| Main Entry: | genre/genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, class |
Synonyms: |
brand, category, character, classification, fashion, group, kind, school, sort, species, style |
| Main Entry: | genre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
Synonyms: |
brand, category, character, class, classification, fashion, genus, group, kind, school, sort, species, style |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
Synonyms: |
branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety |
| Main Entry: | description |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, kind |
Synonyms: |
brand, breed, category, character, classification, feather, genre, genus, ilk, kidney, nature, order, sort, species, stripe, type, variety |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
Synonyms: |
ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
Synonyms: |
brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, subfamily, variety |
| Notes: | species is a subgroup of genus and you capitalize a genus, but not a species (which is properly pronounced SPEE-sheez) |
| Main Entry: | manner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, approach |
Synonyms: |
consuetude, custom, fashion, form, genre, habit, habitude, line, means, mode, modus, practice, procedure, process, routine, style, system, tack, technique, tenor, tone, trick, usage, use, vein, way, wise, wont |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
Synonyms: |
bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, line, nature, pecking order, pigeonhole, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, taxonomic group, type |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashion, manner |
Synonyms: |
appearance, approach, bearing, behavior, carriage, characteristic, cup of tea, custom, cut*, description, design, druthers, flash*, form, genre, groove*, habit, hand, idiosyncrasy, kind, method, mode, number, pattern, peculiarity, rage*, sort, spirit, strain, technique, tenor, thing*, tone, trait, trend, type, variety, vein, vogue, way |
| Main Entry: | type |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, kind |
Synonyms: |
blazon, brand, breed, cast, category, character, classification, cut, description, feather, form, genre, group, ilk, likes, lot, mold, nature, number, order, persuasion, rubric, sample, sort, species, specimen, stamp, standard, strain, subdivision, variety, way |