compartmentalize

compartmentalize

verb

Definition of COMPARTMENTALIZE

to arrange or assign according to type <we shouldn't compartmentalize the students into such restrictive categories as scholar and athlete, which are not mutually exclusive>

Synonyms assort, break down, categorize, class, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type

Related Words array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer; pigeonhole, shelve; identify, recognize; cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow; clump, cluster, colligate; recategorize, reclassify, regroup; subcategorize

Near Antonyms confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble; misclassify, missort, mistype