CALIBER
Dictionary entry overview: What does caliber mean?
• CALIBER (noun)
The noun CALIBER has 2 senses:
1. a degree or grade of excellence or worth
2. diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Familiarity information: CALIBER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CALIBER (noun)
Meaning:
A degree or grade of excellence or worth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
caliber; calibre; quality
Context examples:
the quality of students has risen / an executive of low caliber
Hypernyms ("caliber" is a kind of...):
degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)
Attribute:
superior (of high or superior quality or performance)
inferior (of low or inferior quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caliber"):
high quality; superiority (the quality of being superior)
inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)
Meaning:
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
caliber; calibre; bore; gauge
Hypernyms ("caliber" is a kind of...):
diam; diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)
