Synonyms for classify
Most common
sort organize categorize assort evaluate sub-divide relegate tabulate
Definitions
- v. 1
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
Related words
- Word family
- classifiable class classification
- Is a kind of
- identify
Forms
- Past participle
- classified
e.g. classified → categorized, sorted, classed, distributed…
Example sentences
- sort It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.
- organize They are trying to organize a new political party.
- categorize You shouldn't categorize all Muslims as murderers.
- evaluate How does Yanni evaluate his friendship with Skura?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| classify | steady | |
| sort | rising | |
| organize | steady | |
| categorize | rising | |
| assort | falling | |
| evaluate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sort1, mark1, rank1
- 5 letters
- group1, class1, range1, label2, gauge1
- 6 letters
- digest2, winnow2, assort2
- 7 letters
- arrange2, dispose2
- 8 letters
- separate3, organize3, evaluate4, organise, relegate3, tabulate3
- 10 letters
- distribute3, categorize4, categorise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (label2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- classifier
- Español
- clasificar
- Deutsch
- klassifizieren