Synonyms for rate
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Value — to evaluate or estimate the value of
value, price, cost, charge, charre UK, tax, estimate, assess, calculate, appraise, account, reckon, toll, worth, compute, evaluate, weigh, judge, worthen, prize dated US, prise UK, valuate rare
3. Esteem — to consider or regard
censure, appreciate, respect, esteem dated, regard dated
4. Vilify
vilify, abuse, reprove, upbraid, lecture, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, berate, castigate, chide, admonish, chastise, scold, vituperate formal rare
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To evaluate or estimate the value of.
They rate his talents highly.
- v. 2
To consider or regard.
He rated this book brilliant.
- v. 3
To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
She is rated fourth in the country.
- n. 1
The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
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To rate is to estimate by comparison, as if the object were one of a series.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- cost I was determined to fulfill my duties at any cost.
- price Houses here are double the price of those in Kobe.
- value We know the value of good health when we are sick.
- tax Your contribution to the school is tax-deductible.
- respect Respect of the young for the old is quite natural.
By length
- 3 letters
- tax1
- 4 letters
- cost1, duty2, rank1, pace1, toll1
- 5 letters
- place1, order2, value2, price1, worth1, range1, judge1, grade1, abuse2, prize1, ratio3, weigh1, scold1, prise
- 6 letters
- charge1, degree2, regard2, assess2, esteem2, reckon2, rebuke2, vilify3, berate2, charre
- 7 letters
- account2, respect2, lecture2, compute2, censure2, worthen2, reprove, upbraid2, valuate
- 8 letters
- estimate3, evaluate4, carriage2, reproach2, appraise2, chastise2, admonish3
- 9 letters
- calculate3, valuation4, reprimand3, castigate3
- 10 letters
- appreciate4, proportion3, vituperate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duty2 = 2 syllables).