Synonyms of stratum

stratum

noun

ˈstrā-təm 

1

as in class

one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

the lower strata of society have been hit especially hard by this economic downturn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• class
• level
• caste
• echelon
• rank
• gentry
• folk
• layer
• estate
• order
• tier
• bracket
• stratification
• hierarchy
• status
• grade
• grouping
• family
• position
• tribe
• standing
• race
• clan
• food chain
• fraternity
• people
• place
• subcaste

2

as in level

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement

the level of writing in that pop novel is several strata beneath that of serious fiction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• level
• echelon
• position
• rank
• ranking
• place
• status
• degree
• standing
• situation
• footing
• station
• rung
• reach(es)
• condition
• function
• estate
• order
• capacity
• walk
• rating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stratum

And while there are occasional deserters, the intellectual stratum is enlarging. —Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Can the behaviors of an entire stratum of consumer society be influenced by a mechanism that was designed by a bunch of people who’ve been dead longer than the Arizona Diamondbacks have been a thing? —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Jan. 2025

For generations, china was a major investment, out of reach for all but the country’s wealthy, and acquiring it marked one’s arrival in a new social stratum. —Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025

The proportion of registrants with a telephone number and the mean expected response rate, based on prior Times/Siena polls, were calculated for each stratum. —New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024