Synonyms for class
Another word for class is family, category or course. Below are 17 synonyms and 30 related words across 9 senses.
Also searched as: classed, classer, classes, classing.
1. noun: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- family synonyms
- category
2. noun: a body of students who are taught together
- course synonyms
- form synonyms
- grade synonyms
3. noun: people having the same social, economic, or educational status
- social class
- socio-economic class
- stratum
4. noun: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- course synonyms
- course of study synonyms
- course of instruction
5. noun: a league ranked by quality
- division synonyms
6. noun: a body of students who graduate together
7. noun: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
8. noun: elegance in dress or behavior
9. verb: arrange or order by classes or categories
- sort synonyms
- sort out synonyms
- separate synonyms
- classify synonyms
- assort
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- sex
- collection synonyms
- weight class
- stamp synonyms
- brass family
- violin family
- paradigm synonyms
- accumulation synonyms
- substitution class
- grammatical category
- denomination synonyms
- aggregation synonyms
- assemblage
- syntactic category
- conjugation
- section synonyms
- master class
- discussion section
- gathering synonyms
- world synonyms
- old school
- woman synonyms
- market synonyms
- center synonyms
- trade synonyms
- working class synonyms
- age class
- middle class synonyms
- centre synonyms
- lower class synonyms
Class in word games
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- Words With Friends
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Questions people ask
What is another word for class?
You can say family, category, course, form or grade instead of class. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a collection of things sharing a common attribute".
What is the opposite of class?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for class; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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