rank

modif.

1. Having luxurious growth

   wild, dense, lush, vigorous, tall of growth, tropical, semitropical, overabundant, jungly, fertile, rich, productive, high-growing, fructiferous, coarse, overgrown, luxuriant, exuberant, profuse, prolific, lavish, excessive, rampant, extreme; see also green 2, thick 1.

   Antonyms sparse, thin*, barren. *

2. Having a foul odor

   smelly, fetid, putrid, stinking, rancid, disagreeable, smelling, offensive, sour, foul, fusty, noisome, noxious, stale, tainted, gamy, musty, strong, putrescent, rotten, moldy, high, ill-smelling, turned, nauseating, obnoxious, disgusting, reeking, mephitic, malodorous, ordurous, nasty, feculent, strong-smelling, graveolent.

   Antonyms fragrant, sweet*, fresh. *

3. Corrupt

   gross, coarse, indecent; see outrageous, wicked 1.

4. Utter

   complete, outright, flagrant; see absolute 1.

rank

n.

1. A row

   column, file, series, string; see line 1.

2. Degree

   seniority, standing, station, authority, status, grade, class, order, level, sphere; see also degree 2.

3. Social eminence

   station, position, status, distinction, note, nobility, class, caste, privilege, standing, reputation, quality, situation, esteem, condition, state, place, place in society, circumstance, footing, grade, blood, family, pedigree, ancestry, stock, parentage, birth.

pull rank on*

rank

v.

1. To arrange in a row or rows

   array, put in line, line up, place in formation; see line 4, order 3.

2. To evaluate comparatively

   rate, grade, sort, order, arrange, dispose, place, put, regard, judge, assign, classify, give precedence to, fix, establish, settle, estimate, value, valuate, list, prioritize; see also classify.

3. To possess relative evaluation

   be worth, stand, have a place, head, go ahead of, go before, be anterior to, come first, forerun, antecede, have supremacy over, have the advantage of, precede, outrank, take the lead, take precedence, belong, count among, be classed, stand in relationship.