glass ceiling
noun [C usually singular]Definition
› a point after which you cannot go, usually in improving your position at work: Various reasons are given for the apparent glass ceiling women hit in many professions.Range and limits
(Definition of glass ceiling noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all the way to idiom
- ambit noun
- band noun (RANGE)
- bound noun (LIMIT)
- boundary noun
- condition noun (AGREED LIMIT)
- limit noun
- limited adjective
- narrow adjective (LIMITED)
- narrowly adverb
- parameter noun
- specialized adjective
- spectrum noun (RANGE)
- spread noun (AREA COVERED)
- stretch noun (GO PAST)
- stricture noun (LIMIT)
- strings attached idiom
- term noun (RULES)
- the gamut noun
- threshold noun (LEVEL)
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