graded gra·ded UK/ˈɡɹeɪdɪd/ US/ˈɡreɪdɪd/ uncommon adjective 1. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks “stratified areas of the distribution” Synonymsrankedstratified Similarhierarchical WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.