Synonyms for classify
ˈklæs əˌfaɪclas·si·fy

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1. classifyverb

   Antonyms:
   declassify

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1. classify

   Synonyms:
   adjust, array, assort, dispose, group, order, place, put in order, put in place, set in order, sort

   Antonyms:
   confuse, crowd out, derange, disarrange, displace, disturb, jumble, mislay, misplace, remove, unsettle

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1. classify

   Synonyms:
   arrange, systematize, adjust, rank, class, tabulate, dispose, collocate, assort

   Antonyms:
   derange, confound, disorder, disorganize, intermix

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1. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb

   arrange or order by classes or categories

   "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, associate, single out, split up, shed light on, crystalise, differentiate, sieve, divide, crystalize, fall apart, part, crystallise, carve up, sort, severalize, consort, split, come apart, separate, correct, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, affiliate, class, illuminate, clear, discriminate, discipline, branch, secern, screen out, elucidate, screen, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, relegate, disunite, straighten out, tell, break, sort out, ramify, fork, break up, secernate

   Antonyms:
   declassify

2. classifyverb

   declare unavailable, as for security reasons

   "Classify these documents"

   Synonyms:
   assort, relegate, sort, class, separate, sort out

   Antonyms:
   declassify

3. relegate, classifyverb

   assign to a class or kind

   "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

   Synonyms:
   kick downstairs, bump, assort, pass on, bar, class, banish, demote, separate, sort, sort out, break, relegate, submit

   Antonyms:
   declassify

Matched Categories

1. • Assign
   • Restrict

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1. classifyverb

   Synonyms:
   arrange, class, distribute, dispose, form into classes, reduce to order

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1. List of paraphrases for "classify":

   classifying, categorize, rank, classified, classification, sort, ranking, categorise, categorizing, classifiable

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1. Med Jones:

   Unlike many in the investment community, I classify gold and other high volatility assets as speculative investments, so although I would invest in gold, I would keep its share of the portfolio to minimum and would monitor them closely.

2. Democratic House manager Zoe Lofgren:

   I've read that testimony, i'll just say that a cover-up is not a proper reason to classify a document.

3. Eric Adams:

   People want to classify me, but because I'm complicated, it's difficult to put me in a box, i support closing Rikers( Island jail) but also support closing the pipeline that feeds Rikers.

4. Luis Elizondo:

   That fact is not something any government or institution should classify in order to keep secret from the people.

5. Scott Sheppard:

   We can't really classify the object yet, as we don't know its orbit.