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ranking

ranking

4.5
A person who has a high position in an organization
  • adjective
  • /ˈræŋkɪŋ/
translation icon : de mayor rango
  • I am basically working for the highest ranking lawyer in an entire state, the Attorney General.

They were the senior ranking members on their sides of the aisle.

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Examples

  • They were the senior ranking members on their sides of the aisle.

  • So then he comes back from Riyadh, they make him the executive director of the CIA, the third ranking officer in the entire CIA.

  • His mother was the highest ranking female at the time, Fifi.

  • Our guest is America's highest ranking Sasquatch Senator John Fetterman.

  • She is the highest ranking officer in the organization, responsible for all major decisions.

  • After years of dedication, he became the highest ranking official in the regional office.

  • The general was respected as the third highest ranking member in the military hierarchy.

Synonyms

high
vsranking
2.7

Having a very important position or rank

focuses on a person holding a specific top position in an organization
superior
vsranking
162 4.1

Having a higher rank or position than other people in a group

is about holding a top position rather than only being higher than others
high-ranking
vsranking
46 4.2

A person who has an important senior job in an organization

describes someone with a top position especially inside organizations
upper-level
vsranking
4 4.6

A part of an organization that is at a higher position

describes a person who actually holds that higher position

Antonyms

21 4.8

Lower in rank or importance and under someone's control

A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization

Compounds

Having more power than other people in an organization

A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization

How High

high-ranking
46 4.2
ranking
4.5
mid-level
4.0

Surface Forms

ranking positive

Morphology

ranking = rank (transparent) = rank + ing

The adjective is a regular -ing formation from rank, and its meaning 'having a high rank' is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

The word ranking comes from rank, which originally meant a 'row' or line of people, like soldiers. So a 'ranking' person is someone who has a high place in that line or order inside an organization.