Gradation Synonyms

grā-dāshən
The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hue
  2. shade
  3. tinge
  4. tint
  5. ablaut
A slight variation between nearly identical entities
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. step
  2. nuance
  3. stage
  4. grade
  5. scale
  6. shade
The act of arranging in grades
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. graduation
A gradual or barely perceptible change from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nuance

Words Related to Gradation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. degree
  2. colors
  3. big
  4. light-and-shade
  5. tonal

Gradation Sentence Examples

  • The physical properties of the alcohols exhibit a gradation with the increase of molecular weight.

  • The meaning of this singular contrast between the two animals may be that we have here an instance of an interesting gradation in evolution.

  • Actually not even in the most regular of feudal countries, like England or Germany, was there any fixed gradation of rank, titles or size.

  • The secondary septa show a regular gradation in size, and, assuming that the smallest were the most recently formed, it will be noticed that in the chief quadrants the youngest septa lie nearest to the main septum; in the other quadrants the youngest septa lie nearest to the alar septa.

  • He prepares the way, too, for a doctrine of evolution by his monistic idea of the substantial similarity of all things, inorganic and organic, bodily and spiritual, and still more by his conception of a perfect gradation of existence from the lowest " inanimate " objects, whose essential activity is confused representation, up to the highest organized beingman - with his clear intelligence.'

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