Synonyms for Echelon
ˈɛʃ əˌlɒnech·e·lon

Princeton's WordNet

1. echelonnoun

   a body of troops arranged in a line

2. echelonnoun

   a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset

Matched Categories

1. • Diffraction Grating
   • Military
   • Military Unit

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1. List of paraphrases for "echelon":

   level

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1. Adam Gorney:

   It’s just one of those programs that everybody feels is right on the verge of making something really big happen, and a lot of kids are attracted to that, alabama’s going to get theirs. Georgia’s going to get theirs. But now Texas AM is sort of right in that upper echelon of being able to recruit at that level.

2. Ruslan Trad:

   These people know each other, often travel to the same destinations, communicate and have a closed system. Tatarsky occupied a significant place in this community, at the same time, he was also a critic of the Russian officer corps and the upper echelon making decisions about military actions. Sometimes his … analysis caused a wave of negative reactions among officers, because he, as a staunch defender of Russia and its army, wanted to see this army more successful than it actually was.

3. Paul Rester:

   Al Sharbi was very forthcoming and very determined, al Sharbi was not in the planner-organizer echelon, Al Sharbi was in the executor-operator echelon. Al Sharbi made bombs, had direct ties to Bin Laden, and had sway over others because of that tie. Al Sharbi was extremely important to Al Sharbi terrorist network because Al Sharbi was well-trained and could make things work.

4. Bob Kroll:

   They need to get their political needs out of it. They need to allow the chief to be a chief and run the department and take feedback from her upper echelon.

5. Christopher Garver:

   They operate at the next higher headquarters, they are not down on the ground with the fighters or in the lower echelon headquarters.