hierarchy

Other forms of hierarchy

plural

hierarchies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hierarchy

What does hierarchy mean?

hierarchy means "a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hierarchy?

hierarchy has 4 syllables: hi-e-rar-chy. The stress falls on "hi". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪɚˌɑɹki/.

What is another word for hierarchy?

Close synonyms include power structure, pecking order. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hierarchy a common word?

hierarchy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hierarchy?

2 words rhyme with hierarchy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.