SOCIAL STATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social status mean? 

• SOCIAL STATUS (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL STATUS has 1 sense:

1. position in a social hierarchy

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL STATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL STATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Position in a social hierarchy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

rank; social rank; social station; social status

Context example:

the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

Hypernyms ("social status" is a kind of...):

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social status"):

place; station (proper or designated social situation)

quality (high social status)