GRADES Synonyms: 183 Similar and Opposite Words

grades 1 of 2

noun

plural of grade

as in stages

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking just one grade removed from completion

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Relevance

as in rates

degree of excellence only motor oil of the highest grade for his fancy sports car

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as in types

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic there are various grades of wool to consider when selecting a fabric

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as in standards

something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared that painting just doesn't make the grade

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as in slopes

the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon the hill rises at a seven percent grade

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grades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of grade

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type grade these apples "extra fancy" and those "fancy"

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as in is

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens

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Noun

Lin said its relatively high gold grades add to its development potential. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026 The numbers are as of February 2026, and refer to total membership for grades from prekindergarten to 12th. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 That’s not the case for grades three to eight, where the majority of kids remain in that age range from one year to the next. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 Rauch said the museum will also offer on site and virtual field trips for grades 3 through 12 to help students understand what happened on 9/11 and the ongoing relevance of the attacks. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 Chinese refiners, facing scarcer Iranian offers, have been switching toward Brazilian and Iraqi grades. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The program, open to grades 3 through 12, includes off-site activities and field trips to the museum. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Weeks after the University of Michigan made headlines with its plan to keep letter grades from appearing on the transcripts of some first-year students — and from affecting their GPAs — the decision continues to stir debate. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Similarly, although benefits of smaller class sizes are real, at least for economically disadvantaged kids in early grades, uniform caps put high-poverty schools at a competitive disadvantage (because other working conditions are more difficult). — David Griffith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

But how does this ranking compare to scores from Leapfrog, a watchdog organization that grades hospitals on safety? — Eva Flowe august 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 Marquez grades well on rival teams’ models, according to analysts with several teams who were granted anonymity to speak freely. — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026 In addition to the zones, the board must decide which grades the new West High School will initially serve. — Arkansas Online, 16 July 2026 The 4Cs is the standard GIA grading scale for diamonds, which grades on cut, color, clarity, and carat size. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 22 May 2026 The report grades medical care facilities on a scale from A to F, with A being the highest grade and F the lowest. — Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026 Mississippi grades its schools A to F and sends coaches to train teachers in low-performing ones. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026 The additional verification comes in the form of a second LLM that grades the output from the first LLM. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026 Ipeirotis grades the exams separately, also with the help of AI. — Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The question is whether this interest will be reflected in the budget request for fiscal year 2028, which is now in the initial stages of preparation.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
Jacobson and Osterud's efforts did not move beyond the early stages of the recall process.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stages

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The president's stance would then put him at odds with Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who is expected by markets to hike rates at the Fed's meeting in September.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
People decide quickly whether content is relevant, so leading with value and making the path forward obvious consistently improves engagement and conversion rates.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of rates

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Using modern game design software, students create different types of video games including arcade, role-playing and first-person shooter games.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
In addition, Flock started requiring users to enter specific case numbers and offense types associated with each search.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of types

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By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of standards

Noun

As rain falls on the dry, arid slopes in the region, large volumes of water can quickly flow into creeks and waterways.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of slopes

Verb

Alphabet, which ranks third in cloud, started providing total revenue from Google Cloud Platform and Workspace productivity subscriptions in 2020.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Emerging markets such as India, which entered the top 20 markets two years ago and now ranks 15th for Swiss watch exports by size, and Mexico are also contributing to a lessening of the dependency on wavering top markets, in particular China.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of ranks

Noun

Grandmasters premiered as a documentary series at Tribeca Festival in June but will launch in theaters as a nonfiction feature told in three chapters.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
What’s remarkable is how often the main chapters of this story have unfolded in coastal or mountain retreats.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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