RANKED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

ranked

verb

past tense of rank

as in was

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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Relevance

as in classified

to arrange or assign according to type most critics would rank him among our best actors

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Recent Examples of ranked The only project ranked lower is Queen Cleopatra, which became controversial over its casting of a Black actress as Cleopatra and ended up with a 3% audience score. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Global temperature records could be challenged again 2024 ranked as the planet’s warmest year on record, following the last El Nino event, which emerged in mid-2023 and persisted through spring 2024, according to NOAA. —

Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026 Finally, the team ranked each factor by how strongly it was associated with brain differences. —

Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026 Nevertheless, panic has spread throughout the immigrant community in metro Atlanta, especially as Georgia began 2026 ranked in the top five in the nation for federal immigration arrests. —

Amna Subhan For The Ajc, AJC.com, 11 June 2026 In that poll, Kurtz ranked fifth, behind Alvarez, Judge, Witt and Rice. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 China is North Korea’s top economic lifeline, accounting for the vast majority of the country’s foreign trade, and has long ranked as Pyongyang’s most important diplomatic partner. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 That year, Georgia was ranked as the worst-performing state in a Postal Service service performance report for the second quarter of 2024 that tracked transit time for mail delivery. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 June 2026 Minnesota’s 2027 class is currently ranked 13th in the nation, but that lofty spot also has a lot to do with the U jumping out to an early lead with 27 total commitments. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026

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Verb

During the morning low tide, while there was still a small stretch of sand, excavators were working to pile large rip-rap boulders next to the base of the crumbling Pacifica Pier.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 16 June 2026
There was no possible way that tiny Cape Verde, ranked 64 in the world and playing at their first World Cup, was going to do anything but roll over for Spain.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2026