hierarchical

hi·er·ar·chi·cal

H0189250 (hī′ə-rär′kĭ-kəl, hī-rär′-) or hi·er·ar·chic (-kĭk) or hi·er·ar·chal (-rär′kəl)adj. Of or relating to a hierarchy.

hi′er·ar′chi·cal·ly adv.

hi•er•ar•chi•cal

(ˌhaɪ əˈrɑr kɪ kəl, haɪˈrɑr-)

also hi`er•ar′chic,

adj. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy. [1425–75] hi`er•ar′chi•cal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"hierarchal, hierarchicnonhierarchic, nonhierarchical - not classified hierarchically

hierarchical

adjective graded, ranked, graduated The traditional hierarchical system of military organization

Translations

等级的

hierarchy

(ˈhaiəraːki) noun (an) arrangement (of usually people in a group, also things etc) in order of rank, importance etc. 等级hieˈrarchical (-ˈraː-) adjective等级的

Notice the second r in hierarchy.

hierarchical

A structure made up of different levels like a company organization chart. The higher levels have control or precedence over the lower levels. Hierarchical structures are a one-to-many relationship; each item having one or more items below it. See hierarchical navigation and hierarchical addressing.

File Systems Are Hierarchical
The system for organizing files on a hard drive or SSD is structured as a hierarchy. The desktop is often placed at the top of the hierarchy, followed by folders and subfolders within the folders. See folder, Win Explorer and file system.

hierarchical

Related to hierarchical: Hierarchical database, Hierarchical organization

Synonyms for hierarchical

adj graded

Synonyms

graded
ranked
graduated

Synonyms for hierarchical

adj classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers

Synonyms

hierarchal
hierarchic

Antonyms

nonhierarchic
nonhierarchical