hierarchical
UK/ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl//ˌhaɪˈɹɑɹkɪkəl/
hierarchical adjective: pertaining to a hierarchy (a ranking).
Adjective (1)
hierarchical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a hierarchy (a ranking).
- Synonyms:
- hierarchic, hierarchial
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- hierarchic, hierarchial
- Reflecting relationships wholly consisting of subranks subsumed by ranks, a branching pattern of logic modeled like a tree.
Adjective (2)
hierarchical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a hierarch (a high-ranking priest or bishop).
- Synonyms:
- hierarchial, hierarchic, hierarchal
hierarchical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hierarchical in Hindi
- पदानुक्रमित, पदानुक्रमिक
hierarchical in Tamil
- படிநிலை முறை
hierarchical in Marathi
- पदानुक्रमित, पदानुक्रमिक
hierarchical in Urdu
- درجہ وار, مراتب وار
More languagesFewer languages
- hierarchical in Telugu
- క్రమానుగత, క్రమానుగతం
- hierarchical in Malayalam
- ശ്രേണിപരമായ
- hierarchical in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಮಾನುಗತ
- hierarchical in Gujarati
- અધિક્રમિક, પદાનુક્રમિત
- hierarchical in Odia
- ପଦାନୁକ୍ରମିକ, କ୍ରମାନୁଗତ
- hierarchical in Nepali
- पदानुक्रमित, पदानुक्रमिक
- hierarchical in Tagalog
- halpunuanin
- hierarchical in Malay
- berhierarki
- hierarchical in Indonesian
- hierarkis
Examples of hierarchical in a sentence
- The absolute path to a file is an impure name: it contains a clear hierarchical structure.
- Most nonrelational databases are hierarchical in structure.
- Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager.
Synonyms of hierarchical
Origin of hierarchical
From hierarchy + -ical; compare French hiérarchique.
From hierarch + -ical.
Words formed from hierarchical
Phrases with hierarchical
Questions about hierarchical
- What does hierarchical mean?
- Hierarchical means pertaining to a hierarchy (a ranking).
- What is hierarchical in Hindi?
- Hierarchical in Hindi is पदानुक्रमित, पदानुक्रमिक. See Hierarchical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hierarchical?
- Hierarchical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hierarchical?
- Hierarchical is pronounced /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near hierarchical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hierarchical (page history and authors); hierarchical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hierarchical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hierarchical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hierarchical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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