PIGEONHOLE Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

as in to categorize

disapproving to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed.

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pigeonhole

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noun

as in cubbyhole

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Verb

Although many welcome the opportunity to serve in positions that utilize their particular knowledge of a language or culture—which might be in the increasingly polyglot and cosmopolitan cities of Europe and the Persian Gulf—none want to be pigeonholed. —

Matthew Connelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023 Barry is a writer who refuses to be pigeonholed, one whose novels feature fresh displays of stylistic dexterity and explore different fictional terrain. —

Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 7 July 2024

Noun

Entertaining—and admittedly not too significant—statements can be derived from the pigeonhole principle. —

Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023 No doubt the actress has also been misunderstood, having to escape a pigeonhole that her beloved April put her in. —

Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for pigeonhole

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