Synonyms for categorical
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unconditional — absolute; having no exception
unconditional, absolute, unqualified, explicit, out-and-out, emphatic, distinct, dogmatic, complete, utter, positive, express, direct, total, definitive, peremptory, plain, flat, decided, downright, categoric, categorial
Definitions
- adj. 1
Absolute; having no exception.
Related words
- Word family
- categorically
- Phrases
- categorical product categorical variable
Example sentences
- absolute It's an absolute waste of time to wait any longer.
- explicit In the English text, there are more explicit elements.
- unconditional An unconditional love is love without coercion.
- unqualified Beth is unqualified for such a responsible post.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| categorical | steady | |
| absolute | steady | |
| explicit | rising | |
| unconditional | rising | |
| unqualified | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- flat1
- 5 letters
- total2, plain1, utter2
- 6 letters
- direct2
- 7 letters
- decided3, express2
- 8 letters
- complete2, positive3, absolute3, distinct2, explicit3, emphatic3, dogmatic3
- 9 letters
- downright2, categoric
- 10 letters
- definitive4, peremptory4, categorial
- 11 letters
- unqualified4
- 13 letters
- unconditional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (total2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- catégorique
- Italiano
- categorico
- Español
- tajante
- Deutsch
- kategorisch