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

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

The hard part of high-risk compliance is finding every AI system in your organization and classifying it, and that inventory does not get easier by starting it in 2027. — Kuan Archer, Forbes.com, 18 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

There are also some questions about the legality of classifying current and future Florida homeowners differently. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Beyond the chikungunya virus, the CDC continually updates travel health notices for destinations around the world, classifying them from the lowest Level 1 to the highest Level 4. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026

Rather than classifying didymo as an invasive species, Taylor refers to the algae as a native species that has an invasive-like growth form. — Hannah Smith july 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026

The goal now is to get the children into foster care and eventually adopted, said officials, who are classifying the eldest as a minor despite being 18 because of her limitations. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026