What is another word for "degree"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "degree": and, bit, drop, extent, fall, find, footing, grade, gradually, hold, however, howsoever, inasmuch, inch, into, ladder, link, little, mark, measure, occupy, pas, peg, period, pitch, place, point, position, pro, range, rank, remove, round, scale, slow, some, stage, stand, standing, station.