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rank and file
Overview of noun rank-and-file
The noun rank and file has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) rank and file, rank -- (the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel")
2. rank and file -- (people who constitute the main body of any group)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rank-and-file
2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
=> force, personnel
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
rank and file
=> people
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun rank-and-file
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rank-and-file
2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
=> force, personnel
Sense 2
rank and file
=> people
Antonyms of noun rank-and-file
Member Holonyms of noun rank-and-file
Substance Holonyms of noun rank-and-file
Part Holonyms of noun rank-and-file
Member Meronyms of noun rank-and-file
1 of 2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
HAS MEMBER: enlisted man
Substance Meronyms of noun rank-and-file
Part Meronyms of noun rank-and-file
Meronyms of noun rank-and-file
1 of 2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
HAS MEMBER: enlisted man
Holonyms of noun rank-and-file
Attributes of noun rank-and-file
Derived Forms of noun rank-and-file
Domain of noun rank-and-file
1 of 2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun rank-and-file
Familiarity of noun rank-and-file
rank and file used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun rank-and-file
2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
> force, personnel
=> guerrilla force, guerilla force
=> military service, armed service, service
=> military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
=> paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation
=> police, police force, constabulary, law
=> security force, private security force
=> military police, MP
=> work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men
=> patrol
=> military personnel, soldiery, troops
=> rank and file, rank
=> staff
=> line personnel
=> management personnel
Sense 2
rank and file
> people
=> peoples
=> age group, age bracket, cohort
=> ancients
=> baffled
=> blind
=> blood
=> brave
=> timid, cautious
=> business people, businesspeople
=> damned
=> dead
=> living
=> deaf
=> defeated, discomfited
=> disabled, handicapped
=> doomed, lost
=> enemy
=> episcopacy, episcopate
=> folk, folks, common people
=> free, free people
=> homebound
=> initiate, enlightened
=> uninitiate
=> mentally retarded, retarded
=> network army
=> nationality
=> peanut gallery
=> pocket
=> retreated
=> sick
=> tradespeople
=> wounded, maimed
=> migration
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> nation, land, country
=> poor people, poor
=> rich people, rich
=> populace, public, world
=> population
=> community
=> coevals, contemporaries, generation
=> lobby
=> clientele, patronage, business
=> rank and file
=> smart money
=> unconfessed
=> unemployed people, unemployed
=> womankind
=> chosen people
Meronyms of noun rank-and-file
2 senses of rank and file
Sense 1
rank and file, rank
HAS MEMBER: enlisted man
=> force, personnel
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 2
rank and file
=> people
HAS MEMBER: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Holonyms of noun rank-and-file
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