Synonyms for degree
dɪˈgride·gree

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1. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   °

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. degree

   Synonyms:
   grade, rank, stage, step, extent, measure, mark, rate, position, quality, class, station, range, quantity, amount, limit, order

   Antonyms:
   space, mass, magnitude, size, numbers

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1. degree, grade, levelnoun

   a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

   "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

   Synonyms:
   ground level, stage, form, stratum, grade, storey, tier, mark, class, point, score, spirit level, academic degree, story, horizontal surface, layer, gradation, arcdegree, floor, level, course, grad

2. degree, level, stage, pointnoun

   a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

   "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

   Synonyms:
   tier, full point, layer, stratum, dot, spot, stop, head, leg, full stop, horizontal surface, gunpoint, peak, microscope stage, point, point in time, floor, percentage point, breaker point, spirit level, phase, power point, academic degree, level, grade, stage, arcdegree, pointedness, period, story, detail, decimal point, distributor point, item, stagecoach, compass point, storey, tip

3. academic degree, degreenoun

   an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study

   "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

4. degree, arcdegreenoun

   a measure for arcs and angles

   "there are 360 degrees in a circle"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

5. degreenoun

   the highest power of a term or variable

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

6. degreenoun

   a unit of temperature on a specified scale

   "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

7. degreenoun

   the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)

   "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

   Synonyms:
   stage, level, academic degree, grade, arcdegree, point

Matched Categories

1. • Angular Unit
   • Award
   • Exponent
   • Magnitude
   • Property
   • State
   • Temperature Unit

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1. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   step, stage

2. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   class, rank, order, grade, quality, station, standing

3. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   measure, extent

4. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   remove (in the line of descent)

5. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   division (as on a scale), interval, space

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1. List of paraphrases for "degree":

   diploma, extent, level, degrees, grade, measure, diplôme, rank, graduate, measurement, levels, degré, intensity, diplomas, bachelor, places, graduation, magnitude, deg

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1. Jonathan Swift:

   I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

2. Peter McWilliams:

   To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

3. Abdalla Hamdok:

   But it did not survive with the same degree of commitment and harmony with which it started.

4. Michael Gips of ASIS International:

   Over time, I think people will expect a better degree of security if we continue to see shootings like this and that's what will drive change.

5. Joaquin Castro:

   The fact that they’re out here in the 105-degree weather in the desert is a symptom, I think, of a moral failing on behalf of the United States government.