n. 25B6; adjective
rank vegetation : ABUNDANT, lush, luxuriant, dense, profuse, vigorous, overgrown; informal jungly.
a rank smell : OFFENSIVE, unpleasant, nasty, revolting, sickening, obnoxious, noxious; foul, fetid, smelly, stinking, reeking, high, off, rancid, putrid, malodorous; Brit. informal niffy, pongy, whiffy, humming; poetic/literary noisome.
rank stupidity : DOWNRIGHT, utter, outright, out-and-out, absolute, complete, sheer, arrant, thoroughgoing, unqualified, unmitigated, positive, perfect, patent, pure, total.
sparse, pleasant.
Military Ranks
British Army Flight Lieutenant
Field Marshal Flying Officer
General Pilot Officer
Lieutenant General Acting Pilot Officer
Major General Warrant Officer
Brigadier Flight Sergeant
Colonel Sergeant
Lieutenant Colonel Senior Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman
Major Leading Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman
Captain Aircraftman/Aircraftwoman
Lieutenant US Army and Air Force
Second Lieutenant Chief of Staff
Warrant Officer General
Staff Sergeant Lieutenant General
Sergeant Major General
Corporal/Bombardier Brigadier General
Lance Corporal/Lance Bombardier Colonel
Private/Gunner Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Navy Major
Admiral of the Fleet Captain
Admiral First Lieutenant
Vice Admiral Second Lieutenant
Rear Admiral Warrant Officer
Commodore Sergeant
Captain Corporal
Commander Private First Class
Lieutenant Commander Private
Lieutenant US Navy
Sub Lieutenant Chief of Naval Operations
Midshipman Fleet Admiral
Warrant Officer Admiral
Chief Petty Officer Vice Admiral
Petty Officer Rear Admiral
Leading Rating Captain
Able Rating Commander
Ordinary Rating Lieutenant Commander
Royal Air Force Lieutenant
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lieutenant junior grade
Air Chief Marshal Ensign
Air Marshal Warrant Officer
Air Vice-Marshal Master Chief Petty Officer
Air Commodore Senior Chief Petty Officer
Group Captain Petty Officer
Wing Commander Seaman
Squadron Leader