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highest-ranking

highest-ranking is the superlative form of high-ranking.

Meaning of high-ranking

Adjective

high-ranking (comparative higher-ranking, superlative highest-ranking)

  1. At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level.
    • She is a high-ranking official in the government.

Questions about highest-ranking

What is highest-ranking the superlative form of?
Highest-ranking is the superlative form of high-ranking.

Words near highest-ranking in the dictionary

  1. highest-pitched
  2. highest-powered
  3. highest-pressure
  4. highest-proof
  5. highest-quality
  6. highest-ranking
  7. highest-rated
  8. highest-rent
  9. highest-resolution
  10. highest-risk
  11. highest-seeded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: highest-ranking (page history and authors); high-ranking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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