HIERARCHICAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HIERARCHICAL?

Need another word that means the same as “hierarchical”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “hierarchical” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hierarchical” are: hierarchal, hierarchic

Hierarchical as an Adjective

Definitions of "Hierarchical" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hierarchical” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.
• Of the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank.

Synonyms of "Hierarchical" as an adjective (2 Words)

hierarchal	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.
hierarchic	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers. In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first.

Usage Examples of "Hierarchical" as an adjective

• It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.
• The hierarchical bureaucracy of a local authority.
• In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first.

Associations of "Hierarchical" (30 Words)

administration	The management of public affairs; government. The company went into administration.
aristocracy	The most powerful members of a society. Members of the aristocracy.
aristocratic	Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. Aristocratic government.
authoritarian	An authoritarian person. The timid child of authoritarian parents.
bureaucratic	Over-concerned with procedure at the expense of efficiency or common sense. Well established bureaucratic procedures.
civilian	Relating to civilians. Civilian clothing.
classification	The action or process of classifying something. New classifications for drivers of commercial vehicles.
database	An organized body of related information. Database systems.
democratic	Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large. Cycling is a very democratic activity which can be enjoyed by anyone.
echelon	Arrange in an echelon formation. The Task Force would take the left echeloned to be able to sweep in from the west.
feudal	Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism. His view of patriotism was more than old fashioned it was positively feudal.
feudalistic	Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
genteel	Marked by refinement in taste and manners. A genteel old lady.
governmental	Relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state. Governmental policy.
hierarchic	Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers. In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first.
hierarchy	The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body. The magazine was read quite widely even by some of the hierarchy.
humanization	The act of making more human.
imperial	Relating to or associated with an empire. The party and its autocratic many would say imperial ways.
king	A playing card bearing a representation of a king normally ranking next below an ace. Science kings it over the realm of intellectual discourse.
noble	Especially in former times a person of noble rank or birth. There is nothing more noble than a mature pine forest.
nomenclature	The term or terms applied to someone or something. The students found it hard to decipher the nomenclature of chemical compounds.
organizational	Relating to the action of organizing something. A company s organizational structure.
patrician	A person of refined upbringing and manners. A proud patrician face.
rank	Have a specified rank or place within a grading system. She is ranked number four in the world.
regal	Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. Her regal bearing.
regency	The particular period of a regency especially in Britain from 1811 to 1820 and in France from 1715 to 1723. The boy being a minor there would have to be a regency.
society	A specified section of society. He enjoyed the society of his friends.
stratified	(of a society) divided into levels or classes based on social status, education, or income. Warming temperatures can lead to more stratified ocean layers.
system	A method of choosing one’s procedure in gambling. They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation.
taxonomy	The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. A taxonomy of smells.