Category
Category noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.
Usage example: divide the essays into categories based on difficulty of comprehension
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Synonyms for Category
Variety is a synonym for category in type topic. In some cases you can use "Variety" instead a noun "Category", when it comes to topics like group, class, sort.
Variety
Variety noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
Usage example: I prefer movies of the horror variety
Category is a synonym for variety in type topic. You can use "Category" instead a noun "Variety", if it concerns topics such as sort, group, class.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional category | emotional variety |
| good | good category | good variety |
| broad | broad category | broad variety |
| special | special category | special variety |
| Other adjectives: particular, common, specific, complete, small, male, large, big, huge, evil, bad, innocent, supernatural, new, mundane, larger, last, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Most of the stories fall into the category of speculative fiction, but weirdness of the earthly variety carries a few.
- Throughout the Armored Core series, there have been a variety of weapons that fall into this category.
Source: Painfully Slow Projectile -
In Gantz, the hunters are forced to fight a wide variety of enemies from this category.
Source: Aliens and Monsters
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