higher rank

1. 1.

   higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

   Synonymssenioritysenior statushigher status

   Broaderhigh status

Questions about higher rank

What does higher rank mean?

higher rank means "higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service".

What is another word for higher rank?

Close synonyms include seniority, senior status, higher status. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is higher rank a common word?

higher rank is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.