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compartmentalize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of compartmentalize

to arrange or assign according to type

we shouldn't compartmentalize the students into such restrictive categories as scholar and athlete, which are not mutually exclusive

Synonyms of compartmentalize

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

Words Related to compartmentalize

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 compartmentalize

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

misclassify, missort, mistype

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