| Main Entry: | echelon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, level |
Synonyms: |
degree, file, grade, line, office, place, position, queue, rank, row, string, tier |
| Main Entry: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
Synonyms: |
allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, rank |
Synonyms: |
bracket, caste, category, classification, condition, echelon, footing, form, grade, level, lot, order, period, place, position, quality, repair, shape, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | file |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line, queue |
Synonyms: |
column, echelon, list, parade, rank, row, string, tier, troop |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank, step |
Synonyms: |
brand, caliber, category, class, classification, condition, degree, division, echelon, estate, form, gradation, group, grouping, league, level, mark, notch, order, pigeonhole, place, position, quality, rung, size, stage, standard, station, tier |
| Main Entry: | hierarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order |
Synonyms: |
chain of command, due order, echelons, grouping, pecking order, placing, position, pyramid, ranking, scale |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | row, succession; course |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, array, axis, band, block, border, catalogue, channel, column, concatenation, crack, direction, division, drain, echelon, file, fissure, formation, furrow, groove, group, lane, length, list, magazine, mark, order, path, progression, queue, rank, ridge, road, route, row, scar, seam, sequence, series, street, string, thread, tier, track, train, trajectory, trench, way |
| Main Entry: | pecking order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hierarchy |
Synonyms: |
chain of command, chain of command, class structure, corporate ladder, dominance, due order, echelons, food chain, grouping, hierarchy, line of dominance, order, placing, position, power structure, ranking, scale, social hierarchy, social ladder, social pyramid, social stratification, social structure |
| Main Entry: | queue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sequence |
Synonyms: |
chain, concatenation, echelon, file, line, order, progression, rank, row, series, string, succession, tail, tier, train |
| Notes: | a queue is a line of people or vehicles waiting for something or an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted; a cue is a signal or stimulus that helps to solve a problem or provides information about what to do - or a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
Antonyms: |
disorganization |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standing in a system, often a social one |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, authority, birth, blood, cachet, capacity, caste, circumstance, class, classification, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, division, echelon, estate, esteem, family, footing, grade, hierarchy, level, nobility, note, order, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type |