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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Lee Kun-hee:

   My father has been lying at this hospital for more than a year, i understand even to a small degree the worry and pain that patients and their families have experienced.

2. President Barack Obama:

   When I hear some, like Sen. McCain recently, suggest that our secretary of state, John Kerry, who served in the United States Senate, a Vietnam veteran, who's provided exemplary service to this nation, is somehow less trustworthy in the interpretation of what's in a political agreement than the Supreme Leader of Iran -- that's an indication of the degree to which partisanship has crossed all boundaries.

3. Mike Mayo:

   You're creating your own unlevel playing field if you are working from home while your competition is out seeing clients face-to-face, the banking industry certainly seems intent on getting employees back to the office. But it's much more pronounced on Wall Street, where the degree of competition has always been several levels above the rest.

4. Oyvind Schanke:

   Stock exchanges are becoming more responsive ... They see to a greater degree that the large customers are an important part of the market.

5. Chadwick Boseman:

   Throughout our filming, I was communicating with them, knowing they were both terminal. What they and their parents said to me was, they were trying to hold on till this movie comes, to a certain degree it’s a humbling experience because you’re like, this can’t mean that much to them. But seeing how the world has taken this on, I realize they anticipated something great. Thinking back now to when I was a kid, waiting for Christmas to come, waiting for my birthday to come, waiting for a toy I was going to get a chance to experience, or a video game, I did live life waiting for those moments. It put me back in the mind of being a kid and feeling those two boys’ anticipation of this movie. When I found out that they….