Synonyms of sorts

sorts 1 of 2

noun

plural of sort

1

as in types

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

• types
• kinds
• genres
• stripes
• varieties
• breeds
• descriptions
• natures
• species
• manners
• classes
• likes
• strains
• feathers
• kidneys
• persuasions
• orders
• ilks
• categories
• models
• groups
• samples
• specimens
• groupings
• families
• ranks
• brackets
• sets
• suites
• lots
• divisions
• grades
• bunches

2

as in things

a member of the human race

he's a decent sort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• things
• guys
• people
• lives
• men
• creatures
• individuals
• birds
• humans
• beings
• human beings
• souls
• parties
• bodies
• fish
• customers
• ducks
• specimens
• characters
• babies
• mortals
• personages
• personalities
• scouts
• faces
• eggs
• cookies
• devils
• bods
• stiffs
• wights
• sons of man
• heads
• fellows
• slobs
• neighbors
• brothers
• selves
• celebrities
• hominids
• humanoids
• homos
• somebodies
• fellowmen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

sorts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sort

1

as in travels

to come or be together as friends

you should be careful about whom you sort with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travels
• associates
• mixes
• connects
• runs
• bonds
• relates
• companies
• mingles
• joins
• collaborates
• consorts
• chums
• befriends
• groups
• hooks up
• takes up with
• friends
• rubs shoulders (with)
• fraternizes
• falls in with
• cooperates
• teams
• hangs (around or out)
• allies
• ties
• rubs elbows (with)
• links
• clubs
• keeps company (with)
• rallies
• couples
• hobnobs
• sides
• pals (around)
• messes around
• gangs
• consociates
• bands
• attaches
• interrelates
• socializes
• affiliates
• is friends with
• gets along
• conjoins
• leagues
• gets on
• knots
• colludes
• weds
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• estranges
• splits
• disperses
• cold-shoulders
• splits (up)
• breaks up
• divorces
• severs
• disbands
• dissociates
• sunders
• disunites
• disjoins

2

as in coincides

to be in agreement on every point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coincides
• corresponds
• consists
• conforms
• fits
• agrees
• checks
• answers
• squares
• comports
• accords
• goes
• harmonizes
• dovetails
• tallies
• rhymes
• matches
• jibes
• parallels
• aligns
• coheres
• chords
• falls in with
• equals
• registers
• lines up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differs (from)
• disagrees (with)
• contradicts
• disputes
• conflicts
• negates
• nullifies
• clashes
• jars
• gainsays

3

as in classifies

to arrange or assign according to type

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sorts

Noun

But Clemson reeled the Tar Heels back in, slowing down a rushing attack led by Benjamin Hall (130 rushing yards) and making quarterback Billy Edwards, by the end, look flustered and out of sorts. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026

For the past half decade, private equity firms of all sorts have sought new ways into college sports amid mounting opposition from many fans and trustees. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026

For cadres and others subject to rectification, the process sorts who is in and who has fallen out of the good graces of party leaders. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

With Culpepper still out of sorts, the Twins opted to rest him Saturday. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The period included two incomplete passes to Thornton, who looked a little more out of sorts than usual throughout this particular day. — Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

Rowley sorts items by what needs to go outside, what needs to go in another room, and what needs to be discarded. — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026

Collectors of all sorts — watches, sneakers, baseball cards — are drawn to lore more than anything. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Even Rebecca Allen, who again entered the starting lineup with the team dealing with injuries, imposed her will, knocking down three treys as a result of the fluid offense getting the opponent out of sorts. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Cat Fanciers' Association sorts cat coats into both color and pattern. — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed. — Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

Inside that habit, culture sorts itself. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

This sorts the power and braking between all four wheels in a fraction of a second to maximize the car’s agility. — New Atlas, 21 June 2026

Twice a month, the organization accepts clothing and textile donations, which the RicRack team sorts on site. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 May 2026

This analysis was aided by the use of BTInsights, an AI open-end coding software that sorts responses into similar categories. — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 27 May 2026

Is there a law that sorts that out for us? — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026

The equipment uses an AI scanner to read the composition of such textiles and sorts them by fibers, after which they can be recycled. — Tian MacLeod Ji, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing sorts

• of sorts
• out of sorts