Synonyms for classify
ˈklæs əˌfaɪclas·si·fy

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1. classifyverb

   Antonyms:
   declassify

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. classify

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

   Antonyms:
   derange, confound, disorder, disorganize, intermix

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

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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How to use classify in a sentence?

1. Luis Elizondo:

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

2. Scott Sheppard:

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

3. Michela Menting:

   More than an actual criminal mastermind, he was what you would classify as a' lone actor' as opposed to an organized crime syndicate or state sponsored actor, his motivations appeared to be quite personal. ... He obviously had strong feelings about AIDS and AIDS research.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   That's not what I heard Director Comey say … Director Comey said that my answers were truthful and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails.

5. Christopher McCurdy:

   The whole dietary supplement industry is regulated to some extent, but it’s not really enforced because they don’t have enough people to oversee it, i think it’s going to be interesting to see what happens in the larger picture around what we classify as food or what would classify as dietary supplements, and what type of regulatory pathways are going to move forward.