filing system

1. 1.

   a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)

   Synonymsfile system

   Broaderclassification system

Questions about filing system

What does filing system mean?

filing system means "a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)".

What is another word for filing system?

Close synonyms include file system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is filing system a common word?

filing system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.