Synonyms of classifying

classifying

verb

present participle of classify

1

as in ranking

to arrange or assign according to type

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in organizing

to put into a particular arrangement

classify the information you got from the Internet by source

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organizing
• arranging
• ordering
• disposing
• systematizing
• codifying
• ranging
• placing
• arraying
• marshaling
• laying out
• drawing up
• grooming
• aligning
• displaying
• filing
• prioritizing
• lining
• sequencing
• straightening (up)
• making up
• queuing
• setting
• alphabetizing
• cuing
• tidying (up)
• lining up
• setting out
• emplacing
• sprucing (up)
• mapping (out)
• hierarchizing
• unscrambling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upsetting
• disarranging
• disordering
• deranging
• messing (up)
• rumpling
• mussing (up)
• disarraying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of classifying

Researchers also used measurements from the devices to create a simulation for classifying videos of moving handwritten digits. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Each one handles a discrete chunk of work, such as identifying a company website, classifying information, evaluating relationship signals or ranking relevant content. — Gary Kotovets, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

When a government committee chaired by Oppenheimer recommended strongly against the development of the H-bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission buried the report by classifying it as secret. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

The previous way of classifying heart attacks didn’t have enough nuance. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2026

The following conversation touches on Rock's latest project and process, writing young characters and classifying his own work into a genre. — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Edwards and Magee spent decades classifying them, and the most important distinction is between a breakaway gap and everything else. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

In addition to being arbitrary, reductionist, and biased, classifying individuals as obese or overweight based on a single number ignores many complexities about body fat. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026

Within that, the number of people classifying themselves as employed fell 87k while the number of people classifying themselves as unemployed fell 178k. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026