RATIOS Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

ratios

noun

plural of ratio

as in rates

the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things the ratio of students to teachers in the school is nine to one

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disproportions

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Recent Examples of ratios Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 In some analyses involving individual elements or combinations of rare earths, the odds ratios exceeded 3 or even 4. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 The problem was that those ratios depend not only on temperature but also on the composition of the water present in the animal’s body, which was something nobody could pin down for an extinct creature. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026 Our industry can lose sight of that because wealth management firms are very good at measuring things, like returns, benchmarks and expense ratios. — Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The analysts noted estimated ratios of 50x and 163x, respectively, for the two startups. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 Play with the ratios of each element to change a space’s mood. — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2026 Standards for things like school bus monitors, class size ratios, teacher pay parity, and more are on the chopping block. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratios

rates

Noun

At the time, Mayor Christopher Clark said that the city was $164 million in debt due to a combination of factors, including a trail of expensive scandals left by predecessor Eric Kellogg, and chronically low tax collection rates.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Then there’s the burgeoning labor force, a result of the population swelling after a decline in infant mortality and increase in fertility rates, yielding a cohort of young people, many of whom speak English.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026