tier
One stadium section
A tier is one of a series of rows or levels arranged one above another, like the tiers of a wedding cake or stadium seating.
The word extends naturally to any hierarchical ranking system: The company offers three tiers of service.
In gaming and competitive contexts, tier often designates quality or power rankings, with top tier meaning the best and bottom tier the worst.
As a verb, tier means to arrange in levels or ranks.
The adjective tiered describes something with multiple levels: a tiered pricing structure.
Horizontal layer of material
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- storyAccount of events
- floorIndoor walking surface
- deckShip's flat surface
sheet · stack · wedding-cake · cake · stadium · seating · balcony · mezzanine
Paid recurring access
- membershipState of belonging
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- packageWrapped item for delivery
- premiumAdded cost for better
basic · standard · gold · silver · bronze · platinum · freemium · upgrade
Pointed polyhedral solid
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- systemConnected parts forming whole
echelon · level · upper · lower · middle · top · bottom · organizational
Ordered position assignment
- standingPosition, physical or social
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- positionLocation or stance
- bracketSupport or category
division · seed · grade · classification · category · grouping · leaderboard · percentile
stratum
Horizontal layer of material
deck · sheet · stack · wedding-cake · cake · stadium · seating · balcony · mezzanine · gallery
subscription
Paid recurring access
- membershipState of belonging
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- packageWrapped item for delivery
premium · basic · standard · gold · silver · bronze · platinum · freemium · upgrade · downgrade
pyramid
Pointed polyhedral solid
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
system · echelon · level · upper · lower · middle · top · bottom · organizational · corporate
ranking
Ordered position assignment
bracket · division · seed · grade · classification · category · grouping · leaderboard · percentile · rating
loot
Stolen valuables
epic · rare · common · uncommon · mythic · drop · chest · unlock · progression · season
- classificationcategory, classification, group, cataloging, grouping
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- scalesweight, measure, balance, balance scale, digital scale
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- formationsline, circle, triangle, ring, spiral
tierequality
Same status for all
uniformity · parity · egalitarianism · level playing field · non-hierarchical
tierdisorder
Absence of organization
disorganization · chaos · jumble · randomness · mess
- top tierHighest rank possible
- tiered cake
- tiered seatingAscending rows for spectators
- tiered standStacked horizontal display structure
- tier listCategorical quality ranking
- god tierInformal superlative ranking