Bill climbed the ladder of success until he became the president of the company.
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Ladder
//ˈlad.ə//
Synonyms for "ladder" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesat location
4 entriescapable of
4 entriesderived
77 entriesShowing 16 of 77 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas a
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
1 entriesreceives action
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
similar
2 entriesused for
21 entriesclimbing to higher levelclimbing treeclimbing upclimbing up highclimbing wallsfixing bulbs on light polesfixing electric wiresfixing telephone linesgaining access to high objectsgetting on roofgetting to high placesmove verticallypainting ceilingproviding acces to roofproviding access to atticproviding acess to window
Showing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
219 translations across 140 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- амардуан noun (climbing tool)
Adyghe
2 entries- дэкӏояпӏэ noun (climbing tool)
- лъэой noun (climbing tool)
Afrikaans
3 entries- leer noun (climbing tool)
- leer noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- leer noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
Albanian
1 entries- shkallë noun (climbing tool)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κλῖμαξ noun (climbing tool)
Arabic
3 entries- سلوم noun (climbing tool)
- سلَّم noun (climbing tool)
- سُلَّم noun (climbing tool)
Aragonese
1 entries- escalera noun (climbing tool)
Armenian
3 entries- աստիճան noun (climbing tool)
- սանդուղք noun (climbing tool)
- փիլաքյան noun (climbing tool)
Aromanian
1 entries- scarã noun (climbing tool)
Assamese
1 entries- জখলা noun (climbing tool)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܣܸܡܲܠܬܵܐ noun (climbing tool)
Asturian
1 entries- escalera noun (climbing tool)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nərdivan noun (climbing tool)
Bashkir
1 entries- баҫҡыс noun (climbing tool)
Basque
1 entries- eskailera noun (climbing tool)
Belarusian
2 entries- драбі́ны noun (climbing tool)
- ле́свіца noun (climbing tool)
Bengali
1 entries- মই noun (climbing tool)
Bislama
1 entries- lada noun (climbing tool)
Breton
1 entries- skeul noun (climbing tool)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бримка noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- стъ́лба noun (climbing tool)
Burmese
1 entries- လှေကား noun (climbing tool)
Burushaski
1 entries- ćhiṣ noun (climbing tool)
Catalan
4 entries- carrera noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- escala noun (climbing tool)
- escalafó noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- rega noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەیژە noun (climbing tool)
Chechen
1 entries- лами noun (climbing tool)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏴᏠ noun (climbing tool)
Chinese
3 entries- тиҗя noun (climbing tool)
- 梯 noun (climbing tool)
- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (climbing tool)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 梯 noun (climbing tool)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 扶梯 noun (climbing tool)
- 梯子 noun (climbing tool)
Czech
1 entries- žebřík noun (climbing tool)
Danish
1 entries- stige noun (climbing tool)
Dari
1 entries- زِینَه noun (climbing tool)
Dutch
3 entries- ladder noun (climbing tool)
- ladder noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- ladder noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 梯 noun (climbing tool)
- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (climbing tool)
Esperanto
3 entries- dismaŝigo noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- eskalo noun (climbing tool)
- ŝtupetaro noun (climbing tool)
Estonian
1 entries- redel noun (climbing tool)
Faroese
1 entries- stigi noun (climbing tool)
Finnish
3 entries- silmäpako noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- tikapuut noun (climbing tool)
- tikkaat noun (climbing tool)
French
1 entries- échelle noun (climbing tool)
Friulian
2 entries- scjale noun (climbing tool)
- sčhale noun (climbing tool)
Galician
2 entries- escada noun (climbing tool)
- esqueira noun (climbing tool)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (climbing tool)
Georgian
1 entries- კიბე noun (climbing tool)
German
2 entries- Laufmasche noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- Leiter noun (climbing tool)
Greek
2 entries- πόντος noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- σκάλα noun (climbing tool)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 梯 noun (climbing tool)
Hanunoo
1 entries- agdan noun (climbing tool)
Hebrew
3 entries- סֻלָּם noun (climbing tool)
- סולם noun (climbing tool)
- רַכֶּבֶת noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
Higaonon
1 entries- hagudan noun (climbing tool)
Hindi
1 entries- सीढ़ी noun (climbing tool)
Hungarian
1 entries- létra noun (climbing tool)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Leeter noun (climbing tool)
Icelandic
1 entries- stigi noun (climbing tool)
Ido
1 entries- skalo noun (climbing tool)
Indonesian
2 entries- jenjang noun (climbing tool)
- tangga noun (climbing tool)
Ingrian
1 entries- turpaat noun (climbing tool)
Ingush
1 entries- лоами noun (climbing tool)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- نَرْدِبان noun (climbing tool)
Irish
1 entries- dréimire noun (climbing tool)
Italian
2 entries- scala noun (climbing tool)
- smagliatura noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
Japanese
1 entries- 梯子 noun (climbing tool)
Javanese
1 entries- andha noun (climbing tool)
Jin Chinese
2 entries- 梯子 noun (climbing tool)
- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (climbing tool)
Kannada
1 entries- ಏಣಿ noun (climbing tool)
