echelon

The word “echelon” has 3 syllables: ech-e-lon

It's pronounced as /ˈɛʃ.əˌlɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for echelon?

In the thesaurus, “echelon” has 28 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for echelon along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for echelon

  • capacity
  • condition
  • degree
  • estate
  • file
  • footing
  • function
  • grade
  • level
  • line
  • office
  • order
  • place
  • position
  • queue
  • rank
  • ranking
  • rating
  • row
  • rung
  • situation
  • standing
  • station
  • status
  • stratum
  • string
  • tier
  • walk

Antonyms for echelon

  • unemployment

Meanings of echelon

  • noun
    1. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
    2. A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
    3. A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
  • verb
    1. To form troops into an echelon.
  • adjective
    1. Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped appearance in the matrix.

Example Sentences

  • The upper echelon of the company's management is responsible for strategic decision-making.
  • She aspired to climb the corporate ladder and reach the highest echelon of her profession.
  • In military organizations, promotions often occur within each echelon of command.
  • The elite athletes belonged to the top echelon of their sport, showcasing unparalleled skill and dedication.
  • Political power tends to concentrate in the hands of the ruling echelon, shaping policies and governance.

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to echelon, such as: capacity, condition, degree, estate, file, footing, function.

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Related Words

ladder

  • arrangement
  • array
  • calibration
  • computation
  • degree
  • degrees
  • disposal
  • disposition
  • distribution
  • echelon
  • extent
  • food chain
  • footing
  • gamut
  • gradation
  • graduation
  • hierarchy
  • level
  • order
  • ordering
  • peck order
  • pecking order
  • place
  • position
  • progression
  • proportion
  • range
  • ranking
  • rate
  • ratio
  • reach
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  • register
  • rule
  • rung
  • scale
  • scope
  • sequence
  • series
  • setup
  • situation
  • spectrum
  • spot
  • spread
  • standing
  • station
  • status
  • steps
  • system
  • way

ranges

  • align
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  • alines
  • allineate
  • alphabetizes
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  • ambit
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  • ambles
  • amplitude
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  • area
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  • assort
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  • bats
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  • catalogs
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  • categorize
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  • chain
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  • circle
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  • circumambulate
  • class
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  • collection
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  • compass
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  • confines
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  • cookers
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  • cover
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  • culls
  • dawdles
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • diapason
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  • differ
  • digests
  • dimension
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  • disciplines
  • displays
  • dispose
  • disposes
  • distinguishes
  • distributes
  • diverge from
  • domain
  • domains
  • draw up
  • draws up
  • drift
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  • earshot
  • echelons
  • elbowroom
  • elements
  • emplaces
  • encompass
  • environments
  • environs
  • excursions
  • expanse
  • expeditions
  • explore
  • extends
  • extension
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  • extents
  • feedlots
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • field
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  • file
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  • float
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  • fluctuate
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  • friers
  • frontiers
  • fryers
  • galavants
  • gallivant
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  • gamut
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  • globe-trot
  • go
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  • grade
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  • grasslands
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  • gypsies
  • habitats
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  • hierarchizes
  • hikes
  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
  • hobos
  • homes
  • horizons
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  • indexes
  • jaunts
  • junkets
  • ken
  • kicks around
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  • line
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  • lists
  • localities
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  • marches
  • marshalls
  • marshals
  • matter
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  • measures
  • media
  • mediums
  • microwave ovens
  • microwaves
  • milieus
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  • mooches
  • mopes
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  • neighborhood
  • neighborhoods
  • niches
  • orbit
  • order
  • orders
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  • outings
  • ovens
  • pampas
  • panorama
  • panoramas
  • parades
  • parameters
  • paseos
  • pass over
  • pasturages
  • pastures
  • pegs
  • perambulations
  • peregrinations
  • pigeonhole
  • pigeonholes
  • pilgrimages
  • pitches
  • places
  • play
  • ply
  • prairies
  • predispose
  • prioritizes
  • progresses
  • progressions
  • promenades
  • province
  • provinces
  • prowl
  • purview
  • queues
  • radius
  • ramble
  • rambles
  • ranches
  • rank
  • ranks
  • reach
  • reaches
  • realm
  • realms
  • recategorizes
  • reclassifies
  • recognizes
  • reconnoiter
  • refers
  • regions
  • regroups
  • relegates
  • roams
  • roasters
  • rotisseries
  • rove
  • roves
  • row
  • rows
  • run
  • run of
  • runs
  • safaris
  • sallies
  • sashays
  • saunters
  • savannahs
  • savannas
  • scales
  • scope
  • scopes
  • scour
  • screens
  • search
  • selection
  • separates
  • sequence
  • sequences
  • sets
  • sets out
  • settings
  • shelves
  • shifts
  • sieves
  • sifts
  • sort
  • sorts
  • space
  • span
  • specialties
  • spectra
  • spectrum
  • spectrums
  • sphere
  • spheres
  • spins
  • spread
  • spreads
  • stations
  • steppes
  • stockyards
  • stoves
  • straggle
  • straggles
  • stray
  • strays
  • stretch
  • stretches
  • string
  • strings
  • stroll
  • strolls
  • subcategorizes
  • successions
  • surroundings
  • sweep
  • sweeps
  • swing
  • systematizes
  • terrains
  • territories
  • territory
  • tier
  • tiers
  • toaster ovens
  • toasters
  • tours
  • trains
  • traipse
  • traipses
  • tramp
  • tramps
  • travel
  • travels
  • traversals
  • traverse
  • traverses
  • trek
  • treks
  • trips
  • tune
  • turns
  • types
  • unscrambles
  • vagabonds
  • varies
  • variety
  • vary
  • vary between
  • vicinity
  • walkabouts
  • walks
  • wanders
  • width
  • widths
  • winnows
  • yards

