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status - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | status |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, caliber, capacity, character, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, eminence, footing, grade, merit, mode, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, renown, situation, stage, standing, state, station, stature, worth |
| Main Entry: | caste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social class |
| Synonyms: | degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum, cultural level, social order |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, majesty, merit, morality, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, station, stature, status, virtue, worth, courtliness, loftiness, nobleness, seemliness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prestige |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, influence |
| Synonyms: | éclat*, authority, cachet, celebrity, consequence, control, credit, dignity, distinction, eminence, esteem, importance, kudos*, position, power, prominence, rank, regard, renown, reputation, standing, state, stature, status, sway, weight, illustriousness, preeminence, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | humility, lowliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, capacity, character, condition, consequence, credit, dignity, eminence, estimation, footing, place, prestige, reputation, scene, situation, slot, state, station, stature, status, term, repute |
| Main Entry: | stature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | ability, cachet, caliber, capacity, competence, consequence, development, dignity, elevation, eminence, growth, merit, position, prestige, prominence, qualification, quality, rank, size, standing, state, station, status, value, virtue, worth, tallness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | status quo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current situation |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, situation, standing, state, status, usual, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, size of it, state of affairs, status in quo |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
| Synonyms: | branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, hierarchy, humor, ilk, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety, grouping, kidney |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstances |
| Synonyms: | action, ballgame, case, estate, happening, how it goes, how things are, how things stack up, lay of the land, like it is, mode, order, plight, position, posture, predicament, quality, rank, repair, reputation, riff, scene, shape, situation, size of it, sphere, spot, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status quo, trim, way things are, way things shape up, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | identity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's individuality |
| Synonyms: | character, circumstances, coherence, existence, identification, integrity, name, oneness, personality, self, status, distinctiveness, ipseity, particularity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, singleness, singularity, uniqueness |
| Main Entry: | mode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner, way |
| Synonyms: | approach, book, condition, course, custom, fashion, form, mechanism, method, nuts and bolts*, plan, posture, practice, procedure, process, quality, rule, situation, state, status, style, system, technique, tone, vein, wise, channels, modus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standing in a system, often a social one |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, authority, birth, blood, cachet, capacity, caste, circumstance, class, classification, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, division, echelon, estate, esteem, family, footing, grade, hierarchy, level, nobility, note, order, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type, paramountcy, parentage |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | level, period within structure or |
| Synonyms: | degree, division, footing, grade, juncture, lap, leg, length, moment, node, notch, phase, plane, point, rung, standing, status, step, point in time, system date |
| Main Entry: | state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition or mode of being |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, attitude, capacity, case, category, character, circumstance, circumstances, contingency, element, environment, essential, estate, event, eventuality, fix, footing, form, frame of mind, humor, imperative, juncture, limitation, mood, nature, occasion, occurrence, outlook, pass, phase, plight, position, posture, predicament, prerequisite, proviso, reputation, requirement, shape, situation, spirits, stand, standing, station, status, stipulation, time, welfare, chances, state of affairs |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
| Synonyms: | context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
| Synonyms: | courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, report, reputation, standing, station, status, uprightness, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order*, pedigree, pigeonhole*, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, tier, title, bourgeoisie, cultural level, intelligentsia, social rank, the right stuff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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