needing a bath badly
Standing in the military
General or major
Military echelon
Major, but not minor
What stripes might indicate
Class level
Partner with name and serial number
Colonel or captain
Admiral, e.g.
Row on a chessboard
Standing in the military
File's partner
Seeding
Privates can't pull it
Assign places to
Social position
What stripes may indicate
What stripes may indicate
Standing
Major, but not minor
Name-serial number go-between
File's counterpart
Place in the pecking order
Foul
Lush
Military echelon
File companion
Major, for one
Military status
Awful-smelling
Standing
File's partner
Colonel or captain
Name and serial number companion
Position
Smelling bad
Stack up
Rear admiral, e.g.
File partner
Major, for one
This puzzle's theme
Standing
Position
Have status
Utter
Put in order
Private or captain
Chessboard row
Foul
Kind of amateur
Lieutenant, for one
Kind of amateur
Echelon
Odoriferous
Relative position
Chessboard line
Stinking
Put in order
Class, level or class level
Social standing
Awful-smelling
Corporal or captain
Chessboard row
Major or major general
Row
Have value
Corporal or captain
Private, e.g.
General or major
Major, for one
Military level
Chessboard row
Military status
Corporal or captain
Put in order
Position
File crosser
Put in order
Have status
Soldier's datum
Put in order of significance
Fetid
Standing
Stack up
Army level
Like some amateurs
Assign places to
Status
Offensively odoriferous
Private, e.g.
Position
File's partner
What this puzzle's theme deals with
General, e.g.
Colonel or corporal
Social standing
Social station
Standing in the navy?
What stripes may indicate
High station
What stripes may indicate
Rushed to meet head of KGB in station
Captain, e.g.
Official standing
Military standing
Position in the hierarchy
Captain, e.g.
Offensively strong
Not exactly fragrant
Noisome
Standing
File companion
Position
__ and file
Private, e.g.
Station
Standing in the military
Position
Echelon
Formation
Egregious
Chessboard line
Offensive
Malodorous
Assign places to
Classify
Gross
Absolute
Companion of file
Complete
Private or major
General or private
J. Arthur of films
Standing
Pecking-order position
Put in order
Luxuriant
Flagrant
File's companion
Fetid
Grade
Having an unpleasant odor
Movie maker J. Arthur
Unsavory
Grossly coarse
Indecent
Foul
Kind of outsider
P.O.W. data item
File's cousin
Luxuriant in growth
Array.
British film producer.
Super smelly
General or admiral.
Degree of quality.
British movie producer.
Movie mogul of Britain.
Noted British film producer.
Relative position.
Number in chess notation
Relative standing.
Distinction.
British movie mogul.
First principle of protocol.
Opposite of file.
Grade.
Orderly arrangement.
Luxuriant.
Standing.
Soldier's station.
Eminence.
Order.
High degree.
Overly luxuriant.
Position.
File's partner.
Partner of file.
Status.
File's companion.
Row or line.
One of Freud's first pupils.
Utter.
Downright
Luxuriant in growth.
Station.
Assign places to
Vulgar
Station
Captain, for 28-Down
File's partner
British cinema mogul.
British movie magnate.
___ and file.
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