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. Pete Werner:

   Their hotels are built to exceed Florida building codes so they're built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, it's a self-contained city.

2. Luca Maestri:

   Our December quarter business performance was fueled by double-digit growth in each product category, which drove all-time revenue records in each of our geographic segments and an all-time high for our installed base of active devices.

3. Tim Dixon:

   And maybe that's the blueprint for a future candidate, it's to speak to the values that the country shares and to say we're more than just a demographic category. We're more than just a political partisan.

4. Ted Kaczynski:

   Quite frankly, if you’re going to strictly put it in the category of manhunt or wanted person, probably with the exception of Osama Bin Laden … it may still be to this day that the unabomber manhunt was the most expensive one in law enforcement, criminal justice history.

5. Mohamed El-Erian:

   Countries are pursuing their domestic objectives almost regardless of the international consequences, you see this most clearly on the currency front, where with the exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries hopes to weaken their currencies. I would put the Bank of Japan action in that category.