Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "sort" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

all sorts allsorts besort bogo-sort copy sort cycle sort good sort heapsort in sort introsort mergesort middling sort out of sorts pick-and-sort picture sort quicksort re-sort resort smoothsort sort code sort of sort oneself out sort out sort the wheat from the chaff sort through sort-while-pick sorta sorted sorting that's your sort timsort topological sort

Context

australia british computing mathematics typography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

categorise categorize category choose individual mortal operation person pick out select similarity somebody someone soul take

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bead sort binary tree sort blort sort bogo-sort bozo sort bubble sort bucket sort cocktail sort comb sort counting sort distribution sort drunk man sort gnome sort heapsort in-place sort insertion sort introsort introspective sort library sort merge sort mergesort monkey sort pigeonhole sort quicksort radix sort selection sort shell sort smoothsort spaghetti sort stochastic sort stooge sort stupid sort timsort

Type Of (IsA)

operation person similarity

Related Terms

accord algorithm alphabetically arrange character chronologically criterion evaluate fit fix general good looking harmonize letter metal numerically person rank separate size sort out style suit symbol type

Synonym Network

algorithm categorise character classify genre glyph kind order screen sort out

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.