Synonyms for grade

18 synonyms
3 meanings

noun

Most common

course ground level degree tier grad gradation

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Class

class IN, form, forme US, course

2. Mark

mark, score

3. Gradient

gradient, slope, mainfall rare

Other

degree, ground level, tier, point, stage, grad, gradation, step, caste, gradian rare

Definitions

n. 1
A rating.
This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
n. 2
Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
He got a good grade on the test.
n. 3
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

Related words

Word family: gradable gradient
Phrases: make the grade ninth grade tenth grade eighth grade grade crossing grade school seventh grade eleventh grade

Forms

Plural: grades → classes, forms, courses, marks…

Choose the right word

Grade or Grades?

Grade implies some regular scale of valuation, and some inherent qualities for which a person or thing is placed higher or lower in the scale; as, the coarser and finer grades of wool; a man of an inferior grade.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

course Of course, neither goods nor mailing fee returned.
degree He was, to some degree, satisfied with the result.
tier The highest ranking in a tier list is usually "S".
grad Tom and Mary don't want to go to grad school.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
grade		falling
course		steady
degree		falling
tier		rising
grad		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: form¹, step¹, mark¹, tier¹, grad¹
5 letters: point¹, class¹, stage¹, score¹, slope¹, caste¹, forme
6 letters: course¹, degree²
7 letters: gradian
8 letters: gradient³, mainfall
9 letters: gradation³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (degree² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: grade