English > class: 9 senses > noun 3, group| Meaning | People having the same social, economic, or educational status. |
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| Examples | - "the working class"
- "an emerging professional class"
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| Synonyms | stratum, social class, socio-economic class |
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| Member of | class structure | The organization of classes within a society |
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| Part of | society | An extended social group having a distinctive cultural / cultural and economic organization |
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| Narrower | age class | People in the same age range |
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| agriculture | The class of people engaged in growing food |
| booboisie | Class consisting of all those who are considered boobs |
| brotherhood, fraternity, sodality | People engaged in a particular occupation |
| caste | A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth |
| caste | (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus |
| center | politically moderate persons |
| commonalty, commonality, commons | A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank |
| craft, trade | People who perform a particular kind of skilled work |
| demimonde | A class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior |
| estate of the realm, estate, the three estates | A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
| firing line | The most advanced and responsible group in an activity |
| immigrant class | Recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural / cultural backgrounds |
| labor, labour, working class, proletariat | A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |
| lower class, underclass | The social class lowest in the social hierarchy |
| market | The customers for a particular product or service |
| middle class, bourgeoisie | The social class between the lower and upper classes |
| ninja | A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations |
| old school | A class of people favoring / favoring traditional ideas |
| peasantry | The class of peasants |
| underworld | The criminal class |
| upper class, upper crust | The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
| womanhood, woman, fair sex | women as a class |
| world, domain | people in general |
| yeomanry | Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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| Spanish | clase, clase social |
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| Catalan | classe, classe social, estrat |
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| Verbs | classify | arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
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| classify | assign to a class or kind |
English > class: 9 senses > noun 7, group| Meaning | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Member of | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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| Members | order | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families |
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| Narrower | Acnidosporidia, subclass Acnidosporidia | A subclass of Sporozoa |
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| Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes | cellular slime molds |
| Actinopoda, subclass Actinopoda | heliozoans |
| Agnatha, superclass Agnatha | superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws / jaws and pelvic fins |
| Alismatidae, subclass Alismatidae | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones |
| Amphineura, subclass Amphineura | A class of Gastropoda |
| Anapsida, subclass Anapsida | oldest known reptiles |
| Angiospermae, class Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Anthophyta, division Anthophyta | Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary |
| Anthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsida | hornworts |
| Anthozoa, class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class Actinozoa | A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals |
| Aphasmidia, class Aphasmidia | One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems |
| Arachnida, class Arachnida | A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs |
| Archaeornithes, subclass Archaeornithes | Primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous |
| Archiannelida, class Archiannelida | A class of Annelida |
| Archosauria, subclass Archosauria | A large subclass of diapsid reptiles including |
| Arecidae, subclass Arecidae | One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones |
| Ascidiaceae, class Ascidiaceae | sometimes classified as an order |
| Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota |
| Asteridae, subclass Asteridae | A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels |
| Asteroidea, class Asteroidea | sea stars |
| Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
| Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceae | marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae |
| Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes | large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota |
| Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda | oysters |
| Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda | Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans |
| Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci | true mosses |
| Caryophyllidae, subclass Caryophyllidae | A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants) |
| Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda | octopuses |
| Cestoda, class Cestoda | tapeworms |
| Channidae, class Channidae | snakeheads |
| Charophyceae, class Charophyceae | In some classifications |
| Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata | spiders |
| Chilopoda, class Chilopoda | arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs |
| Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae | algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments |
| Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes | cartilaginous fishes |
| Chrysophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Heterokontae | All the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length |
| Chytridiomycetes, class Chytridiomycetes | A class of mostly aquatic fungi |
| Ciliata, class Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliophora | Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle |
| Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia | barnacles |
| Cnidosporidia, subclass Cnidosporidia | Single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates |
| Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones |
| Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period |
| Copepoda, subclass Copepoda | minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans |
| Crinoidea, class Crinoidea | sea lilies |
| Crossopterygii, subclass Crossopterygii | fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians |
| Crustacea, class Crustacea | Class of mandibulate arthropods including |
| Cryptophyceae, class Cryptophyceae | motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae |
| Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophyta | palmlike gymnosperms |
| Cyclosporeae, class Cyclosporeae | In more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales |
| Deuteromycetes, class Deuteromycetes | form class |
| Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia | Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae |
| Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves |
| Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae | A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary |
| Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda | arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs |
| Dipnoi, subclass Dipnoi | bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills |
| Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes | A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped |
| Echinoidea, class Echinoidea | sea urchins and sand dollars |
| Elasmobranchii, subclass Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Selachii | sharks |
| Entomostraca, subclass Entomostraca | In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia |
