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rung

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Synonyms and Antonyms of rung

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

the greasy spoon restaurant was several rungs below the kind of establishment in which we usually dined

Synonyms of rung

degree, echelon, footing, level, place, position, rank, ranking, reach(es), situation, standing, station, status, stratum

Words Related to rung

condition, estate, order, walk

capacity, function

2 Scottish a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

the watchman usually carried a stout oak rung

Synonyms of rung

bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, nightstick, rod, sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]

Words Related to rung

blackjack, knobkerrie, mace

birch, crabstick, hickory, rattan, stave, switch

beetle, gavel, hammer, mallet, maul, sledgehammer

crook, crosier (or crozier), walking stick, whangee

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