What is another word for ladder?
Synonyms for ladder
ˈlæd ərlad·der
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Wiktionary
laddernoun
length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings
Synonyms:
runladdernoun
Synonyms:
stepladder
Princeton's WordNet
laddernoun
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
laddernoun
ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
"he climbed the career ladder"
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, runningladder, 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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Ladder
Latter vs. Ladder -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Latter and Ladder.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#125 | work | |
#342 | guide | |
#364 | level | |
#428 | course | |
#502 | test | |
#516 | play | |
#605 | range | |
#672 | run | |
#853 | function | |
#1103 | running | |
#1142 | move | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1452 | trial | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1581 | race | |
#1767 | flow | |
#1777 | scale | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2412 | carry | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4532 | extend | |
#4855 | tend | |
#4878 | hunt | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6859 | execute | |
#8525 | lean | |
#9460 | ladder | |
#10417 | scat | |
#12318 | lam | |
#13143 | streak | |
#13436 | melt | |
#17577 | bleed | |
#17822 | prevail | |
#17899 | endure | |
#18539 | ply | |
#18561 | persist | |
#18615 | tally | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#23294 | staircase | |
#27916 | incline | |
#34408 | consort | |
#37457 | unravel | |
#38843 | ravel | |
#47979 | escalator | |
#53663 | outpouring | |
#101773 | rill | |
#127583 | stepladder | |
#138279 | rivulet |
How to use ladder in a sentence?
Use a stepladder whenever possible on solid, level ground and don’t climb above the second-to-last step, for two-story homes, you might have to use an extension ladder.
For success there is no ladder or elevator, if you want to reach the top, you have to climb.”
It doesn’t require a ladder, and you certainly don’t have to get on a roof to look, use binoculars or a camera or smartphone with a telephoto feature if you need to.
You let the the first people who volunteer to get these vaccines be older adults, and then middle aged adults, and then we work our way down the age ladder, somebody may ask,' Gee, why don't you do them simultaneously ?' Well, there's not that bandwidth. You just can't do too many trials simultaneously.
He's got a good wage, he saves his money but he can't afford to step onto that ladder. A man that age should have his own place.
Translations for ladder
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- leerAfrikaans
- escaleraAragonese
- سلمArabic
- nərdivanAzerbaijani
- драбі́ны, ле́свіцаBelarusian
- стъ̀лбаBulgarian
- মইBengali
- skeulBreton
- escala, carreraCatalan, Valencian
- žebříkCzech
- ysgolWelsh
- stigeDanish
- Laufmasche, LeiterGerman
- πόντος, σκάλα, κλίμακαGreek
- ŝtupetaro, dismaŝigo, eskaloEsperanto
- escalera, carreraSpanish
- redelEstonian
- نردبانPersian
- tikapuut, tikkaat, silmäpakoFinnish
- stigiFaroese
- échelleFrench
- dréimireIrish
- àradhScottish Gaelic
- escada, escalaGalician
- סוּלָםHebrew
- सीढ़ीHindi
- létraHungarian
- աստիճան, սանդուղք, փիլաքյանArmenian
- jenjang, tanggaIndonesian
- skaloIdo
- stigiIcelandic
- scalaItalian
- סוּלָםHebrew
- 梯子, はしごJapanese
- კიბეGeorgian
- ជណ្ដើរKhmer
- ಏಣಿKannada
- 사닥다리, 사다리Korean
- پهیژهKurdish
- scalaLatin
- LeederLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຂັ້ນໄດLao
- kopėčiosLithuanian
- kāpnesLatvian
- arawhataMāori
- скалаMacedonian
- ഏണിMalayalam
- tanggaMalay
- sellumMaltese
- လှေကားBurmese
- ladderDutch
- stigeNorwegian
- haazʼéíNavajo, Navaho
- escalaOccitan
- ਪੌੜੀPanjabi, Punjabi
- drabinaPolish
- زينهPashto, Pushto
- escadaPortuguese
- stgala, stgeala, scalaRomansh
- scarăRomanian
- ле́стница, стре́лкаRussian
- лестве, љестве, lestve, ljestveSerbo-Croatian
- rebríkSlovak
- lestevSlovene
- shkallëAlbanian
- stegeSwedish
- ngaziSwahili
- ஏணிTamil
- నిచ్చెనTelugu
- нардабонTajik
- กระไดThai
- merdivenTurkish
- драби́наUkrainian
- سیڑھیUrdu
- thangVietnamese
- xänömVolapük
- håleWalloon
- לייטערYiddish
- 梯子Chinese
- isenyukeloZulu
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