ratings

  • capacities
  • conditions
  • degrees
  • echelons
  • estates
  • footings
  • functions
  • levels
  • orders
  • places
  • positions
  • rankings
  • ranks
  • reaches
  • rungs
  • situations
  • standings
  • stations
  • statuses
  • strata
  • walks

queues

  • aligns
  • alines
  • alphabetizes
  • arranges
  • arrays
  • balances
  • chains
  • classifies
  • codifies
  • columns
  • cues
  • displays
  • disposes
  • draws up
  • echelons
  • emplaces
  • equalizes
  • evens
  • files
  • grooms
  • hierarchizes
  • lays out
  • lines
  • lines up
  • makes up
  • marshalls
  • marshals
  • orders
  • organizes
  • places
  • prioritizes
  • progressions
  • proportions
  • ranges
  • ranks
  • regularizes
  • rows
  • sequences
  • sets
  • sets out
  • standardizes
  • strings
  • successions
  • systematizes
  • tiers
  • trains
  • unscrambles

ranking

  • A number one
  • advanced
  • advantage
  • alphabetizing
  • antiquity
  • arch
  • archetypal
  • arrangement
  • array
  • arraying
  • assorting
  • being
  • breaking down
  • calibration
  • capacity
  • capital
  • cataloging
  • cataloguing
  • categorizing
  • chain of command
  • champion
  • chief
  • class structure
  • classifying
  • classing
  • clumping
  • clustering
  • codifying
  • colligating
  • compartmentalizing
  • compartmenting
  • computation
  • condition
  • consummate
  • corporate ladder
  • counting
  • culling
  • definitive
  • degree
  • degrees
  • digesting
  • disposal
  • disposing
  • disposition
  • distinguished
  • distinguishing
  • distributing
  • distribution
  • dominance
  • dominant
  • drawing up
  • due order
  • echelon
  • echelons
  • eldership
  • eminent
  • estate
  • esthetic
  • excellent
  • exemplary
  • extent
  • famous
  • filing
  • fine
  • finest
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • flawless
  • food chain
  • footing
  • foremost
  • function
  • gamut
  • gradation
  • grading
  • graduation
  • greatest
  • grouping
  • head
  • head of the line
  • hierarchy
  • ideal
  • identifying
  • indexing
  • installing
  • instating
  • ladder
  • leading
  • level
  • line of dominance
  • listing
  • main
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • master
  • masterly
  • number one
  • order
  • ordering
  • organizing
  • outstanding
  • paradigmatic
  • paramount
  • peck order
  • pecking order
  • pegging
  • perfect
  • pigeonholing
  • place
  • placing
  • position
  • power structure
  • precedence
  • predominant
  • preeminent
  • preference
  • premier
  • primary
  • prime
  • primo
  • principal
  • priority
  • progression
  • proportion
  • pyramid
  • quintessential
  • range
  • ranging
  • rank
  • rate
  • rating
  • ratio
  • reach
  • reaches
  • recategorizing
  • reclassifying
  • recognizing
  • referring
  • register
  • regrouping
  • relegating
  • rule
  • ruling
  • rung
  • scale
  • scope
  • screening
  • seeding
  • separating
  • sequence
  • series
  • setting
  • setup
  • shelving
  • sieving
  • sifting
  • situation
  • social hierarchy
  • social ladder
  • social pyramid
  • social stratification
  • social structure
  • sorting
  • sovereign
  • spectrum
  • spot
  • spread
  • standard
  • standing
  • station
  • status
  • steps
  • stratum
  • subcategorizing
  • superior
  • superiority
  • supreme
  • system
  • systematizing
  • top
  • top of the list
  • top-flight
  • top-notch
  • typing
  • vintage
  • walk
  • way
  • well-known
  • winnowing

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