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. State Department:

   The State Department will be denying in full seven email chains, found in 22 documents representing 37 pages, the documents are being upgraded at the request of the Intelligence Community because they contain a category of Top Secret information ... These documents were not marked classified at the time they were sent.

2. Billy Bob Faulkingham:

   There's a lot of disturbing trends in the food category, with the power and control that corporations are taking over our food, we want to protect people's ability to grow gardens, grow and raise their own food.

3. Robert Brown:

   We are disappointed and concerned by statements that reduce individuals to stereotypes on the basis of a broad category such as sex, race, or ethnicity, Brown wrote in a blast e-mail to the Boston University community. I believe Dr. Grundy’s remarks fit this characterization.

4. Clare Nullis:

   We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I’ve seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.

5. Mark Yeh:

   Faith-based cruising has been a growing category for EO for a number of years, eO Tours has seen year-over-year growth in cruising for more than five years. This includes domestic and Mediterranean cruises. We added faith-based European river cruises with AmaWaterways over four years ago, and bookings have grown every year.