S: (n) status, position (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society) "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
S: (n) face (status in the eyes of others) "he lost face"
S: (n) election (the status or fact of being elected) "they celebrated his election"
S: (n) echelon (status in a society or organization) "the upper echelon"
S: (n) Holy Order, Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy) "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
S: (n) pedestal (a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)) "they put him on a pedestal"
S: (n) leadership (the status of a leader) "they challenged his leadership of the union"
S: (n) slot (a position in a hierarchy or organization) "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"
S: (n) toehold (a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made) "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"
S: (n) rank and file, rank (the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)) "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
S: (n) membership, rank (the body of members of an organization or group) "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
Verb
S: (v) rank (take or have a position relative to others) "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
S: (v) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place (assign a rank or rating to) "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
S: (v) rank, outrank (take precedence or surpass others in rank)
S: (adj) rank (very offensive in smell or taste) "a rank cigar"
S: (adj) crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank (conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible) "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
S: (adj) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers) "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"