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Synonyms for ladder
ˈlæd ərlad·der

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. laddernoun

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

    Synonyms:
    run

  2. laddernoun

    Synonyms:
    stepladder

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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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PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "ladder":

    scale, staircase, stepladder, escalator, level

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How to use ladder in a sentence?

  1. Ben Stillwell:

    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.

  2. Wesley D'Amico:

    For success there is no ladder or elevator, if you want to reach the top, you have to climb.”

  3. Victor Sedinger:

    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.

  4. Paul Offit:

    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.

  5. Mary McCormack:

    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.


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