classified

Meanings

Plural: classifieds

Noun

• a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
• A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

Verb

• arrange or order by classes or categories
• declare unavailable, as for security reasons
• assign to a class or kind
  • "How should algae be classified?"
• simple past and past participle of classify

Adjective

• arranged into classes
• official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation
  • "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

Adj

• Sorted into classes or categories.
• Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
• Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.

Synonyms

assort, class, classified ad, classified advertisement, classify, relegate, separate, sort, sort out

Antonyms

declassify, unclassified

Related Words

bigot list, classification, declassification, on a need-to-know basis, reclassification

Anagrams of classified