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

Famous for their aromatic leaves and fast growth rates, mints of all sorts naturally repel an assortment of garden pests and keep ants away, too1. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026

While Ishmael may pause before coffin-warehouses—coffins, of all sorts, become a major leitmotif of the novel—or even talk of committing suicide, his tone is wry, even ironic. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

As researcher Ahmad Nuril Huda writes, like many minorities of all sorts in many different places, Indonesian feminists have benefited from the ability to talk to each other across geographical boundaries using the internet. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 June 2026

Ser Simon had been an ally of sorts to Aemond's arch-nemesis, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith). — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Beckham might be an inspiration of sorts, but Kane is the one leading the way and now has three goals going into the knockout stage. — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

The song has become a 2026 World Cup anthem of sorts for the England national team — even prompting Noel, who wrote the hit, to weigh in. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026

Source material that will serve as the basis is Fortune’s sequel book of sorts, One Golden Summer, which focuses on Charlie Florek’s (Michael Bradway) love story. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 June 2026

Positioned in a valley in the highlands of eastern Ukraine, Kramatorsk and neighboring Sloviansk came under heavy aerial bombardment after the full-scale invasion of 2022, but became an oasis of sorts for Ukrainian troops as fire moved elsewhere. — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 27 June 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