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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If so, what ranking strategy gives their team the greatest chance of winning the match? — Dana MacKenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 In New York, Tommy Hilfiger returned to the runway for the first time since 2024, generating $36 million in EMV and topping the ranking. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Verb

Baylor’s defense is also formidable, ranking 12th in scoring defense, but in these rivalry games stats and records can often be thrown out of the window. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026 At the same time, Jeffries has tasked the ranking Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees with preparing investigations. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ranking

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Noun

The Argentina defender called out United's hierarchy over its offseason recruitment, with director of football Jason Wilcox the apparent target of his criticism.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hierarchy

Verb

Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Zema has proposed classifying major criminal factions as terrorist organizations.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifying

Noun

On a recent Saturday, Sawitskas hopped on a ladder to analyze the condition of the mechanisms that raise and lower the horses and started poring over carousel history books to match the horses with their original paint colors.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
The loss is felt at the very first rung of the corporate ladder.

— Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of ladder

Noun

At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
But the posting of the media list signaled, at least on an organizational level, the trip was going ahead.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of level

Verb

The presentation Monday night before the Plano city council revealed that widening some existing roads, adding new turn lanes to others and placing no parking signs in neighborhoods should address concerns about traffic among nearby homeowners.

— J.D. Miles, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
By placing a fashion executive from PVH next to a global marketing executive from Coca-Cola and an independent visual artist, the house constructs a network of perspectives capable of sorting through complex challenges.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of placing

Verb

In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

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