Synonyms of ranks

ranks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rank

1

as in is

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• is
• places
• rates
• stands
• grades
• groups
• seeds
• counts
• classes
• sorts
• categorizes
• classifies
• codifies
• separates
• installs
• instates
• compartmentalizes
• sets

2

as in groups

to arrange or assign according to type

most critics would rank him among our best actors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• groups
• classifies
• relegates
• types
• grades
• distinguishes
• sorts
• lists
• places
• separates
• categorizes
• classes
• distributes
• ranges
• files
• identifies
• organizes
• recognizes
• pegs
• digests
• codifies
• orders
• breaks down
• compartments
• assorts
• compartmentalizes
• indexes
• refers
• catalogs
• culls
• alphabetizes
• shelves
• marshals
• systematizes
• disposes
• arrays
• clumps
• winnows
• draws up
• clusters
• sifts
• reclassifies
• regroups
• pigeonholes
• screens
• sets
• sieves
• colligates
• subcategorizes
• recategorizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumps
• scrambles
• confuses
• mixes (up)
• jumbles
• disarranges
• misclassifies
• missorts
• mistypes

ranks

2 of 2

noun

plural of rank

as in league

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• league
• category
• group
• family
• classification
• class
• tier
• kind
• division
• order
• species
• set
• generation
• genus
• type
• bracket
• grade
• sort
• section
• breed
• race
• rubric
• description
• branch
• variety
• specialty
• subdivision
• manner
• kidney
• subgroup
• heading
• ilk
• nature
• title
• speciality
• label
• subspecies
• like
• subclass
• feather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ranks

Verb

Moore ranks fourth in the NFL in yards after the catch (3,205) since being drafted in 2018, and the Bills had the seventh-most YAC last season (2,052). — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Florida ranks last nationwide in teacher pay and per student funding. — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

That placed it 24th on the Green500 list, which ranks supercomputers according to energy efficiency. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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

Cabarrus ranks eighth in enrollment among North Carolina school systems. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

That good judgment comes from teaching them how the business ranks competing priorities. — Pranav Dalal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Meir, who has a total of 49 hours and 22 minutes on EVA, now ranks third among all women astronauts at NASA for total number of spacewalks. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Noun

Socialists are counting on the promise of a society where all needs are met by a benevolent government to convert voters to their ranks. — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

Having another Ballon d’Or winner in their ranks, the first since Messi left for Inter Miami, helped the French side add another layer of prestige in a calendar year that changed everything at the Parc des Princes. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Lastly, CreateMe, the AI robotics company serving fashion apparel, has added to its executive ranks and its looks to scale its business. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Joe expects Nathan to recruit the new deckhand into his ranks; Nathan expects to do the same. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Of course, in Florida, unions are still free to persuade employees to join their ranks voluntarily. — Mark Mix, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

The Sparks have hired a new general manager from the NBA ranks. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Some came through technical ranks, whereas others followed very different paths. — Milan Shetti, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

The mood of public and institutional reckoning is unsettling to some in the ranks of Fidesz. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing ranks

• close ranks