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. Clare Booth Luce:

   Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.

2. Photographer Sim Chi Yin:

   They are actually pretty funky people, most of them are kind of young and all of them have aspirations to move up the social mobility ladder.

3. Foundation President Patrick McCarthy:

   They're more likely to fall down the economic ladder, less likely to be employed and more likely to get in trouble.

4. Joseph Palumbo in Perry County:

   We're climbing up a ladder, scaling across a tin roof, mud everywhere, the first day, we're sliding across the tin roof to get to the other side.

5. Mary McCormack:

   I have never felt before such a movement of anger towards the government, 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.