Synonyms for category
ˈkæt ɪˌgɔr i, -ˌgoʊr icat·e·go·ry

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1. categorynoun

   Synonyms:
   genus, race, order, tribe, kingdom, phylum, group, class, family, type

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1. category

   Synonyms:
   state, kind, predicament, condition, nature, order, mode, sort, class

   Antonyms:
   essence, truth, being

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1. class, category, familynoun

   a collection of things sharing a common attribute

   "there are two classes of detergents"

   Synonyms:
   kinsperson, mob, form, family unit, kinfolk, grade, division, family line, year, class, home, course of instruction, kinsfolk, course of study, family, social class, house, syndicate, crime syndicate, folk, socio-economic class, menage, household, fellowship, sept, kin, phratry, stratum, course

2. categorynoun

   a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

   Synonyms:
   family, class

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1. categorynoun

   Synonyms:
   class, head, division, order, rank

2. categorynoun

   Synonyms:
   predicament, plight, condition, case, state, situation

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1. categorynoun

   Synonyms:
   class, state, condition, division, predicament

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1. List of paraphrases for "category":

   class, categories, grade, heading, type, level, classes, group, catégorie, box, rank, tier, status, kind

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1. Adolf Hitler:

   The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

2. Donald H. Rumsfeld:

   Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - - the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.

3. Jonathan Feeney:

   Anytime a savvy retailer enters the category, I think the existing players have to question if their price architecture is right, particularly when someone enters the private label side of the category.

4. Mike Kallenberger:

   The craft category would not be what it is today if craft brewers had n’t collaborated, this category grew almost entirely by word-of-mouth, with virtually no advertising at all. The more they helped each other, the more people drank Big Beer.

5. Al Gore:

   It is relatively easy now to design and build zero carbon buildings. The savings in energy, material costs and the reductions in global warming pollution are not minor. We’re talking about 50, 60, 70, 80 even 90 percent savings in category after category.