🔄 Synonyms of "Sort"
12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| kindnoun | Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others. |
| formnoun | (heading, physical) To do with shape. |
| varietynoun | (countable) A collection or number of different things. |
| separateverb | (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. |
| classnoun | (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. |
| sievenoun | A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. |
| screennoun | A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. |
| sort outverb | (transitive) To fix (a problem). |
| assortverb | (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class. |
| classifyverb | to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize |
| sortingnoun | Ordering. |
| screen outverb | (transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sort"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| classifyverb | to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize |
| assortverb | (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class. |
| classnoun | (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. |
| formnoun | (heading, physical) To do with shape. |
| kindnoun | A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. |
| sort outverb | (transitive) To fix (a problem). |
| varietynoun | (countable) A collection or number of different things. |
| separatenoun | (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. |
| screennoun | A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. |
| screen outverb | (transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively. |
| sievenoun | A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. |
| sorternoun | A machine or algorithm that performs sorting. |
| sortationnoun | (countable) A process or instance of sorting. |
| ordernoun | (countable) A command. |
| orderingnoun | (uncountable) The placement of an order for goods or services. |
| organizeverb | (transitive) To arrange in working order. |
| triagenoun | (medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury). |
| arrangenoun | (music, Japan) rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement |
| arrangingnoun | Arrangement. |
| classifiednoun | (informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine. |
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