'Ranking' definitions:
Definition of 'ranking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a), superior, higher-ranking]
noun
Position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
Definition of 'Ranking'
From: GCIDE
- Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranked (r[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ranking.]
- 1. To place abreast, or in a line. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify. [1913 Webster]
- Ranking all things under general and special heads. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
- Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ranking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- all-absorbing,
- analysis,
- analyzing,
- appraisal,
- appraisement,
- appraising,
- appreciation,
- arch,
- arrangement,
- ascendant,
- assessing,
- assessment,
- assortment,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- banner,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- cataloging,
- categorization,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- classification,
- clothed with authority,
- codification,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- crowning,
- culling,
- division,
- dominant,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- evaluating,
- evaluation,
- evaluative criticism,
- ex officio,
- filing,
- first,
- focal,
- foremost,
- gauging,
- governing,
- gradation,
- grading,
- great,
- grouping,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- highest,
- imperative,
- important,
- indexing,
- influential,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- main,
- master,
- measurement,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- official,
- opinion,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- paramount,
- pigeonholing,
- placement,
- potent,
- powerful,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- premier,
- preponderant,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranging,
- rating,
- reckoning,
- ruling,
- screening,
- selection,
- senior,
- sifting,
- sorting,
- sorting out,
- sovereign,
- star,
- stellar,
- stratification,
- subdivision,
- subordination,
- substantial,
- supereminent,
- superior,
- supreme,
- tabulation,
- taxonomy,
- topflight,
- topmost,
- totalitarian,
- triage,
- typology,
- uppermost,
- valuation,
- valuing,
- view,
- weighing,
- weighty
Words containing 'Ranking'
- Rank,
- Ranked,
- Rankly,
- Rankness,
- Rank and file,
- Rank modus,
- Rear rank,
- flag rank,
- higher rank,
- insignia of rank,
- lower rank,
- military rank,
- rank order,
- social rank,
- taxi rank,
- Two-ranked,
- high-ranking,
- higher-ranking,
- kendall rank correlation,
- lower-ranking,
- rank-smelling,
- robert ranke graves,
- kendall partial rank correlation,
- rank-difference correlation,
- rank-order correlation,
- rank-difference correlation coefficient,
- rank-order correlation coefficient