1. status(n = noun.state) position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "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"
is a kind of state
has particulars: face, election, equality, equation, equivalence, par, rank, social rank, social station, social status, standing, high status, high ground, high profile, holy order, order, low status, lowliness, lowness, legal status, bar sinister, bastardy, illegitimacy, left-handedness, command, nationality, footing, terms, retirement, rank, caste, dignity, nobility, noblesse, ordination, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold
2. status(n = noun.state) condition - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
is a kind of state
has particulars: diversity, anchorage, health, mode, ecological niche, niche, noise conditions, involvement, participation, prepossession, regularisation, regularization, saturation, silence, position, situation, ski conditions, nomination, standardisation, standardization, stigmatism, astigmatism, astigmia, way, circumstance, homelessness, reinstatement, place, celibacy, virginity, innocence, innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness, guilt, guiltiness, encapsulation, polarisation, polarization, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, hyalinisation, hyalinization, vacuolation, vacuolisation, vacuolization, protuberance, curvature, mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state, difficulty, improvement, melioration, declination, decline, ennoblement, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance, comfort, comfortableness, discomfort, uncomfortableness, demand, need, fullness, emptiness, nakedness, nudeness, nudity, depilation, hairlessness, deshabille, dishabille, hopefulness, despair, desperation, pureness, purity, impureness, impurity, financial condition, economic condition, sanitary condition, tilth, order, orderliness, disorder, disorderliness, normalcy, normality, lactosuria, environmental condition, climate, mood, ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, immunity, unsusceptibility, immunity, resistance, subservience, susceptibility, susceptibleness, wetness, dryness, waterlessness, xerotes, safety, danger, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony, laxity, laxness, repair, soundness, muteness, mutism, eye condition, unsoundness, impropriety, dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness, illumination, light, malady, serration, absolution, automation, brutalisation, brutalization, condemnation, deification, diversification, exoneration, facilitation, frizz, fruition, hospitalization, identification, impaction, ionisation, ionization, irradiation, leakiness, lubrication, mechanisation, mechanization, motivation, mummification, preservation, prognathism, rustication, rustiness, scandalisation, scandalization, submission, urbanisation, urbanization
State; condition; position of affairs. [1913 Webster]
status, n.
1 rank, social position, relation to others, relative importance (not sure of their status in the hierarchy).
2 a superior social etc. position (considering your status in the business).
3 Law a person's legal standing which determines his or her rights and duties, e.g. citizen, alien, commoner, civilian, etc.
4 the position of affairs (let me know if the status changes).
Idiom:
status symbol a possession etc. taken to indicate a person's high status.
Etymology:
L, = standing f. stare stand
N circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment, location, contingency, dependence (uncertainty), causation, attribution, circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative, in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata, yet are my sins not those of circumstance.
N term, rank, station, stage, step, degree, scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch, stand, standing, footing, range.
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.
commission on the status of women, high status, higher status, junior status, legal status, low status, lower status, marital status, senior status, social status, status asthmaticus, status epilepticus, status in quo, status quo, status seeking