Synonyms for Echelon
ˈɛʃ əˌlɒnech·e·lon

Princeton's WordNet

1. echelonnoun

   a body of troops arranged in a line

2. echelonnoun

   a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset

Matched Categories

1. • Diffraction Grating
   • Military
   • Military Unit

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1. List of paraphrases for "echelon":

   level

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1. Paul Rester:

   Al Sharbi was very forthcoming and very determined, al Sharbi was not in the planner-organizer echelon, Al Sharbi was in the executor-operator echelon. Al Sharbi made bombs, had direct ties to Bin Laden, and had sway over others because of that tie. Al Sharbi was extremely important to Al Sharbi terrorist network because Al Sharbi was well-trained and could make things work.

2. Bob Kroll:

   They need to get their political needs out of it. They need to allow the chief to be a chief and run the department and take feedback from her upper echelon.

3. Ang Kian Seng:

   We will set the highest efficiency standards for these top echelon buildings, and then move the mass population towards that standard.

4. Fort Hood:

   During the review period, no Commanding General or subordinate echelon commander chose to intervene proactively and mitigate known risks of high crime, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The result was a pervasive lack of confidence in the SHARP Program and an unacceptable lack of knowledge of core SHARP components regarding reporting and certain victim services.

5. Ruslan Trad:

   These people know each other, often travel to the same destinations, communicate and have a closed system. Tatarsky occupied a significant place in this community, at the same time, he was also a critic of the Russian officer corps and the upper echelon making decisions about military actions. Sometimes his … analysis caused a wave of negative reactions among officers, because he, as a staunch defender of Russia and its army, wanted to see this army more successful than it actually was.