Home › Words › F › forerankforerankforerank means the first rank; the front row.EtymologyFrom fore- + rank.nounThe first rank; the front row.e.g.“He was in the forerank of a crowd that gathered when Burke, a surfman, plunged from the east pier and dragged out a drowning boy” — 1925, Harold Titus, Age:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forerun 67% match — To run in front. vs forerank →forerunnership 62% match — The state or condition of a forerunner. vs forerank →forelevel 62% match — A level positioned at or near the front (of anything); a prior or previous level. vs forerank →enrank 61% match — To place in ranks or in order. vs forerank →forestream 61% match — The initial, early, or forward-positioned part of a stream (all senses); a stream occurring at the ahead or front (of a thing) vs forerank →foremostly 60% match — In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. vs forerank →forn 59% match — Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously. vs forerank →headmost 58% match — Closest to the front of a group or pack vs forerank →