level(n = noun.attribute)degree, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a high level of care is required"; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "it is all a matter of degree"
level(n = noun.state)grade, tier - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
level(n = noun.state)degree, point, stage - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
level(n = noun.cognition)layer, stratum - an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"