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classify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of classify

1 to arrange or assign according to type

classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity

Synonyms of classify

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

Words Related to classify

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

Near Antonyms of classify

confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble

misclassify, missort, mistype

2 to put into a particular arrangement

classify the information you got from the Internet by source

Synonyms of classify

arrange, array, codify, dispose, draw up, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize

Words Related to classify

groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)

align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue

alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence

emplace, place, set

display, map (out), set out

Antonyms of classify

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset

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