Clues for the word "RANK"
We've had 196 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 351 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on March 05, 2026.
Definition of rank
- superl. - Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
- superl. - Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
- superl. - Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
- superl. - Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
- superl. - Strong to the taste.
- superl. - Inflamed with venereal appetite.
- adv. - Rankly; stoutly; violently.
- n. & v. - A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
- n. & v. - A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
- n. & v. - Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
- n. & v. - An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
- n. & v. - Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
- n. & v. - Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
- v. t. - To place abreast, or in a line.
- v. t. - To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
- v. t. - To take rank of; to outrank.
- v. i. - To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
- v. i. - To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
Referring Clues
- Malodorous
- Captain, e.g.
- Echelon
- Noisome
- What stripes may indicate
- Colonel or corporal
- General, e.g.
- Like some amateurs
- General or major
- Military level
- Colonel or captain
- Major, for one
- Have value
- Row
- File's partner
- File's counterpart
- Place in the pecking order
- Offensively odoriferous
- Standing
- Put in order of significance
- Official standing
- Have status
- Chessboard row
- Stack up
- Lieutenant, for one
- Chessboard line
- Odoriferous
- Relative position
- Smelling bad
- Name-serial number go-between
- Name and serial number companion
- Assign places to
- Position
- Line in chess
- Position in a hierarchy
- Major, but not minor
- Needing a bath badly
- Foul
- Utter
- Military status
- Private or captain
- Put in order
- Military echelon
- Social position
- What stripes might indicate
- Major or major general
- Standing in the military
- Admiral, e.g.
- Class level
- Partner with name and serial number
- Seeding
- Privates can't pull it
- Standing in the military?
- File partner
- Private or general, e.g.
- Military standing
- Smelly
- Prioritize
- Relative standing
- Sergeant, for one
- List in order of importance
- You might pull it to get your way
- Soldier's datum
- One of eight in chess
- Captain, for one
- It might be pulled
- Smelling awful
- Row of a chessboard
- One row on a chessboard
- What stars might indicate
- Far from fragrant
- Hierarchy level
- Luxuriant
- Luxuriant
- Putrid
- Army level
- Status in a hierarchy
- File crosser
- ___ and file
- Status
- Hierarchy status
- Level in a hierarchy
- Stinking
- Odiferous
- Stinky
- Army grade
- Sergeant or general
- Noxious
- Army status
- Foul-smelling
- Sergeant or admiral
- Social station
- Fetid
- What stars may indicate
- Level of authority
- Social standing
- Major, for example
- Assign priority
- Almost to lush
- Almost too lush
- Arrange in order
- File companion
- Admiral or corporal
- Military grade
- Captain or major
- Airman or seaman
- Flagrant
- ___ and file (employee group)
- Beyond gross
- Evaluate comparatively
- Corporal or colonel
- Highly offensive
- Captain or general, e.g.
- One of eight on a chessboard
- What an insignia signifies
- Sergeant or captain
- Position in a pecking order
- Seed, as in a tournament
- General or private
- Foul row
- Level of command
- '80s cowpunks ___ and File
- Live '88 Smiths album
- Ricky Skaggs "___ Stranger"
- Rotten Row?
- Terrible row
- Author's not in, causing row
- Order
- Highly offensive - row
- Very smelly - position
- Social status of the coarse and vulgar?
- Line from pointless joke
- Lordly status in cinema history?
- A really bad line
- Foul - social standing
- Foul - station
- Grade
- Corrupt captain, say
- Sheer class
- Line of soldiers prepared for offensive
- Line of people
- Off-line?
- Degree row
- Status of old film producer
- Row on a chessboard
- Overgrown
- Military grading
- Knight managed to switch position
- Rotten position
- Foul line
- Row, tier; status
- Unsavoury oddball going topless
- Stinking row
- Highly disagreeable row
- Standing and revolting
- Disagreeable class
- Absolute order
- Grade the film magnate
- Total class
- See 3
- File crosser, on a chessboard
- Captain or colonel
- Captain or colonel, for example
- What an insignia denotes
- Private, for one
- Classify in order of importance
- Make a Top Ten list
- Ensign or admiral
- Awful-smelling
- Captain or private, e.g.
- Sort by importance
- Private, e.g.
- Foul-smelling row of soldiers
- Horizontal line on a chessboard
- Standing in the military?
- Position in an ordered list
- Major general or rear admiral
- Insignia indication
- Absolute or offensive
- Airman, for instance
- Military level of authority
- Position in the standings
- Seed in a tournament
- In general, perhaps, it's where a taxi stands
- Arrange in sequence
- It might be pulled by a superior
- Really, really stinky
- Prioritize, in a way
- Sort from best to worst
- Seniority
- Social status of the coarse and vulgar?
- Put in order of importance
- Corporal or private
- Lordly status in cinema history?
- Major or general
- Major, e.g.
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - March 05, 2026
- LA Times - February 25, 2026
- New York Times - February 19, 2026
- Daily American - February 06, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - November 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2025
- Daily American - June 30, 2025
- LA Times - May 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 14, 2025
- Daily American - November 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 19, 2024
- USA Today - June 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 07, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 15, 2024
- LA Times - April 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 18, 2024
- LA Times - March 06, 2024
- Daily American - February 06, 2024
- Family Time - January 15, 2024
- New York Times - January 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2023
- LA Times - December 15, 2023
- USA Today - November 21, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 25, 2023
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