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sort

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sort

1 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons

Synonyms of sort

breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order, species, strain, stripe, type, variety

Words Related to sort

sample, specimen

bracket, bunch, category, division, family, grade, group, grouping, lot, persuasion, rank(s), set, suite

2 a member of the human race

he's a decent sort

Synonyms of sort

baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Words Related to sort

hominid, homo, humanoid

brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor

celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Phrases Synonymous with sort

son of man

Near Antonyms of sort

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

Synonym Discussion of sort

type, kind, sort, nature, description, character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities. type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group.

- one of three basic body types

kind may suggest natural grouping.

- a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind

sort often suggests some disparagement.

- the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories

nature may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses.

- two problems of a similar nature

description implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined.

- not all acts of that description are actually illegal

character implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type.

- research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character

sort

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sort

1 to come or be together as friends

you should be careful about whom you sort with

Synonyms of sort

associate, chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, pal (around), run, travel

Words Related to sort

affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed

befriend, friend

Phrases Synonymous with sort

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with

Near Antonyms of sort

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

2 to be in agreement on every point

that doesn't sort with what you said the last time

Synonyms of sort

accord, agree, answer, check, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), square, tally

Words Related to sort

equal, match, parallel

align (also aline), line up, register

Phrases Synonymous with sort

fall in with

Near Antonyms of sort

contradict, dispute, gainsay

negate, nullify

clash, conflict, jar

Antonyms of sort

differ (from), disagree (with)

3 to arrange or assign according to type

sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out

Synonyms of sort

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

Words Related to sort

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 sort

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

misclassify, missort, mistype

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