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hierarchial

hierarchial is the alternative form of hierarchical.

Meaning of hierarchical

Adjective (1)

hierarchical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a hierarchy (a ranking).
  2. Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.
    • She claimed that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of 'true' art.
    1. Reflecting relationships wholly consisting of subranks subsumed by ranks, a branching pattern of logic modeled like a tree.

Adjective (2)

hierarchical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a hierarch (a high-ranking priest or bishop).

Forms of hierarchial

comparativemore hierarchial
superlativemost hierarchial

Origin of hierarchial

From hierarchy + -al.

Questions about hierarchial

What is hierarchial the alternative form of?
Hierarchial is the alternative form of hierarchical.

Words near hierarchial in the dictionary

  1. hierarch
  2. hierarchal
  3. hierarchally
  4. hierarchate
  5. hierarchates
  6. hierarchial
  7. hierarchic
  8. hierarchical
  9. hierarchical database
  10. hierarchical databases
  11. hierarchicalism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hierarchial (page history and authors); hierarchical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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