social status

noun

One's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.

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social standingsocial stationsocial rankrank
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Meanings

nounsocial status (countable and uncountable, plural social statuses)

plural social statuses

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesOne's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.

    Synonyms: social standing, social station

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne's position within a social hierarchy, one's social class along with any personal social advantages or disadvantages, one's value relative to society.

Similar
social standingsocial station

More synonyms by meaning

nounposition in a social hierarchy

Similar
social stationsocial rankrank
Broader
statusposition
Also see
ranksocial standingsocial station

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans sosiale status
  • sosiale statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Basque gizarte estatus
  • gizarte estatushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Bulgarian социален статус
  • социален статусhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Catalan estatus social
  • estatus socialhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Chinese Mandarin 社會地位 /社会地位
  • 社會地位 /社会地位 (shèhuì dìwèi)honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Czech sociální status
  • sociální statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Dutch sociale status
  • sociale statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Esperanto socia statuso
  • socia statusohonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Estonian sotsiaalne staatus
  • sotsiaalne staatushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Finnish sosiaalinen status
  • sosiaalinen statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
French statut social
  • statut socialhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
German sozialer Status
  • sozialer Statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Greek κοινωνική θέση
  • κοινωνική θέση (koinonikí thési)honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Hebrew מעמד חברתי
  • מעמד חברתי (ma'amád chevratí)honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Italian status sociale
  • status socialehonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Japanese 社会的地位
  • 社会的地位honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Polish status społeczny, pozycja społeczna
  • status społecznyhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • pozycja społecznahonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Portuguese estatuto social
  • estatuto socialhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Romanian statut social
  • statut socialhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Russian социальный статус
  • социальный статусhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Slovak sociálny status
  • sociálny statushonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Spanish estatus social
  • estatus socialhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Thai สถานภาพทางสังคม
  • สถานภาพทางสังคมhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Turkish sosyal statü
  • sosyal statühonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Ukrainian соціальний статус
  • соціальний статусhonor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Cite this entry
APA

social status. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20status

MLA

“social status.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20status. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social status,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20status.

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