status

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General South African, Ireland, UK/ˈsteɪ.təs/Canada, US/ˈsteɪt.əs/Canada, US[ˈsteɪɾ.əs]Australia, Canada, Ireland, US/ˈstæt.əs/

noun

A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

“Near-synonym: footing”

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OriginLatin status →
Very commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

nounstatus (countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status or (hypercorrect) stati)

plural statuses · hypercorrect plural stati

  1. countableuncountableA person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

    Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.

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    This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class.

    2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28 May 2026

    Synonyms: place

  2. countableuncountablePrestige or high standing.

    The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.

    1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81
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    It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs.

    1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10
  3. countableuncountableA situation or state of affairs.

    Near-synonym: footing

    3 more examples

    What's the status of the investigation?

    New York is known for its status as a financial center.

    If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.

    2014 March 15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878

    Synonyms: footing

  4. countableuncountablelawThe legal condition of a person or thing.
    1. CanadacountableuncountableusuallylawThe state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.

      He is a status Indian.

  5. countableuncountablesocial mediaA function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.

    I'm just about to update my status to "busy".

    1 more example

    I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight

    2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree
  6. abbreviationcountableuncountablemedicineShort for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

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place

nounA situation or state of affairs.

Similar
footing

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

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position
Broader
state

nouna state at a particular time

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condition
Broader
state
Also see
conditionmood messagenationalitypositionstate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinstatus
  2. Englishstatus

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”).

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Translations

Arabic تَرْتِيب, دَرَجَة
  • تَرْتِيب (tartīb)person’s position or standing
  • دَرَجَة (daraja)person’s position or standing
  • رُتْبَة (rutba)person’s position or standing
  • مَرْتَبَة (martaba)person’s position or standing
  • مَنْزِلَة (manzila)person’s position or standing
  • مَنْصِب (manṣib)person’s position or standing
  • حَال (ḥāl)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • حَالَة (ḥāla)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • وَضْعِيَّة (waḍʕiyya)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Bulgarian ста́тус, положе́ние
  • ста́тус (státus)person’s position or standing
  • положе́ние (položénie)person’s position or standing
  • състоя́ние (săstojánie)person’s position or standing
  • ранг (rang)prestige or high standing
  • положе́ние (položénie)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • състоя́ние (săstojánie)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Chinese Mandarin 地位, 身份
  • 地位 (dìwèi)person’s position or standing
  • 身份 (shēnfèn)person’s position or standing
  • 狀態 /状态 (zhuàngtài)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Czech postavení, životní úroveň
  • postaveníperson’s position or standing
  • životní úroveňperson’s position or standing
  • stavsituation or state of affairs — see also state
Danish anseende, status
  • anseendeperson’s position or standing
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • anseendeprestige or high standing
  • statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • nuværende situationsituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • statussocial networking: function of some instant messaging applications
Dutch status, aanzien
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • aanzienprestige or high standing
  • statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
Esperanto prestiĝo, stato
  • prestiĝoperson’s position or standing
  • statosituation or state of affairs — see also state
Estonian seisund, olek
  • seisundperson’s position or standing
  • oleksituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • seisundsituation or state of affairs — see also state
Finnish asema, status
  • asemaperson’s position or standing
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • statusprestige or high standing
  • tilasituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • tilannesituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • tilasocial networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • statusmedicine: prolonged attack of asthma or epilepsy
  • oikeusasemalegal condition
French état, statut
  • étatperson’s position or standing
  • statutsituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • étatsituation or state of affairs — see also state
German Status, Ansehen
  • Statusperson’s position or standing
  • Ansehenprestige or high standing
  • Standsituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • Statussocial networking: function of some instant messaging applications
Greek υπόσταση, θέση
  • υπόσταση (ypóstasi)person’s position or standing
  • θέση (thési)person’s position or standing
  • κατάσταση (katástasi)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • υπόσταση (ypóstasi)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • καθεστώς (kathestós)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • κατάταση (katátasi)social networking: function of some instant messaging applications
Hindi पद, प्रतिष्ठा
  • पद (pad)person’s position or standing
  • प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)prestige or high standing
  • स्थिति (sthiti)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • हालत (hālat)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Hungarian helyzet, státus
  • helyzetperson’s position or standing
  • státusperson’s position or standing
  • pozícióperson’s position or standing
  • állássituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • állapotsocial networking: function of some instant messaging applications
  • jogálláslegal condition
  • jogviszonylegal condition
Icelandic staða
  • staðaperson’s position or standing
Indonesian keadaan
  • keadaansituation or state of affairs — see also state
Italian stato, stato
  • statoperson’s position or standing
  • statosituation or state of affairs — see also state
Japanese 地位, 身分
  • 地位 (chii)person’s position or standing
  • 身分 (mibun)person’s position or standing
  • 状態 (jōtai)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • 様子 (yōsu)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • 有様 (arisama)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Korean 지위, 신분
  • 지위 (jiwi)person’s position or standing
  • 신분 (sinbun)person’s position or standing
  • 높은 지위 (nopeun jiwi)prestige or high standing
  • 상태 (sangtae)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Latin status
  • statusperson’s position or standing
Māori tupu, tūranga
  • tupuperson’s position or standing
  • tūrangaperson’s position or standing
Norwegian Bokmål status
  • statusperson’s position or standing
Persian جایگاه, وضعیت
  • جایگاه (jâygâh)person’s position or standing
  • وضعیت (vaz'iyyat)person’s position or standing
  • وضع (vaz')person’s position or standing
  • وضعیت (vaz'iyyat)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • حالت (hâlat)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • حال (hâl)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Polish status, stan
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • stansituation or state of affairs — see also state
Portuguese status, status
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • statusprestige or high standing
  • estadosituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
Romanian statut, poziție (a cuiva)
  • statutperson’s position or standing
  • poziție (a cuiva)person’s position or standing
  • staresituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • situațiesituation or state of affairs — see also state
Russian положе́ние, состоя́ние
  • положе́ние (položénije)person’s position or standing
  • состоя́ние (sostojánije)person’s position or standing
  • ста́тус (státus)person’s position or standing
  • положе́ние (položénije)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • состоя́ние (sostojánije)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Slovak postavenie, životná úroveň
  • postavenieperson’s position or standing
  • životná úroveňperson’s position or standing
  • stavsituation or state of affairs — see also state
Spanish estatus, status
  • estatusperson’s position or standing
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • estatussituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
Swedish status, status
  • statusperson’s position or standing
  • statussituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • nulägesituation or state of affairs — see also state
Tamil அந்தஸ்து, நிலைமை
  • அந்தஸ்து (antastu)person’s position or standing
  • நிலைமை (nilaimai)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • நிலை (nilai)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Thai สถานภาพ, สถานะ
  • สถานภาพ (sà-tǎa-ná-pâap)person’s position or standing
  • สถานะ (sà-tǎa-ná)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • สภาพ (sà-pâap)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Turkish statü, statü
  • statüperson’s position or standing
  • statüprestige or high standing
  • durumsituation or state of affairs — see also state
  • durumsocial networking: function of some instant messaging applications
Ukrainian стан, ста́тус
  • стан (stan)person’s position or standing
  • ста́тус (státus)person’s position or standing
  • стано́вище (stanóvyšče)situation or state of affairs — see also state
  • стан (stan)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Urdu حالَت
  • حالَت (hālat)situation or state of affairs — see also state
Vietnamese trạng thái
  • trạng tháisituation or state of affairs — see also state
Welsh statws, statws
  • statwsperson’s position or standing
  • statwssituation or state of affairs — see also state

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with status

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APA

status. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/status

MLA

“status.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/status. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “status,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/status.

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