Synonyms for degree
dɪˈgride·gree

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1. degreenoun

   Synonyms:
   °

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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. Ellen Faye:

   I've never led a team where there isn't some degree of someone who is an over-talker.

2. Jerry Taylor:

   In every other context where you have this degree of risk and uncertainty we rightly hedge, we rightly address the full range of possible outcomes, to not do so in the climate arena when you have this much at stake is incredible to me... Do we really want to go to Vegas and put all our money on one roulette wheel and say,' Well, that's the most possible outcome ?'.

3. James Renwick:

   The ocean surface doesn't vary that wildly, one degree( Celsius) is big. So, five degrees is huge.

4. Courtney Paul:

   This move focuses on the legs—especially the glutes and hamstrings—but adding the 180-degree turn will also force you to engage your core, plus it’ll get your heart rate all the way up.

5. Dick Gilchrist:

   Convincing parents that manufacturing is not just a dirty dying business and is a viable alternative to an expensive college degree with no guarantee of work at the end of it is a major challenge we face.