Phrase guide

social status

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: social standing, social station

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: status, standing, station, rank

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noun

Meaning 2

position in a social hierarchy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: social station, social rank, rank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: status, position

Narrower terms: place, station, quality

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sosiale status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Armenian: սոցիալական կարգավիճակ (socʻialakan kargavičak) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Azerbaijani: sosial status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Basque: gizarte estatus — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Bulgarian: социален статус — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Catalan: estatus social — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會地位 /社会地位 (shèhuì dìwèi) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Czech: sociální status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Dutch: sociale status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Esperanto: socia statuso — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Estonian: sotsiaalne staatus — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Finnish: sosiaalinen status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • French: statut social — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Georgian: სოციალური სტატუსი (socialuri sṭaṭusi) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • German: sozialer Status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Greek: κοινωνική θέση (koinonikí thési) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Hebrew: מעמד חברתי (ma'amád chevratí) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Ido: sociala stando — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Italian: status sociale — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Japanese: 社会的地位 — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Kazakh: әлеуметтiк статус (äleumettik status) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Kyrgyz: социалдык статус (sotsialdık status) — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Polish: status społeczny — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Polish: pozycja społeczna — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Portuguese: estatuto social — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Romanian: statut social — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Russian: социальный статус — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Serbo-Croatian: društveni status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Slovak: sociálny status — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Spanish: estatus social — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Thai: สถานภาพทางสังคม — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Turkish: sosyal statü — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
  • Ukrainian: соціальний статус — honor or prestige attached to one's position in society