Synonyms of codifies

codifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of codify

1

as in classifies

to arrange or assign according to type

codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in organizes

to put into a particular arrangement

the rules for the game were codified over a hundred years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifies
• organizes
• arranges
• orders
• systematizes
• disposes
• ranges
• lays out
• draws up
• aligns
• marshals
• arrays
• grooms
• places
• prioritizes
• lines
• displays
• straightens (up)
• files
• spruces (up)
• makes up
• sets
• sequences
• cues
• sets out
• alphabetizes
• maps (out)
• unscrambles
• tidies (up)
• queues
• lines up
• hierarchizes
• emplaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disorders
• upsets
• disarranges
• deranges
• messes (up)
• rumples
• musses (up)
• disarrays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of codifies

Still, other advocates called on Congress to pass a federal law that codifies online safety measures like the ones agreed to in the settlement that would apply across all social media platforms. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

The change isn’t new for Missourians and only codifies a rule Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway implemented in November. — Jack Harvel august 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

The list codifies 20 years of European court rulings, which is progress. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Another bill legally codifies Illinois’ existing policy allowing residents to update or select their gender marker on state IDs and driver’s licenses. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Buddha offers an egalitarian path to enlightenment; Confucius codifies a religion of learning; Augustine infuses Christianity with Plato and Aristotle; Martin Luther shifts spirituality inward; Duns Scotus separates belief from knowledge; William of Ockham cultivates equality under the law. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Sponsors of the legislation say that this bill essentially codifies existing rulings by the Public Employment Relations Board, which has previously issued decisions that employers infringed on union and employee rights by attempting to learn the content of their discussions. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026

The legislation codifies an executive order Reynolds issued last year. — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026

The reform, which formally codifies the policy into federal regulations, follows Duffy’s emergency action last September to end the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to truckers with unverified driving histories. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026