The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - grade n.

1) degree, position, rank, status, stage, standing, station, gradation, echelon, class, level, category, condition, state, estate, situation, rung: She is a singer of the first grade. 2) rating, mark, score: What grade did you get in physics? 3 class, form, year: My daughter is in the third grade. 4) hill, slope, rise, gradient, acclivity, declivity, incline, decline, ascent, descent, upgrade, downgrade: The car coasted down a gentle grade into the lake. 5) make the grade. pass, measure up, succeed, qualify, Colloq US make it, Slang US and Canadian and NZ hack or cut it: Do you think that Simpson can make the grade? --v. 6) classify, class, order, organize, rank, sort, size, group, categorize, rate: Her job is to grade pearls according to their size. 7) mark, rate, correct, evaluate: My teacher was up late grading our exams.