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 of pecking order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Stadium economics count a lot in the pecking order of NFL valuations because $13.68 billion, or 67%, of the league’s $20.47 billion in revenue was shared equally among the 32 teams in 2023. —Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024

Improvements in real income would be sacrificed in order to freeze the pecking order of the global income distribution. —Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2020

Luciano committed five errors in nine games with the Giants at shortstop, his primary position, and has since been leapfrogged in the pecking order there by Tyler Fitzgerald. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024