| Euascomycetes, subclass Euascomycetes | category not used in many classification systems |
| Euglenophyceae, class Euglenophyceae | coextensive with the division Euglenophyta |
| Eumycetes, class Eumycetes | category used in some classifications |
| Euryalida, subclass Euryalida | basket stars |
| Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Exopterygota, subclass Exopterygota, Hemimetabola | subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis |
| Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae | ferns |
| Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes | fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured |
| Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda | snails and slugs and their relatives |
| Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgophytina, subdivision Ginkgophytina, subdivision Ginkgophyta | ginkgos |
| Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata | Comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws |
| Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, Gnetophytina, subdivision Gnetophytina, Gnetophyta | gymnospermous flowering plants |
| Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta | plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
| Hamamelidae, subclass Hamamelidae | A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms |
| Hemiascomycetes, class Hemiascomycetes | Class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed |
| Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae | liverworts |
| Heterobasidiomycetes, subclass Heterobasidiomycetes | category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts |
| Hirudinea, class Hirudinea | hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial or parasitic annelids |
| Holocephali, subclass Holocephali | chimaeras and extinct forms |
| Holothuroidea, class Holothuroidea | Class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers |
| Hominoidea, superfamily Hominoidea | anthropoid apes and human beings |
| Homobasidiomycetes, subclass Homobasidiomycetes | category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes ... / classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes |
| Hyalospongiae, class Hyalospongiae | sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays |
| Hydrozoa, class Hydrozoa | coelenterates typically having alternation of generations |
| Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes | Used in some classifications |
| Infusoria, subclass Infusoria | In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata |
| Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda | insects |
| Larvacea, class Larvacea | small free-swimming tunicates |
| Lepidosauria, subclass Lepidosauria | diapsid reptiles |
| Liliidae, subclass Liliidae | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones |
| Lycopodineae, class Lycopodineae | Alternative designation for the class Lycopsida |
| Lycopsida, class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate | club mosses and related forms |
| Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex | A group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants |
| Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca | largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans |
| Mammalia, class Mammalia | warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female |
| Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata | protozoa having flagella |
| Metatheria, subclass Metatheria | pouched animals |
| Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves |
| Myxomycetes, class Myxomycetes | The class of true slime molds |
| Nuda, class Nuda | ctenophores lacking tentacles |
| Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta | earthworms |
| Onychophora, class Onychophora | enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial / terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions |
| Oomycetes, class Oomycetes | nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores |
| Ophiurida, subclass Ophiurida | brittle stars |
| Ophiuroidea, class Ophiuroidea | brittle stars and basket stars |
| Opisthobranchia, subclass Opisthobranchia | gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum |
| Osteichthyes, class Osteichthyes | A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage |
| Ostracoda, subclass Ostracoda | seed shrimps |
| Pantotheria, subclass Pantotheria | generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic |
| Pauropoda, class Pauropoda | An obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs |
| Phaeophyceae, class Phaeophyceae | brown algae |
| Phasmidia, class Phasmidia | One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems |
| Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina | plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll |
| Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision Pinophytina | Most conifers |
| Placodermi, class Placodermi | Extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws |
| Plectomycetes, class Plectomycetes | Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration) |
| Polychaeta, class Polychaeta | marine annelid worms |
| Polyplacophora, class Polyplacophora | small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons |
| Prototheria, subclass Prototheria | Echidnas |
| Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae | whisk ferns |
| Pteridospermopsida, class Pteridospermopsida | Extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic |
| Pyrenomycetes, class Pyrenomycetes | Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium |
| Reptilia, class Reptilia | Class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates |
| Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda | Creeping protozoans |
| Rhodophyceae, class Rhodophyceae | coextensive with the Rhodophyta |
| Rosidae, subclass Rosidae | A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers |
| Sarcodina, class Sarcodina | Characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food |
| Scaphopoda, class Scaphopoda | small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells |
| Schizomycetes, class Schizomycetes | A former classification |
| Scyphozoa, class Scyphozoa | coelenterates in which the polyp stage / stage is absent or at least inconspicuous |
| Sphenopsida, class Sphenopsida, Equisetatae, class Equisetatae | horsetails and related forms |
| Sporozoa, class Sporozoa | strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile |
| Symphyla, class Symphyla | small class of minute arthropods |
| Synapsida, subclass Synapsida | Extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals |
| Tardigrada, class Tardigrada | In some classifications considered a separate phylum |
| Taxopsida, class Taxopsida, Taxophytina, subdivision Taxophytina | yews |
| Teleostei, subclass Teleostei | large diverse group of bony fishes |
| Telosporidia, subclass Telosporidia | Parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites |
| Tentaculata, class Tentaculata | ctenophores have retractile tentacles |
| Thaliacea, class Thaliacea | small class of free-swimming tunicates |
| Tiliomycetes, class Tiliomycetes | category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) |
| Trematoda, class Trematoda | Parasitic flatworms (including flukes) |
| Turbellaria, class Turbellaria | Free-living flatworms |
| Ulvophyceae, class Ulvophyceae | Alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications |
| Xanthophyceae, class Xanthophyceae | yellow-green algae |
| Zoomastigina, subclass Zoomastigina | In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista |
| Zygomycetes, class Zygomycetes | Class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota |
| amphibia, class Amphibia | The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water |
| class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, class Cyanophyceae | photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins |
| superclass Myriapoda | Used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda) |
| Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
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| Spanish | clase |
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| Catalan | classe |
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| Verbs | classify | arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
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| classify | assign to a class or kind |