Kazakh
4 entries- баспалдақ noun (climbing tool)
- басқыш noun (climbing tool)
- саты noun (climbing tool)
- тепкішек noun (climbing tool)
Khmer
1 entries- ជណ្ដើរ noun (climbing tool)
Korean
2 entries- 사다리 noun (climbing tool)
- 사닥다리 noun (climbing tool)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- баскыч noun (climbing tool)
- тепкич noun (climbing tool)
- шаты noun (climbing tool)
Lao
1 entries- ຂັ້ນໄດ noun (climbing tool)
Latin
1 entries- scāla noun (climbing tool)
Latvian
2 entries- kāpnes noun (climbing tool)
- trepes noun (climbing tool)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kopėčios noun (climbing tool)
Low German
1 entries- Ledder noun (climbing tool)
Luhya
1 entries- ingasi noun (climbing tool)
Lushootseed
1 entries- səxʷʔigʷəɬ noun (climbing tool)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Leeder noun (climbing tool)
Macedonian
1 entries- скала noun (climbing tool)
Malay
1 entries- tangga noun (climbing tool)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഏണി noun (climbing tool)
Maltese
1 entries- sellum noun (climbing tool)
Mansaka
1 entries- agdan noun (climbing tool)
Marathi
1 entries- शिडी noun (climbing tool)
Mazanderani
2 entries- سردی noun (climbing tool)
- کاتی noun (climbing tool)
Mongolian
1 entries- шат noun (climbing tool)
Māori
1 entries- arawhata noun (climbing tool)
Navajo
1 entries- haazʼéí noun (climbing tool)
North Frisian
1 entries- lääder noun (climbing tool)
Northern Altai
1 entries- паскыш noun (climbing tool)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- peyje noun (climbing tool)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 樓階 /楼阶 noun (climbing tool)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- leider noun (climbing tool)
- stige noun (climbing tool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- leider noun (climbing tool)
- stige noun (climbing tool)
Occitan
1 entries- escala noun (climbing tool)
Ojibwe
1 entries- akwaandawaagan noun (climbing tool)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نردبان noun (climbing tool)
Pashto
1 entries- زينه noun (climbing tool)
Pijin
1 entries- lada noun (climbing tool)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Lada noun (climbing tool)
Polish
1 entries- drabina noun (climbing tool)
Portuguese
1 entries- escada noun (climbing tool)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੌੜੀ noun (climbing tool)
Romanian
1 entries- scară noun (climbing tool)
Romansch
3 entries- scala noun (climbing tool)
- stgala noun (climbing tool)
- stgeala noun (climbing tool)
Russian
4 entries- ле́стница noun (climbing tool)
- ле́стница noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- стре́лка noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- стремя́нка noun (climbing tool)
Scots
1 entries- ledder noun (climbing tool)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fàradh noun (climbing tool)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ljȅstve noun (climbing tool)
- ljȅstvica noun (climbing tool)
- ljȅstvica noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- lojtre noun (climbing tool)
Silesian
1 entries- drabina noun (climbing tool)
Slovak
4 entries- hierarchia noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- očko noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- rebrík noun (climbing tool)
- rebríček noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
Slovene
1 entries- lestev noun (climbing tool)
Southern Altai
2 entries- баскыш noun (climbing tool)
- тепкиш noun (climbing tool)
Spanish
4 entries- carrera noun (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
- escala noun (climbing tool)
- escalafón noun (the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization)
- escalera noun (climbing tool)
Swahili
1 entries- ngazi noun (climbing tool)
Swedish
1 entries- stege noun (climbing tool)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠌꠃꠇꠣꠝ noun (climbing tool)
Tagalog
2 entries- akyatan noun (climbing tool)
- hagdan noun (climbing tool)
Tajik
3 entries- зинапоя noun (climbing tool)
- нардабон noun (climbing tool)
- нардбон noun (climbing tool)
Tamil
1 entries- ஏணி noun (climbing tool)
Taos
1 entries- į̂ęthuną noun (climbing tool)
Tausug
1 entries- hagdan noun (climbing tool)
Telugu
1 entries- నిచ్చెన noun (climbing tool)
Thai
1 entries- กระได noun (climbing tool)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྐས་འཛེག noun (climbing tool)
Turkish
1 entries- merdiven noun (climbing tool)
Turkmen
1 entries- merdiwan noun (climbing tool)
Ukrainian
2 entries- драби́на noun (climbing tool)
- стрем'я́нка noun (climbing tool)
Urdu
1 entries- سِیڑْھی noun (climbing tool)
Uyghur
1 entries- شوتا noun (climbing tool)
Uzbek
4 entries- narvon noun (climbing tool)
- pillapoya noun (climbing tool)
- shoti noun (climbing tool)
- zina noun (climbing tool)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thang noun (climbing tool)
Volapük
1 entries- xänöm noun (climbing tool)
Walloon
1 entries- schåle noun (climbing tool)
Welsh
1 entries- ysgol noun (climbing tool)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- heɣezan noun (climbing tool)
White Hmong
1 entries- ntaiv noun (climbing tool)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 胡梯 noun (climbing tool)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 梯子 noun (climbing tool)
Yiddish
1 entries- לייטער noun (climbing tool)
Zazaki
1 entries- merwan noun (climbing tool)
Zulu
1 entries- isenyukelo noun (climbing tool)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Stand the ladder against the wall.
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Place the ladder against the wall.
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Take care when you climb up the ladder.
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