status

1. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (synset 113968971)
   "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"
   tells us about:

   • low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
   • middle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
   • upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
   • dominant - exercising influence or control
   • low-level, subordinate - lower in rank or importance
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • face - status in the eyes of others
   • election - the status or fact of being elected
   • echelon - status in a society or organization
   • equality, equation, equivalence, par - a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
   • rank, social rank, social station, social status - position in a social hierarchy
   • standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation
   • high status - a position of superior status
   • high ground - a position of superiority over opponents or competitors
   • high profile - a position attracting much attention and publicity
   • holy order, order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
   • low status, lowliness, lowness - a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
   • legal status - a status defined by law
   • bar sinister, bastardy, illegitimacy - the status of being born to parents who were not married
   • left-handedness - the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
   • command - a position of highest authority
   • nationality - the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
   • footing, terms - status with respect to the relations between people or groups
   • retirement - the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
   • rank - relative status
   • caste - social status or position conferred by a system based on class
   • dignity - high office or rank or station
   • nobility, noblesse - the state of being of noble birth
   • ordination - the status of being ordained to a sacred office
   • pedestal - a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
   • leadership - the status of a leader
   • slot - a position in a hierarchy or organization
   • toehold - a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
   same as: position
2. A state at a particular time (synset 113943868)
   "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • diversity - the condition or result of being changeable
   • anchorage - the condition of being secured to a base
   • health - the general condition of body and mind
   • mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement
   • ecological niche, niche - (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
   • noise conditions - the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel)
   • involvement, participation - the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)
   • prepossession - the condition of being prepossessed
   • regularisation, regularization - the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)
   • saturation - a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
   • silence - the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
   • position, situation - a condition or position in which you find yourself
   • ski conditions - the amount and state of snow for skiing
   • nomination - the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
   • standardisation, standardization - the condition in which a standard has been successfully established
   • stigmatism - (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
   • astigmatism, astigmia - (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point
   • way - the condition of things generally
   • circumstance - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
   • homelessness - the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
   • reinstatement - the condition of being reinstated
   • place - proper or appropriate position or location
   • celibacy - an unmarried status
   • virginity - the condition or quality of being a virgin
   • innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense
   • innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
   • guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense
   • encapsulation - the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
   • polarisation, polarization - the condition of having or giving polarity
   • physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
   • hyalinisation, hyalinization - the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline
   • vacuolation, vacuolisation, vacuolization - the state of having become filled with vacuoles
   • protuberance - the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
   • curvature - (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
   • mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
   • difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
   • improvement, melioration - a condition superior to an earlier condition
   • declination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
   • ennoblement - the state of being noble
   • ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
   • comfort, comfortableness - a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
   • discomfort, uncomfortableness - the state of being tense and feeling pain
   • demand, need - a condition requiring relief
   • fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
   • emptiness - the state of containing nothing
   • nakedness, nudeness, nudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
   • depilation, hairlessness - the condition of being void of hair
   • deshabille, dishabille - the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
   • hopefulness - full of hope
   • despair, desperation - a state in which all hope is lost or absent
   • pureness, purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
   • impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
   • financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
   • economic condition - the condition of the economy
   • sanitary condition - the state of sanitation (clean or dirty)
   • tilth - the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
   • order, orderliness - a condition of regular or proper arrangement
   • disorder, disorderliness - a condition in which things are not in their expected places
   • normalcy, normality - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
   • lactosuria - presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation
   • environmental condition - the state of the environment
   • climate, mood - the prevailing psychological state
   • ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence
   • immunity, unsusceptibility - the state of not being susceptible
   • immunity, resistance - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
   • subservience - the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
   • susceptibility, susceptibleness - the state of being susceptible; easily affected
   • wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
   • dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
   • safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
   • danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
   • tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity - the physical condition of being stretched or strained
   • amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony - lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
   • laxity, laxness - the condition of being physiologically lax
   • repair - a formal way of referring to the condition of something
   • soundness - a state or condition free from damage or decay
   • muteness, mutism - the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
   • eye condition - the condition of the optical properties of the eye
   • unsoundness - a condition of damage or decay
   • impropriety - the condition of being improper
   • dark, darkness, wickedness - absence of moral or spiritual values
   • illumination, light - a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
   • malady - any unwholesome or desperate condition
   • serration - the condition of being serrated
   • absolution - the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
   • automation - the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
   • brutalisation, brutalization - the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
   • condemnation - the condition of being strongly disapproved of
   • deification - the condition of being treated like a god
   • diversification - the condition of being varied
   • exoneration - the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
   • facilitation - the condition of being made easy (or easier)
   • frizz - the condition of being formed into small tight curls
   • fruition - the condition of bearing fruit
   • hospitalization - the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
   • identification - the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
   • impaction - the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
   • ionisation, ionization - the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge)
   • irradiation - the condition of being exposed to radiation
   • leakiness - the condition of permitting leaks or leakage
   • lubrication - the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant
   • mechanisation, mechanization - the condition of having a highly technical implementation
   • motivation - the condition of being motivated
   • mummification - a condition resembling that of a mummy
   • preservation - the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
   • prognathism - the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw
   • rustication - the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
   • rustiness - the condition of being coated or clogged with rust
   • scandalisation, scandalization - the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior)
   • submission - the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
   • urbanisation, urbanization - the condition of being urbanized
   same as: condition

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing