Entry Word: sort

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common <I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons>

Synonyms breed, class, description, feather, ilk, kind, like, manner, nature, order, type

Related Words model; sample, specimen; bracket, category, division, family, grade, group, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set

2 a member of the human race <he's a decent sort> — see human