Synonyms of rungs

rungs

noun

plural of rung

1

as in ranks

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement

the greasy spoon restaurant was several rungs below the kind of establishment in which we usually dined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranks
• levels
• echelons
• positions
• places
• rankings
• degrees
• strata
• standings
• stations
• situations
• reaches
• footings
• statuses
• conditions
• walks
• functions
• estates
• capacities
• ratings
• orders

2

as in canes

Scottish a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

the watchman usually carried a stout oak rung

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canes
• batons
• staves
• rods
• mallets
• bats
• staffs
• clubs
• cudgels
• truncheons
• nightsticks
• billies
• hammers
• billy clubs
• maces
• bludgeons
• shillelaghs
• waddies
• staves
• bastinadoes
• saps
• bastinades
• shillalahs
• birches
• rattans
• switches
• knobkerries
• beetles
• croziers
• hickories
• sledgehammers
• gavels
• blackjacks
• crooks
• crosiers
• mauls
• walking sticks
• crabsticks
• whangees