Synonyms of categorizes

categorizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of categorize

as in classifies

to arrange or assign according to type

categorized the questions by topic

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of categorizes

It is based on the three-month average that categorizes El Niño as weak, moderate, strong or very strong. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

This framework categorizes decisions as simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic. — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Jakarta, meanwhile, is hoping not to move — there’s a risk the index provider categorizes it as a Frontier Market from an Emerging Market. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 June 2026

To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions. — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Smith has also raised concerns about those complaints the commission never sees because internal affairs categorizes them as informal or frivolous. — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026

In the state of Arkansas, lawmakers worked across the aisle on a bold bill that categorizes kids recruited into gangs and coerced into committing crimes as victims. — Ana Zamora, Time, 3 June 2026

Cook Political Report categorizes the governor's race as a toss-up with a slight Republican advantage. — Saige Miller, NPR, 2 June 2026

Diagnosis categorizes, but management prioritizes Experienced doctors do not assess each patient from scratch. — Andrew Parsons, The Conversation, 1 June 2026