Synonyms of hierarchies

hierarchies

noun

plural of hierarchy

as in ladders

a scheme of rank or order

honesty sits at the top of my hierarchy of values

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ladders
• rankings
• scales
• orderings
• series
• sequences
• levels
• graduations
• arrays
• distributions
• degrees
• echelons
• food chains
• statuses
• arrangements
• situations
• positions
• setups
• places
• rungs
• disposals
• footings
• standings
• dispositions
• stations
• pecking orders
• spots
• reaches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hierarchies

Temporary contracts add to instability, McAlister wrote, and create a culture of silence around employee mistreatment and toxic hierarchies. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

That data has helped researchers spot smaller flock sizes among birds such as dark-eyed juncos and house finches, track species moving into new areas and learn more about disease and the same social hierarchies playing out around backyard feeders. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Rigid hierarchies have given way to looser networks of transporters and financial specialists operating through front companies. — Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

There is no recognition that networks of competence are outperforming hierarchies of authority in both the United States and Europe. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

And with Molly Ringwald as his muse, Hughes’s directorial debut established his gift for frank and empathetic tales of adolescent crushes and high school social hierarchies. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026

In his view, abolishing the proscenium would help dismantle ossified hierarchies. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

Lemurs also have complex social hierarchies and are uniquely matriarchal for primates. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

There's this near total erasure based on what the AI, just scraping Instagram, scraping faces, scraping the kind of racial hierarchies and preferences that are built into every system in our country. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026