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The synonyms of “Stratified” are: graded, ranked, bedded, class-conscious
Stratified as an Adjective
Definitions of "Stratified" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stratified” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- (of a society) divided into levels or classes based on social status, education, or income.
- Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
- Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers.
- Socially hierarchical.
- (of seeds) placed close together in layers in moist sand or peat to preserve them or to help them germinate.
- (used of society) socially hierarchical.
- Formed or arranged into strata or layers.
Synonyms of "Stratified" as an adjective (4 Words)
bedded | (of rock) deposited in layers of strata. A twin bedded room. |
class-conscious | Socially hierarchical. |
graded | Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks. |
ranked | Growing profusely. |
Usage Examples of "Stratified" as an adjective
- Warming temperatures can lead to more stratified ocean layers.
- Socially stratified cities.
- It grows best in well drained soil from stratified seeds.
- A stratified society in which political power and influence still lay in the hands of the landed class.
- American society is becoming increasingly stratified.
- Stratified rock.
- Stratified limestone.
- Stratified areas of the distribution.
Associations of "Stratified" (30 Words)
assortment | The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type. The room was filled with an assortment of clothes. |
caste | The system of dividing society into castes. Lose caste by doing work beneath one s station. |
civilian | Relating to civilians. Terrorists and soldiers have killed tens of thousands of civilians. |
class | Arrange or order by classes or categories. Flirting is not unknown in college classes. |
classification | The action or process of classifying something. Diagnostic features in reptilian classification. |
echelon | Arrange in an echelon formation. The rear echelon. |
grade | A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. Grade A milk. |
hierarchic | Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers. In her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first. |
hierarchical | Of the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank. It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art. |
layer | Cut hair in overlapping layers. Layer the different colored sands. |
level | Become level or even. Women do better at degree level. |
miscellany | A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. A miscellany of houses. |
noble | Especially in former times a person of noble rank or birth. Severe looking policemen sat astride noble horses. |
nomenclature | The term or terms applied to someone or something. Biological nomenclature. |
order | A thing made supplied or served as a result of an order. She tried to put her shattered thoughts into some semblance of order. |
pentavalent | Having a valency of five. |
phase | Each of the electrical windings or connections of a polyphase machine or circuit. Most of your fans are going through a phase. |
rank | Take precedence or surpass others in rank. Conifer plantations growing in serried ranks. |
rarefied | Distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people; esoteric. Every ounce carried counts triple when you re trudging uphill in rarefied air. |
society | A specified section of society. Drugs crime and other dangers to society. |
sort | A letter or piece in a font of type. The problem with the engine was soon sorted. |
sorting | An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting. |
stage | A stagecoach. I was in the early stages of pregnancy. |
step | Step aerobics. Claudia tried to step back. |
stratum | An abstract place usually conceived as having depth. A stratum of flint. |
system | A procedure or process for obtaining an objective. He bought a new stereo system. |
systematize | Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system. Systematize our scientific knowledge. |
taxonomy | A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc. A taxonomy of smells. |
tier | (in Tasmania and South Australia) a forested mountain range, especially one of a series. Companies have taken out a tier of management to save money. |
variety | A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. The range and variety of his work is amazing. |