Synonyms for ladder
ˈlæd ərlad·der

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. laddernoun

   length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings

   Synonyms:
   run

2. laddernoun

   Synonyms:
   stepladder

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. laddernoun

   steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

   Synonyms:
   run, ravel

2. laddernoun

   ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress

   "he climbed the career ladder"

   Synonyms:
   run, ravel

3. run, ladder, ravelverb

   a row of unravelled stitches

   "she got a run in her stocking"

   Synonyms:
   running game, rivulet, political campaign, rill, ravel, discharge, campaign, run, footrace, foot race, test, running play, tally, streak, trial, outpouring, runnel, streamlet, running

4. ladder, runverb

   come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

   "Her nylons were running"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, turn tail, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, run for, black market, persist, incline, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ply, melt

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1. • Come Apart
   • Degree
   • Steps

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "ladder":

   scale, staircase, stepladder, escalator, level

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1. Donald Trump:

   How do we allow people to ascend the ladder of opportunity rather than how do we give them everything and keep them dependent?

2. Christine Mumma:

   I understand those shelves were very high, but there was a ladder in that room.

3. Rebekah Koffler:

   It's a game-changer in the geopolitical realm, not unlike in the military realm, because they're trying to [ send a ] strategic message, in my assessment, [ Putin ] is climbing small steps in the escalation ladder on the trajectory to nuclear warfare.

4. Brandon A. Trean:

   Climbing that ladder of social hierarchy is an illusion that deludes any sense of happiness or truth.

5. Vladimir Putin.For Heraskevych:

   I've just been trying to work in my area, in sports, everything feels so far away. Your whole life you try to achieve something and you go step by step, but this ladder is broken now and now your whole life goes in a different direction.