Synonyms of categorizing

categorizing

verb

present participle of categorize

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type

categorized the questions by topic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• ranking
• distinguishing
• grouping
• relegating
• sorting
• separating
• distributing
• grading
• typing
• placing
• identifying
• organizing
• classing
• filing
• listing
• codifying
• recognizing
• digesting
• ranging
• assorting
• pegging
• compartmentalizing
• referring
• cataloging
• alphabetizing
• ordering
• systematizing
• compartmenting
• disposing
• breaking down
• culling
• indexing
• arraying
• shelving
• sifting
• reclassifying
• marshaling
• pigeonholing
• drawing up
• sieving
• winnowing
• regrouping
• clustering
• clumping
• screening
• recategorizing
• setting
• subcategorizing
• colligating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumping
• scrambling
• confusing
• mixing (up)
• jumbling
• disarranging
• misclassifying
• mistyping
• missorting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of categorizing

Drawing on her background in cultural anthropology, Cathy Orr, cofounder of The Uncluttered Life, says grouping similar items is a natural inclination and that humans make sense of their environment by categorizing it. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 7 Nov. 2026

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday rejected the idea that election monitors being deployed to polls during the midterm elections will be armed, categorizing the notion as fearmongering and false. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Some of the recent gains came from re-categorizing conservation agreements that had already existed. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Zentist helps office staff stay on top of every claim by automatically categorizing insurance denials and adjustments. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Those guidelines are much more attractive to taxpayers than those categorizing their income as gambling. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 July 2026

Currently, basic Medicare, the public health insurer of many adults over 65, does not cover grab bars, categorizing them like nonslip flooring or bathtub seats as convenience items rather than medical necessities. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

To streamline the private-public partnership and ensure the most rapid response to the biggest risks, Anthropic said the AI industry’s goal should be categorizing risks to ensure proper interventions both internally and from the government. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

The agency stopped categorizing the causes of death in March of last year. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026