Synonyms of pecking order

pecking order

noun

variants also peck order

as in hierarchy

the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status

As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hierarchy
• ranking
• food chain
• ladder
• standing
• scale
• graduation
• distribution
• series
• disposal
• level
• sequence
• setup
• ordering
• arrangement
• situation
• status
• disposition
• degree
• array
• position
• station
• spot
• reaches
• place
• footing
• echelon
• rung

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of pecking order

With the huge distributor-producer groups only getting bigger – Banijay is snaffling up libraries, All3Media has a rich new owner – and the Hollywood studios are back in the TV sales business, where does Sphere Abacus sit in the pecking order? —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024

While the top teams earn huge revenues from sponsorship, TV deals, and commercial deals, further down the pecking order, player trading is the main way clubs can make a profit. —Steve Price, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024

Raygun, meanwhile, upended this pecking order, and accomplished what all of those sports marketers could never do. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024

The pecking order will be determined by overall record, not conference record. —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024