Outrank: alternatives and connections

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.

One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…

Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.

A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.

A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the sa…

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose esta…

precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half…

In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served th…

An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; a…

To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.

To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value.

Right of going foremost; precedence.