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type

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of type

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

what type of people do you generally hang out with?

Synonyms of type

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

Words Related to type

sample, specimen

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

2 one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

a music store that has a good selection of all types of music, not just pop, rock, and rap

Synonyms of type

bracket, category, class, classification, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier

Words Related to type

description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort

branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety

heading, label, title

Synonym Discussion of type

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

type

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of type

to arrange or assign according to type

type the birds by geographical range

Synonyms of type

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

Words Related to type

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 type

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

misclassify, missort, mistype

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