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

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
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  • disposition
  • distinguished
  • distinguishing
  • distributing
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  • 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
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  • greatest
  • grouping
  • head
  • head of the line
  • hierarchy
  • ideal
  • identifying
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  • installing
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  • ladder
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  • level
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  • listing
  • main
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • master
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  • number one
  • order
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  • 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
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  • 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

banks

  • accumulates
  • accumulations
  • agglomerations
  • aggregates
  • aggregations
  • amasses
  • arrays
  • assemblages
  • assembles
  • assortments
  • bands
  • bars
  • batches
  • batteries
  • blocks
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • caches
  • chains
  • clots
  • clumps
  • clusters
  • clutches
  • collections
  • collects
  • columns
  • concatenations
  • conglomerates
  • conglomerations
  • constellations
  • cues
  • cycles
  • deposits
  • drifts
  • echelons
  • embankments
  • embanks
  • files
  • gathers
  • groupings
  • groups
  • heaps
  • hills
  • hoards
  • hodgepodges
  • huddles
  • invests
  • jumbles
  • knots
  • lays away
  • lines
  • lots
  • lumps
  • masses
  • miscellanies
  • mixtures
  • mounds
  • mountains
  • musters
  • odds and ends
  • packages
  • parcels
  • passels
  • piles
  • processions
  • pyramids
  • queues
  • ranges
  • ranks
  • reserves
  • rows
  • runs
  • salts away
  • sandbars
  • saves
  • sequences
  • series
  • sets
  • snowbanks
  • snowdrifts
  • stacks
  • stashes
  • stores
  • stows
  • strings
  • suites
  • suits
  • sundries
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • tiers
  • trains
  • tufts
  • varieties
  • wads

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

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

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