Synonyms for pyramid
ˈpɪr ə mɪdpyra·mid

Princeton's WordNet

1. pyramidnoun

   a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

2. pyramidnoun

   (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

3. Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egyptverb

   a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

4. pyramidverb

   enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

5. pyramidverb

   use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

6. pyramidverb

   arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

7. pyramidverb

   increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Crime
   • Deal
   • Gain
   • Increase
   • Investment
   • Polyhedron
   • Speculation
   • Stock Exchange

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1. List of paraphrases for "pyramid":

   pyramidal, pyramids, funnel

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1. George Bernard Shaw:

   If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved.

2. Le Nechet:

   In the Czech Republic, I really like L'Fleur, a Paris-inspired place, there's a cocktail served as a pyramid -- as in the Pyramide du Louvre.

3. Tim Heaphy:

   Loretta sent me a picture of her as a Harvard cheerleader in a pyramid, she was comfortable sharing this with Eric Holder and other department leaders. She laughed at herself.

4. Van Zyl:

   Maiyet is is trying to find people who are at the bottom of the economic pyramid, but who possess extraordinary and rare skills, we want to find the next generation of global artisans, whether they're in Indonesia, Peru, Mongolia, Kenya, or India and to harness those skills, but do so in a way that is relevant and applicable to the modern luxury fashion market.

5. Lawrence Kubie:

   Today's family is built like a pyramid with all the intrafamilial rivalries, tensions, jealousies, angers, hatreds, loves and needs focused on the untrained, vulnerable, insecure, young, inexperienced and incompetent parental apex ... about whose incompetence our vaunted educational system does nothing.