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| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish; with panache |
| Synonyms: | chic, classy, dashing, fashionable, fine, fly*, foxy*, sharp |
| Antonyms: | plain, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | account, allot, appraise, assess, assign, assort, brand, classify, codify, consider, designate, divide, evaluate, gauge, grade, group, hold, identify, judge, mark, part, pigeonhole*, rank, rate, reckon, regard, score, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, hierarchy, humor, ilk, 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, grouping, kidney |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order*, pedigree, pigeonhole*, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, tier, title, bourgeoisie, cultural level, intelligentsia, social rank, the right stuff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group in school |
| Synonyms: | academy, course, division, form, grade, line, recitation, room, round table, section, seminar, session, study, study group, subdivision, subject, colloquium, course of study, homeroom, lecture group, quiz group, seminary |
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class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain., kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin., manner, description, denomination, designation, character, stamp; predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification., similarity [more].
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| Main Entry: | categorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort by type, classification |
| Synonyms: | assort, class, classify, group, identify, peg*, pigeonhole*, rank, tab, button down, put down as, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | category |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, type |
| Synonyms: | class, department, division, grade, group, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier, grouping |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| Main Entry: | classicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
| Synonyms: | balance, clarity, class, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formality, grandeur, lucidity, majesty, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, purity, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, symmetry, Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, classicalism, conventional formality, formal style, grand style, high art, neoclassicism, pure taste, rationalism, sublimity |
| Main Entry: | classify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, file, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg*, pigeonhole*, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take one's measure, ticket, type, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elegance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivated beauty, taste |
| Synonyms: | breeding, charm, class, cultivation, culture, delicacy, dignity, discernment, distinction, felicity, gentility, grace, grandeur, hauteur, luxury, magnificence, nicety, nobility, polish, politeness, propriety, purity, refinement, restraint, rhythm, sophistication, splendor, style, symmetry, courtliness, exquisiteness, good taste, gracefulness, lushness, noblesse, ornateness, poshness, sumptuousness, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | roughness, ugliness, crudeness, inelegance, poor taste |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through* |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evaluate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, gauge, grade, peg*, rank, rate, read, reckon, size, survey, value, weigh, figure out, fiture, guesstimate, look over, price out, set at, size up*, take account of, take measure, valuate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excellence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superiority |
| Synonyms: | éclat, arete, class, distinction, eminence, goodness, greatness, merit, perfection, purity, quality, supremacy, virtue, worth, excellency, fineness, high quality, preeminence, superbness, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | failure, imperfection, inferiority |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, birth, blood, brood, clan, class, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, genealogy, genre, group, house, household, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, network, pedigree, people, progeny, race, relationship, strain, subdivision, system, tribe, ancestors, children, descendants, forebears, generations, heirs and assigns, in-laws, ménage, parentage, progenitors, relations, relatives, siblings |
| 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, variety, subfamily |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, rank |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, brand, class, classify, group, order, range, rate, sort, value |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, platoon, pool, posse, set, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust, passel, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | ilk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, type |
| Synonyms: | brand, class, classification, denomination, gender, kin, lot, order, persuasion, race, set, sort, species, variety |
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