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

Matched Categories

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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How to use ladder in a sentence?

1. Brendan Francis Behan:

   Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

2. Robert Menendez:

   It’s shocking. There is nothing that the Cubans have done to improve their standing, you have to earn your way up the ladder, not just have political expediency be the reason that you get moved from Tier 3.

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. Stephen Covey:

   Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

5. Sanita Belgrave:

   Academia implores you to unlearn then relearn as you climb the ladder of knowledge, creating a thin line between the truth and evidence.