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. Brian Corvino:

   Oncology is a go-big-or-go-home category, the amount of investment to develop and commercialize oncology drugs is massive and only becomes efficient at a certain scale.

2. Ted Kallmyer:

   While the amounts are still much higher than what we experts recommend as a safe daily amount (400 mg), this group of people has, over time, built up their caffeine tolerance and/or their livers process caffeine really well so it doesn't affect them adversely, however, the problem with these products is that they can inadvertently be consumed by people who are not in the targeted category.

3. Quinta Brunson:

   They are the best, and they are so f—ing funny all the time, y’all, i’m in awe of all of them at every single turn and we just want to say thank you and [we’re] honored to be in the category with such amazing shows with amazing actors, peers of ours.

4. Stephen Shanley:

   We believe we are in the early innings of what will be an extended period of significant growth in the low-code application development market, and we are excited to be backing a category leader like OutSystems.

5. Central Valley.Despite Birx:

   Although we're seeing improvements in some of the red states and some of the states have actually moved from being in a red category -- that was more than 10 % test positivity -- to under 10 %, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia moved back into the yellow states status, their work needs to continue to intensify to continue to bring down case counts.