status

1. 1.

   the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

   “he had the status of a minor”

   “the novel attained the status of a classic”

   “atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life”

   Synonymsposition

   Broaderstate

   Narrowerfaceelectionechelonequalitysocial stationstandinghigh statushigh groundhigh profileHoly Order
2. 2.

   a state at a particular time

   “a condition (or state) of disrepair”

   “the current status of the arms negotiations”

   Synonymscondition

   Broaderstate

   Narrowerdiversityanchoragehealthmodenichenoise conditionsparticipationprepossessionregularizationsaturation

Other forms of status

plural

statuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about status

What does status mean?

status means "the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in status?

status has 2 syllables: stat-us. The stress falls on "stat". In IPA it is /ˈstætəs/.

What is another word for status?

Close synonyms include position, condition. 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 status a common word?

status is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.