Synonyms for classify
ˈklæs əˌfaɪ

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1. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate(verb)

   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. classify(verb)

   declare unavailable, as for security reasons

   "Classify these documents"

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

   Antonyms:
   declassify

3. relegate, classify(verb)

   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

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1. classify(verb)

   Antonyms:
   declassify

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. classify

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

   Antonyms:
   derange, confound, disorder, disorganize, intermix

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1. classify(v. a.)

   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. Nova Scotia:

   I would classify it as a group of individuals that had some beliefs and were willing to carry out violent acts against citizens, but there's nothing in the investigation to classify it as a terrorist attack, i can tell you that it's not culturally based.

3. Luis Elizondo:

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

4. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

   He’s definitely a starter. You do n’t classify a player of that quality as anything else, we have plenty of starters. More than 11 and that’s the thing when you’re at Manchester United.

5. Rados Djurovic:

   To classify a whole nation as economic migrants is not a principle recognized in international law, we risk violating human rights and asylum law.

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