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

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. categorynoun

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.2 / 6 votes

  1. category

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

    Antonyms:
    essence, truth, being

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. categorynoun

    Synonyms:
    class, head, division, order, rank

  2. categorynoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. categorynoun

    Synonyms:
    class, state, condition, division, predicament

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "category":

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

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How to use category in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    No vaccine, at least not within this category, is going to have an indefinite amount of protection, inevitably, there will be a time when we'll have to give boosts. What we're doing literally on a weekly and monthly basis is following cohorts of patients to determine if, when and whom should get it. But right now at this moment, other than the immune compromised, we're not going to be giving boosters to people.

  2. Lynn Helms:

    North Dakota's been almost seven years since North Dakota oil producers've seen numbers that low in the permitting category.

  3. Bill Owens:

    The brandy guys have a long road to hoe, it’s definitely an interesting category. The flavors are fabulous.

  4. Samir Bhutada:

    Increasingly, we’ve seen this category being very fertile and growing in quite a few regions across the world.

  5. Clare Nullis:

    We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I’ve seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.


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