degree Synonyms
Another word for degree
• noun (Context 1)
The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.
"The project requires a high extent of precision and technical skill."
• noun (Context 2)
An academic rank or title conferred by a college or university after the successful completion of a course of study or as an honorary distinction.
"She earned her master's qualification in environmental science last spring."
• noun (Context 3)
A unit of measurement for angles, equal to 1/360 of the circumference of a circle, or a unit on a temperature scale such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
"Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius under standard atmospheric pressure."
• noun (Context 4)
A step or stage in a process, course, or relative social, legal, or moral scale.
"He was convicted of murder in the first grade after a lengthy trial."
• noun (Context 5)
In algebra, the highest power of a variable or sum of exponents in a polynomial expression; in music, the relative position of a note within a scale.
"A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second order."