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. 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.

2. Marcelo Ebrard:

   It's very important to persevere, to specify, clarify and demand that measures are taken so that this is not repeated, and the first measure is to classify it for what it is, an act of terrorism that seeks to take Mexican lives.

3. Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya:

   I want to de-classify methamphetamine but Thailand is not ready yet.

4. Luis Elizondo:

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

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.