Related Words for rungs

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spoke
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Noun, Noun
stave
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Noun, Noun
round
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective
ladders
/x
Noun
echelons
/xx
Noun
notches
/x
Noun
totem pole
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pecking order
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
rankings
/x
Noun
hierarchies
/xx
Noun
tiers
/
Noun
strata
/x
Noun
castes
/
Noun
pedestal
/xx
Noun
pyramid
/xx
Noun
perches
/x
Noun
elite
x/
Noun
obscurity
x/xx
Noun
pinnacle
/xx
Noun
top
/
Noun, Adjective
quintile
/x
Noun
standings
/x
Noun
upward mobility
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
trapdoor
/x
Noun
ledge
/
Noun
brackets
/x
Noun
dregs
/
Noun
stratosphere
/xx
Noun
heap
/
Noun
earners
/x
Noun
stepladder
/xx
Noun
upwardly mobile
/xxxx
Phrase, Noun
glass ceiling
//x
Phrase, Noun
untouchables
x/xx
Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective
percentile
x/x
Noun
realms
/
Noun
spots
/
Noun
levels
/x
Noun
table
/x
Noun
fringes
/x
Noun
purgatory
/xxx
Noun
leapfrog
/x
Noun
layers
/x
Noun
groupings
/x
Noun
cracks
/
Noun
vertebrae
/xx
Noun
floors
/
Noun
heights
/
Noun
abyss
x/
Noun
pillars
/x
Noun
participles
/xxx
Noun
tippy
/x
Name
mediocrity
xx/xx
Noun
aristocracy
xx/xx
Noun
mire
/
Noun
firmament
/xx
Noun
misfits
/x
Noun
ropes
/
Noun
dint
/
Noun
charts
/
Noun
bedrock
/x
Noun
ascension
x/x
Noun
atop
x/
Noun
incomes
/x
Noun
upper crust
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pegs
/
Noun
positions
x/x
Noun
places
/x
Noun
backwaters
/xx
Noun
chasm
/x
Noun
journeymen
/xx
Noun
netherworld
/xx
Noun
pantheon
/xx
Noun
middling
/xx
Noun
handhold
/x
Noun
unfortunates
x/xx
Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
ivory tower
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
seniority
x/xx
Noun
seeds
/
Noun
steerage
/x
Noun
stairs
/
Noun
stoop
/
Noun
bell curve
//
Phrase, Noun
octaves
/x
Noun
thrones
/
Noun
cleats
/
Noun
lopped
/
Verb
climbs
/
Verb
topmost
xx
Adjective
clambered
/x
Verb
stool
/
Noun
lowest
/x
Adjective
relegated
/xxx
Verb
rails
/
Noun
skipping
/x
Verb
ascend
x/
Verb
descends
x/
Verb
lantern
/x
Noun
spaces
/x
Noun
occupy
/xx
Verb
chairs
/
Noun
hooked
/
Verb
scrambled
/x
Verb
nailed
/
Verb
helix
/x
Noun
slippery
/xx
Adjective
clinging
/x
Verb
uppermost
/xx
Adjective
bureaucracy
x/xx
Noun
scaled
/
Verb
staircase
/x
Noun
missing
/x
Verb
gripped
/
Verb
rusty
/x
Adjective
mount
/
Verb
grasped
/
Verb
steps
/
Noun
wooden
/x
Adjective
fence
/
Noun
legs
/
Noun
highest
/x
Adjective
resembling
x/xx
Verb
upper
/x
Adjective
grabbed
/
Verb
escape
x/
Noun
society
x/xx
Noun
below
x/
Adverb
posts
/
Noun
couple
/x
Noun
hold
/
Noun
profession
x/x
Noun
reach
/
Verb
concentrated
/xxx
Verb
consist
x/
Verb
broken
/x
Adjective
forming
/x
Verb
jumped
/
Verb
counted
/x
Verb
successive
x/x
Adjective
slipped
/
Verb
confined
x/
Verb
remaining
x/x
Verb
feet
/
Noun
ends
/
Noun
intermediate
xx/xx
Adjective
loose
/
Adjective
represent
xx/
Verb
administration
xxx/x
Noun
socioeconomic
xxxxx/x
Adjective
few
/
Adjective
examined
x/x
Verb
bars
/
Noun
benches
/x
Noun
bits
/
Noun
graduations
xx/x
Noun
planks
/
Noun
ranks
/
Noun, Verb
rows
/
Noun
slats
/
Noun
stitches
/x
Noun
storeys
/x
Noun
strings
/
Noun
tines
/
Noun
uprights
/x
Noun
warp
/
Noun, Verb