Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun classified

1 sense of classified

Sense 1
classified ad, classified advertisement, classified -- (a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type)
       => newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement -- (a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper)

Antonyms of verb classify

1 of 3 senses of classify

Sense 2
classify -- (declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents")
       Antonym of declassify (Sense 1)
      => declassify -- (lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb classify

3 senses of classify

Sense 1
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")
       => categorize, categorise -- (place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize")

Sense 2
classify -- (declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents")
       => restrict -- (place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled")

Sense 3
relegate, classify -- (assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms")
       => assign, attribute -- (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class")

Antonyms of adj classified

2 senses of classified

Sense 1
classified (vs. unclassified) -- (arranged into classes)

unclassified (vs. classified) -- (not arranged in any specific grouping)
        => uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted -- (not categorized or sorted)

Sense 2
classified (vs. unclassified) -- (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified")

unclassified (vs. classified) -- (not subject to a security classification)
        => declassified -- (having had security classification removed)
        => nonsensitive, unrestricted -- (never having had security classification)

Similarity of adj classified

2 senses of classified

Sense 1
classified (vs. unclassified) -- (arranged into classes)
       => categorized, categorised -- (arranged into categories)
       => grouped, sorted -- (arranged into groups)

Sense 2
classified (vs. unclassified) -- (official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified")
       => eyes-only -- (official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed)
       => confidential -- (the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified)
       => restricted -- (the lowest level of official classification for documents)
       => secret -- (the next to highest level of official classification for documents)
       => sensitive -- (of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security)
       => top-secret -- (the highest official level of classification of documents)

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