| Main Entry: | stratum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | layer |
Synonyms: |
bed, gradation, grade, lamina, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratification, thickness, vein |
| Main Entry: | caste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social class |
Synonyms: |
cultural level, degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, social order, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff, tier, title |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, rank |
Synonyms: |
bracket, caste, category, classification, condition, echelon, footing, form, grade, level, lot, order, period, place, position, quality, repair, shape, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | layer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tier |
Synonyms: |
band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum, thickness, zone |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | horizontal position or thing |
Synonyms: |
altitude, elevation, floor, height, layer, plain, plane, story, stratum, surface, zone |
| Main Entry: | plane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flat surface; level |
Synonyms: |
condition, degree, extension, face, facet, footing, grade, horizontal, obverse, position, sphere, stratum |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sheet, panel |
Synonyms: |
coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum |
| 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, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type |
| Main Entry: | sector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, subdivision |
Synonyms: |
category, district, division, part, precinct, quarter, region, stratum, zone |
Antonyms: |
whole |