echelons

The word “echelons” has 3 syllables: ech-e-lons

It's pronounced as /ˈɛʃ.əˌlɒnz/


What is synonym and antonym for echelons?

In the thesaurus, “echelons” has 43 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for echelons along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for echelons

  • capacities
  • chain of command
  • class structure
  • conditions
  • corporate ladder
  • degrees
  • dominance
  • due order
  • estates
  • food chain
  • footings
  • functions
  • grouping
  • hierarchy
  • levels
  • line of dominance
  • order
  • orders
  • pecking order
  • places
  • placing
  • position
  • positions
  • power structure
  • pyramid
  • ranking
  • rankings
  • ranks
  • ratings
  • reaches
  • rungs
  • scale
  • situations
  • social hierarchy
  • social ladder
  • social pyramid
  • social stratification
  • social structure
  • standings
  • stations
  • statuses
  • strata
  • walks

Meanings of echelons

  • 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.

Example Sentences

  • The lower echelons of the organization handle day-to-day operations.
  • As you climb the career ladder, you encounter different echelons of responsibility.
  • The company's success depends on the collaboration of all echelons within its structure.
  • In military strategy, troops are often deployed across multiple echelons to achieve tactical advantage.
  • Innovation can originate from various echelons of society, not just the elite.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms or another words to echelons, such as: capacities, chain of command, class structure, conditions, corporate ladder, degrees, dominance.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ladders

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

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

ranges

  • align
  • aligns
  • alines
  • allineate
  • alphabetizes
  • alternates
  • ambit
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  • ambles
  • amplitude
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  • area
  • arrange
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  • assort
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  • bailiwicks
  • bats
  • bias
  • bounds
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  • breaks down
  • broilers
  • catalogs
  • catalogue
  • catalogues
  • categorize
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  • chain
  • chains
  • changes
  • circle
  • circles
  • circumambulate
  • class
  • classes
  • classifies
  • classify
  • clumps
  • clusters
  • codifies
  • collection
  • colligates
  • columns
  • compartmentalizes
  • compartments
  • compass
  • compasses
  • confines
  • constitutionals
  • cookers
  • cookstoves
  • cover
  • cross
  • cruise
  • cruises
  • cues
  • culls
  • dawdles
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • diapason
  • diapasons
  • differ
  • digests
  • dimension
  • dimensions
  • disciplines
  • displays
  • dispose
  • disposes
  • distinguishes
  • distributes
  • diverge from
  • domain
  • domains
  • draw up
  • draws up
  • drift
  • drifts
  • earshot
  • echelons
  • elbowroom
  • elements
  • emplaces
  • encompass
  • environments
  • environs
  • excursions
  • expanse
  • expeditions
  • explore
  • extends
  • extension
  • extensity
  • extents
  • feedlots
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • field
  • fields
  • file
  • files
  • float
  • floats
  • fluctuate
  • fluctuates
  • friers
  • frontiers
  • fryers
  • galavants
  • gallivant
  • gallivants
  • gamut
  • gamuts
  • globe-trot
  • go
  • goes
  • grade
  • grades
  • grasslands
  • grooms
  • group
  • groups
  • gypsies
  • habitats
  • haunts
  • hearing
  • hierarchizes
  • hikes
  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
  • hobos
  • homes
  • horizons
  • identifies
  • incline
  • indexes
  • jaunts
  • junkets
  • ken
  • kicks around
  • kind
  • latitude
  • lays out
  • leas
  • leeway
  • length
  • leys
  • limits
  • line
  • line up
  • lines
  • lines up
  • lists
  • localities
  • lot
  • magnitude
  • make circuit
  • makes up
  • marches
  • marshalls
  • marshals
  • matter
  • maunders
  • meander
  • meanders
  • measures
  • media
  • mediums
  • microwave ovens
  • microwaves
  • milieus
  • milieux
  • mooches
  • mopes
  • moves
  • mutates
  • neighborhood
  • neighborhoods
  • niches
  • orbit
  • order
  • orders
  • organizes
  • 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

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

rankings

  • arrangements
  • arrays
  • capacities
  • conditions
  • degrees
  • disposals
  • dispositions
  • distributions
  • echelons
  • estates
  • food chains
  • footings
  • functions
  • graduations
  • hierarchies
  • ladders
  • levels
  • orderings
  • orders
  • peck orders
  • pecking orders
  • places
  • positions
  • ranks
  • ratings
  • reaches
  • rungs
  • scales
  • sequences
  • series
  • setups
  • situations
  • spots
  • standings
  • stations
  • statuses
  • strata
  • walks

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