Synonyms for classification
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Categorization
2. Compartmentalization
Other
category, designation, taxonomy, grouping, species, classing, distribution, genus, order, arrangement
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
Near-synonyms: categorization, classifying, categorizing, typing, sorting
Related words
- Phrases
- classification yard
Forms
- Plural
- classifications → categorizations, sortings, typings, compartmentalizations…
Example sentences
- typing My neck hurts from typing on the computer all day.
- sorting I spent several days sorting through her papers.
- categorization Judaism defies easy categorization.
- category His latest work belongs to a different category.
- designation They do not preach by name or designation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| classification | falling | |
| typing | steady | |
| sorting | steady | |
| categorization | rising | |
| compartmentalization | rising | |
| category | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- order2, genus2
- 6 letters
- typing2
- 7 letters
- species2, sorting2
- 8 letters
- category4, grouping2, taxonomy4, classing2
- 10 letters
- assortment3
- 11 letters
- arrangement3, designation4
- 12 letters
- distribution4
- 14 letters
- categorization6, categorisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- classification
- Italiano
- classificazione
- Deutsch
- Klassifizierung
- Català
- classificació