| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | arrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that has been ordered |
| Synonyms: | alignment, array, classification, combination, composition, design, display, disposition, distribution, form, grouping, lineup, method, ordering, organization, pattern, pecking order, ranging, rank, sequence, setup, structure, system |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | row or tier of objects |
| Synonyms: | array, dashboard, group, line, rank, row, sequence, series, succession |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, heritance, legacy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, position, race, rank, station, status, stock, strain |
| 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: | category |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, type |
| Synonyms: | class, department, division, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole, rank, section, sort, tier |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
| Synonyms: | courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, rep, report, reputation, repute, standing, station, status, uprightness |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, chances, class, command, degree, dowry, financial status, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prospects, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| 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, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, 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 |