Antonyms for pigeonhole
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pij-uhn-hohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪdʒ ənˌhoʊl |
Definition of pigeonhole
- noun compartment
- verb categorize; shelve
- He said coolly to the official who aroused him, 'Go to pigeonhole No.
- Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
- And reaching behind him into a pigeonhole he extracted an envelope, which he passed to me.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
- He belongs to no class, evades the label, and fits into no pigeonhole.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard
- I could make a square or pigeonhole corner or lay out a brick footing.
- Extract from : « One Way Out » by William Carleton
- But he went to his desk, and drew a long sheet of paper from a pigeonhole.
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- The committee may pigeonhole it and not report it, or may report it too late for action by the body.
- Extract from : « Citizenship » by Emma Guy Cromwell
- A category of pure reason is suspiciously like a pigeonhole.
- Extract from : « German philosophy and politics » by John Dewey
- The President tucked them into a pigeonhole of his desk without comment.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln » by William Eleroy Curtis
- He pulled papers from the pigeonhole and spread them on the desk top.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
- A bill to erect a monument to him lies now rotting in some pigeonhole in Congress.
- Extract from : « Historic Fredericksburg » by John T. Goolrick
Synonyms for pigeonhole
- assort
- box
- carrel
- chamber
- class
- classify
- corner
- cranny
- cubbyhole
- cubicle
- defer
- delay
- dismiss
- file
- group
- hold
- hold off
- hold up
- hole
- label
- lay aside
- niche
- nook
- peg
- place
- postpone
- put aside
- put down as
- put off
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the bank burner
- rank
- recess
- section
- sideline
- slot
- sort
- stall
- tab
- table
- type cast
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