Synonyms of compartmentalizing

compartmentalizing

verb

present participle of compartmentalize

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type

we shouldn't compartmentalize the students into such restrictive categories as scholar and athlete, which are not mutually exclusive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• ranking
• distinguishing
• grouping
• relegating
• categorizing
• separating
• sorting
• distributing
• grading
• organizing
• typing
• placing
• identifying
• recognizing
• codifying
• filing
• digesting
• listing
• classing
• assorting
• pegging
• ranging
• compartmenting
• cataloging
• alphabetizing
• systematizing
• referring
• ordering
• cataloguing
• disposing
• culling
• breaking down
• marshalling
• indexing
• shelving
• arraying
• sifting
• pigeonholing
• marshaling
• reclassifying
• regrouping
• winnowing
• drawing up
• clustering
• sieving
• clumping
• screening
• recategorizing
• setting
• subcategorizing
• colligating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumping
• scrambling
• jumbling
• mixing (up)
• confusing
• disarranging
• misclassifying
• mistyping
• missorting
• mis-sorting