tier

Other forms of tier

plural

tiers·

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 tier

What does tier mean?

tier means "a relative position or degree of value in a graded group". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tier?

tier has 1 syllable: tier. In IPA it is /ˈtiɹ/.

What is another word for tier?

Close synonyms include grade, level, tier up. 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 tier a common word?

tier 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 tier?

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