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. Ann Nolan:

   I don't think it should be a position where the only people who get on the property ladder are those who have parents who can give them a big lump sum, i don't think that's socially acceptable.

2. Brendan Francis Behan:

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

3. Thomas Henry Huxley:

   The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

4. Richard Gottlieb:

   I think you are going to see more(' girl' toys marketed to boys or as gender-neutral), but it is going to come later, remember, you still have 20th-century leadership marketing to 21st-century young adults. As these young adults move their way up through the ladder, you are going to see more and more gender neutrality.

5. James Hong:

   Well, you know, Chinese parents want you to do some professional jobs rather than be an actor, being an actor is like the last rung in the ladder of professions. They don't even call it a profession because it's shameful to demonstrate your feelings in front of an audience. You were taught to be kind of quiet and to keep to yourself.