Class definition

Class as a noun

1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute

   "there are two classes of detergents"

   Same sense: family, category

2. a body of students who are taught together

   "early morning classes are always sleepy"

   Same sense: course, form, grade

3. people having the same social, economic, or educational status

   "the working class"

   Same sense: social class, socio-economic class, stratum

4. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

   "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

   Same sense: course, course of study, course of instruction

5. a league ranked by quality

   "he played baseball in class D for two years"

   Same sense: division

6. a body of students who graduate together

   "the class of '97"

   Same sense: year

7. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

8. elegance in dress or behavior

   "she has a lot of class"

Class as a verb

9. arrange or order by classes or categories

   "How would you classify these pottery shards — are they prehistoric?"

   Same sense: sort, sort out, separate, classify, assort

Synonyms and antonyms

• family definition
• category
• course definition
• form definition
• grade
• social class
• socio-economic class
• stratum
• course of study
• course of instruction
• division
• year definition
• sort
• sort out
• separate
• classify
• assort

All synonyms of class, sense by sense

How to say class

Class has 1 syllable and rhymes with pass. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with class

• pass
• gas
• mass
• glass
• grass
• bass
• brass
• bypass
• badass
• alas
• bras
• surpass

All 41 words that rhyme with class

CLASS in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

0

Is CLASS a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CLASS in the word checker, or unscramble CLASS to see the shorter words in its letters.