Synonyms of sort

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noun

1

as in kind

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 & Similar Words

• kind
• type
• stripe
• genre
• variety
• breed
• nature
• description
• manner
• species
• kidney
• strain
• like
• order
• ilk
• class
• feather
• persuasion
• category
• model
• sample
• group
• grouping
• specimen
• family
• set
• bracket
• bunch
• suite
• lot
• division
• grade
• rank(s)

2

as in person

a member of the human race

he's a decent sort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• person
• guy
• man
• life
• thing
• creature
• individual
• being
• bird
• human
• soul
• body
• human being
• party
• duck
• character
• customer
• fish
• specimen
• baby
• personality
• scout
• egg
• mortal
• cookie
• personage
• devil
• face
• cooky
• son of man
• bod
• stiff
• wight
• fellow
• slob
• head
• somebody
• homo
• self
• brother
• neighbor
• celebrity
• hominid
• humanoid
• fellowman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animal
• beast
• brute
• critter
• beastie

sort

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verb (1)

1

as in to travel

to come or be together as friends

you should be careful about whom you sort with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travel
• associate
• mix
• run
• bond
• connect
• relate
• company
• collaborate
• join
• mingle
• take up with
• befriend
• hook up
• fall in with
• hang (around or out)
• rub shoulders (with)
• consort
• fraternize
• cooperate
• pal (around)
• friend
• group
• couple
• chum
• keep company (with)
• rub elbows (with)
• mess around
• get along
• tie
• consociate
• club
• rally
• team
• side
• link
• attach
• hobnob
• get on
• league
• ally
• interrelate
• gang
• band
• affiliate
• socialize
• confederate
• knot
• be friends with
• collude
• conjoin
• wed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• alienate
• split (up)
• split
• cold-shoulder
• disperse
• break up
• disband
• estrange
• dissociate
• sever
• divorce
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

2

as in to correspond

to be in agreement on every point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correspond
• coincide
• conform
• fit
• agree
• consist
• check
• answer
• rhyme
• go
• harmonize
• accord
• comport
• square
• match
• jibe
• fall in with
• cohere
• align
• tally
• dovetail
• parallel
• chord
• rime
• equal
• line up
• register
• aline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differ (from)
• disagree (with)
• contradict
• dispute
• conflict
• nullify
• negate
• jar
• gainsay
• clash

3

as in to classify

to arrange or assign according to type

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classify
• rank
• type
• distinguish
• group
• relegate
• place
• categorize
• separate
• grade
• distribute
• class
• list
• organize
• identify
• file
• range
• codify
• digest
• recognize
• compartmentalize
• peg
• compartment
• order
• break down
• refer
• assort
• catalog
• array
• systematize
• index
• cull
• dispose
• catalogue
• alphabetize
• draw up
• marshall
• pigeonhole
• shelve
• sift
• marshal
• clump
• sieve
• winnow
• cluster
• set
• reclassify
• screen
• regroup
• recategorize
• colligate
• subcategorize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lump
• confuse
• mix (up)
• jumble
• scramble
• disarrange
• misclassify
• mistype
• missort

sort (through)

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verb (2)

as in to search

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for

Synonyms & Similar Words

• search
• hunt (through)
• dig (through)
• scan
• find
• comb
• rifle
• rake
• locate
• survey
• explore
• scour
• investigate
• examine
• dredge
• inspect
• find out
• ransack
• troll
• rummage
• track (down)
• discover
• check (out)
• review
• run down
• pat down
• detect
• determine
• shake down
• hit (on or upon)
• glance (over)
• poke (around)
• audit
• ascertain
• learn
• scrutinize
• prospect
• look over
• grub (about)
• probe
• frisk
• ferret (out)
• study
• get
• scare up
• descry
• peruse
• browse
• snoop
• skirmish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hide
• abandon
• lose
• ignore
• neglect

Phrases Containing sort

• after a sort
• of a sort
• sort (through)
• sort of