Synonyms of classify

classify

verb

ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 

1

as in to rank

to arrange or assign according to type

classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rank
• distinguish
• categorize
• relegate
• group
• distribute
• type
• grade
• identify
• sort
• separate
• organize
• place
• recognize
• codify
• class
• compartmentalize
• list
• file
• digest
• refer
• range
• peg
• order
• assort
• catalog
• systematize
• dispose
• break down
• compartment
• alphabetize
• index
• cull
• reclassify
• array
• draw up
• shelve
• pigeonhole
• sift
• marshal
• winnow
• clump
• sieve
• regroup
• cluster
• set
• recategorize
• subcategorize
• screen
• colligate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lump
• confuse
• mix (up)
• scramble
• disarrange
• jumble
• misclassify
• mistype
• missort

2

as in to organize

to put into a particular arrangement

classify the information you got from the Internet by source

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organize
• arrange
• order
• codify
• systematize
• dispose
• draw up
• array
• range
• lay out
• marshal
• place
• align
• groom
• prioritize
• sequence
• display
• make up
• file
• straighten (up)
• set
• line
• spruce (up)
• set out
• line up
• tidy (up)
• cue
• alphabetize
• queue
• unscramble
• hierarchize
• map (out)
• emplace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upset
• disarray
• disarrange
• derange
• disorder
• mess (up)
• muss (up)
• rumple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of classify

Among the drugs classified as Schedule III are ketamine, anabolic steroids and Tylenol with codeine. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

The highest levels of the federal government are paying attention to a list of people who have gone missing or died, citing concerns about their connections to scientific research, some of it potentially classified. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026

Li’s bet is that machines need to inhabit a model of three-dimensional reality, not merely classify it. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

This species was discovered in the 1970s but wasn’t formally classified until 2006. —Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026