Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hierarchy

2 senses of hierarchy

Sense 1
hierarchy -- (a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values")
       => series -- (similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies")

Sense 2
hierarchy, power structure, pecking order -- (the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body)
       => organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together)