higher status

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssenioritysenior statushigher rank

   Broaderhigh status

Questions about higher status

What does higher status mean?

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

What is another word for higher status?

Close synonyms include seniority, senior status, higher rank. 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 status a common word?

higher status 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.