Synonyms of sort

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noun (1)

ˈsȯrt 

1

as in kind

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 & Similar Words

• kind
• type
• stripe
• genre
• variety
• breed
• nature
• description
• manner
• species
• kidney
• strain
• like
• order
• ilk
• class
• feather
• persuasion
• category
• model
• sample
• group
• grouping
• specimen
• family
• set
• bracket
• bunch
• suite
• lot
• division
• grade
• rank(s)

2

as in person

a member of the human race

he's a decent sort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• person
• guy
• man
• life
• thing
• creature
• individual
• being
• bird
• human
• soul
• body
• human being
• party
• duck
• character
• customer
• fish
• specimen
• baby
• personality
• scout
• egg
• mortal
• cookie
• personage
• devil
• face
• cooky
• son of man
• bod
• stiff
• wight
• fellow
• slob
• head
• somebody
• homo
• self
• brother
• neighbor
• celebrity
• hominid
• humanoid
• fellowman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animal
• beast
• brute
• critter
• beastie

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verb (1)

1

as in to travel

to come or be together as friends

you should be careful about whom you sort with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travel
• associate
• mix
• run
• bond
• connect
• relate
• company
• collaborate
• join
• mingle
• take up with
• befriend
• hook up
• fall in with
• hang (around or out)
• rub shoulders (with)
• consort
• fraternize
• cooperate
• pal (around)
• friend
• group
• couple
• chum
• keep company (with)
• rub elbows (with)
• mess around
• get along
• tie
• consociate
• club
• rally
• team
• side
• link
• attach
• hobnob
• get on
• league
• ally
• interrelate
• gang
• band
• affiliate
• socialize
• confederate
• knot
• be friends with
• collude
• conjoin
• wed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• alienate
• split (up)
• split
• cold-shoulder
• disperse
• break up
• disband
• estrange
• dissociate
• sever
• divorce
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

2

as in to correspond

to be in agreement on every point

that doesn't sort with what you said the last time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correspond
• coincide
• conform
• fit
• agree
• consist
• check
• answer
• rhyme
• go
• harmonize
• accord
• comport
• square
• match
• jibe
• fall in with
• cohere
• align
• tally
• dovetail
• parallel
• chord
• rime
• equal
• line up
• register
• aline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differ (from)
• disagree (with)
• contradict
• dispute
• conflict
• nullify
• negate
• jar
• gainsay
• clash

3

as in to classify

to arrange or assign according to type

sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classify
• rank
• type
• distinguish
• group
• relegate
• place
• categorize
• separate
• grade
• distribute
• class
• list
• organize
• identify
• file
• range
• codify
• digest
• recognize
• compartmentalize
• peg
• compartment
• order
• break down
• refer
• assort
• catalog
• array
• systematize
• index
• cull
• dispose
• catalogue
• alphabetize
• draw up
• marshall
• pigeonhole
• shelve
• sift
• marshal
• clump
• sieve
• winnow
• cluster
• set
• reclassify
• screen
• regroup
• recategorize
• colligate
• subcategorize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lump
• confuse
• mix (up)
• jumble
• scramble
• disarrange
• misclassify
• mistype
• missort

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noun (2)

plural of sort

1

as in types

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 & Similar Words

• types
• kinds
• genres
• stripes
• varieties
• breeds
• descriptions
• natures
• species
• manners
• classes
• likes
• strains
• feathers
• kidneys
• persuasions
• orders
• ilks
• categories
• models
• groups
• samples
• specimens
• groupings
• families
• ranks
• brackets
• sets
• suites
• lots
• divisions
• grades
• bunches

2

as in things

a member of the human race

he's a decent sort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• things
• guys
• people
• lives
• men
• creatures
• individuals
• birds
• humans
• beings
• human beings
• souls
• fishes
• parties
• bodies
• fish
• customers
• ducks
• specimens
• characters
• babies
• mortals
• personages
• personalities
• scouts
• faces
• eggs
• cookies
• devils
• bods
• stiffs
• wights
• sons of man
• fellows
• heads
• slobs
• brethren
• neighbors
• brothers
• selves
• celebrities
• hominids
• humanoids
• homos
• somebodies
• fellowmen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

sorts

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of sort

1

as in travels

to come or be together as friends

you should be careful about whom you sort with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travels
• associates
• mixes
• connects
• runs
• bonds
• relates
• companies
• mingles
• joins
• collaborates
• consorts
• chums
• befriends
• groups
• hooks up
• takes up with
• friends
• rubs shoulders (with)
• fraternizes
• falls in with
• cooperates
• teams
• hangs (around or out)
• allies
• ties
• rubs elbows (with)
• links
• clubs
• keeps company (with)
• rallies
• couples
• hobnobs
• sides
• pals (around)
• messes around
• gangs
• consociates
• bands
• attaches
• interrelates
• socializes
• affiliates
• is friends with
• gets along
• conjoins
• leagues
• gets on
• knots
• colludes
• weds
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• estranges
• splits
• disperses
• cold-shoulders
• splits (up)
• breaks up
• divorces
• severs
• disbands
• dissociates
• sunders
• disunites
• disjoins

2

as in corresponds

to be in agreement on every point

that doesn't sort with what you said the last time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponds
• coincides
• consists
• conforms
• fits
• agrees
• checks
• answers
• squares
• comports
• rhymes
• goes
• accords
• harmonizes
• dovetails
• tallies
• matches
• jibes
• parallels
• aligns
• coheres
• chords
• rimes
• falls in with
• equals
• registers
• alines
• lines up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differs (from)
• disagrees (with)
• contradicts
• disputes
• conflicts
• negates
• nullifies
• clashes
• jars
• gainsays

3

as in classifies

to arrange or assign according to type

sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifies
• types
• ranks
• groups
• distinguishes
• relegates
• separates
• places
• grades
• classes
• lists
• categorizes
• distributes
• ranges
• identifies
• files
• organizes
• digests
• recognizes
• codifies
• compartments
• pegs
• compartmentalizes
• assorts
• refers
• orders
• breaks down
• catalogs
• indexes
• catalogues
• systematizes
• disposes
• culls
• alphabetizes
• shelves
• arrays
• marshals
• sifts
• clumps
• marshalls
• draws up
• clusters
• pigeonholes
• winnows
• regroups
• screens
• sets
• reclassifies
• sieves
• colligates
• recategorizes
• subcategorizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confuses
• lumps
• jumbles
• mixes (up)
• scrambles
• disarranges
• misclassifies
• missorts
• mistypes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sort

Noun

The Europeans are in a contest, of sorts, with other very large telescope construction projects. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025

John Cena is back as the low-key nicest antihero (of sorts) in the comic book business; with him are trusty sidekicks Eagly and Vigilante (Freddie Stroma). —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025

Verb

Tasks are sorted by significance, urgency and impact. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

Resilient future When haulers drop off food waste at the Green Era Campus warehouse, a machine sorts it and removes any packaging. —Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025

Phrases Containing sort

• after a sort
• of a sort
• sort (through)
• sort of