Definitions for hierarchical

hierarchical hi·er·ar·chi·cal

Spelling: [hahy-uh-rahr-ki-kuh l, hahy-rahr-]
IPA: /ˌhaɪ əˈrɑr kɪ kəl, haɪˈrɑr-/

Hierarchical is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in hierarchical (aaccehhiilrr).

Definitions for hierarchical

adjective

  1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.

Origin of hierarchical

1425-75; late Middle English. See hierarch, -ical

Examples for hierarchical

The hierarchical clergy must have shuddered as they listened.

According to the hierarchical model of galaxy formation, the first galaxies were built out of smaller collections of matter.

The process of relating is typically illustrated in a hierarchical fashion.

She said Mars Hill “engages in heavy-handed discipline through a hierarchical structure.”

One road leads to freedom, sharing, and equality; the other to endless spying, a hierarchical structure, and repression.

The absence of the hierarchical idea in Hinduism is striking.

Employments fall into a hierarchical gradation of reputability.

It is least accepted when it is cold, challenging, and hierarchical: in other words, paternal - or in other other words, military.

A differentiation in the ministry gradually crept in as an outcome of the hierarchical spirit.

She explained that in Rome, they are more accustomed to the hierarchical politics.

Word Value for hierarchical
Scrable

22

Words with friends

23

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