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Antonyms for order
ˈɔr dəror·der

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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. ordernoun

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  2. ordernoun

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  3. ordernoun

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  4. ordernoun

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    chaos

  5. ordernoun

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    chaos

  6. ordernoun

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    chaos

  7. ordernoun

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    chaos

  8. ordernoun

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    chaos

  9. ordernoun

    To set in some sort of order.

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  10. orderverb

    To arrange, set in proper order.

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  11. orderverb

    A command.

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  12. ordernoun

    A request for some product or service.

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  13. ordernoun

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    chaos

  14. ordernoun

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    chaos

  15. ordernoun

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    chaos

  16. ordernoun

    Magnolias belong to the order Magnoliales.

    Antonyms:
    chaos

  17. ordernoun

    Antonyms:
    chaos

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. order

    Instruction implies superiority of knowledge, direction of authority on the part of the giver; a teacher gives instructions to his pupils, an employer gives directions to his workmen. Order is still more authoritative than direction; soldiers, sailors, and railroad employees have simply to obey the orders of their superiors, without explanation or question; an order in the commercial sense has the authority of the money which the one ordering the goods pays or is to pay. Command is a loftier word, as well as highly authoritative, less frequent in common life; we speak of the commands of God, or sometimes, by polite hyperbole, ask of a friend, "Have you any commands for me?" A requirement is imperative, but not always formal, nor made by a personal agent; it may be in the nature of things; as, the requirements of the position. Prohibition is wholly negative; it is a command not to do; injunction is now oftenest so used, especially as the requirement by legal authority that certain action be suspended or refrained from, pending final legal decision. Compare ARRAY; CLASS; LAW; PROHIBIT; SYSTEM.

    Antonyms:
    allowance, consent, leave, liberty, license, permission, permit

    Synonyms:
    command, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, prohibition, requirement

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. ordernoun

    (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

    "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  2. order, order of magnitudenoun

    a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

    "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, magnitude, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  3. ordernoun

    established customary state (especially of society)

    "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  4. ordering, order, ordinationnoun

    logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

    "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, ordinance, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  5. orderliness, ordernoun

    a condition of regular or proper arrangement

    "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, methodicalness, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  6. decree, edict, fiat, order, rescriptnoun

    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

    "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, rewrite, order of magnitude, revision, revise, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order, revisal

  7. order, purchase ordernoun

    a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

    "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  8. club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, ordernoun

    a formal association of people with similar interests

    "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    guild, auberge, company, night club, parliamentary law, social club, decree, clubhouse, rules of order, society, fellowship, parliamentary procedure, club, high society, golf club, hunting lodge, bon ton, hostel, monastic order, fiat, cabaret, beau monde, orderliness, ball club, lodge, purchase order, rescript, nightclub, inn, baseball club, edict, nine, hostelry, order of magnitude, indian lodge, gild, smart set, ordination, golf-club, nightspot, ordering, companionship

  9. order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedurenoun

    a body of rules followed by an assembly

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  10. Holy Order, Ordernoun

    (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

    "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, holy order, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  11. order, monastic ordernoun

    a group of person living under a religious rule

    "the order of Saint Benedict"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  12. ordernoun

    (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  13. ordernoun

    a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

    "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  14. ordernoun

    (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  15. order, orderingverb

    the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

    "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, lodge, decree, monastic order

  16. order, tell, enjoin, sayverb

    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

    "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, dictate, suppose, place, ordain, put, differentiate, read, pronounce, range, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, evidence, tell, regulate, state, assure, say, govern, severalize, arrange, separate, regularize, severalise, ordinate, regularise, grade, aver, articulate, secern, set up, allege, rank, consecrate, rate, recite, narrate, recount, sound out, prescribe, secernate

  17. orderverb

    make a request for something

    "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, prescribe, place, regularize

  18. order, prescribe, dictateverb

    issue commands or orders for

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, prescribe, place, regularize

  19. regulate, regularize, regularise, order, governverb

    bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

    "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    put, govern, ordain, regularise, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, influence, determine, mold, baffle, consecrate, rule, enjoin, modulate, rank, regulate, rate, tell, shape, prescribe, place, regularize

  20. orderverb

    bring order to or into

    "Order these files"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, prescribe, place, regularize

  21. orderverb

    place in a certain order

    "order the photos chronologically"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, prescribe, place, regularize

  22. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, orderverb

    appoint to a clerical posts

    "he was ordained in the Church"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    align, sanctify, govern, put, ordain, dedicate, set up, rate, enact, arrange, give, devote, grade, dictate, ordinate, bless, say, rank, consecrate, coordinate, range, enjoin, hallow, regularise, commit, regulate, vow, tell, prescribe, place, regularize

  23. arrange, set up, put, orderverb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

    Antonyms:
    disorder, disorderliness, disarray

    Synonyms:
    tack together, commit, put together, ordain, dress, found, prepare, instal, piece, tack, range, fix, establish, put in, dictate, rate, gear up, put up, place, lay out, entrap, regulate, position, coiffure, arrange, govern, rig, assign, redact, ordinate, lay, coiffe, regularize, do, rank, frame, fix up, regularise, erect, ensnare, raise, couch, stage, coif, launch, pitch, cast, ready, set up, enjoin, put, effect, invest, effectuate, install, consecrate, rear, grade, assemble, tell, format, set, prescribe, pose, say

  24. rate, rank, range, order, grade, placeverb

    assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Antonyms:
    disorderliness, disorder, disarray

    Synonyms:
    roll, vagabond, dictate, score, rank, ramble, mark, set up, identify, localize, range, enjoin, run, target, stray, rove, tell, post, station, place, browse, point, come in, regulate, array, graze, say, govern, cast, straddle, arrange, send, pasture, lay, wander, regularize, position, ordinate, aim, ordain, regularise, direct, grade, lay out, swan, site, tramp, value, put, crop, invest, outrank, localise, consecrate, rate, commit, drift, pose, come out, set, prescribe, locate, roam, set out

How to use order in a sentence?

  1. Chris Stoll:

    Justice Moore's administrative order is meaningless. Every probate judge in Alabama should be complying with (Obergefell v. Hodges) and a federal district court in Alabama has directly ordered them to do that.

  2. Stevan Browning:

    In order for Life to prevail, evil must fail. In order to make progress, think beyond the known.

  3. Elon Musk:

    We have to be relentless about costs in order to make affordable cars and not go bankrupt.

  4. Americo De Grazia:

    They're turning the oil industry into a no man's land where no one can instill order.

  5. Merlin Figama Worshipper:

    Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#173order
#937license
#1129leave
#2024permission
#2955permit
#3458execution
#3569consent
#4169liberty
#5268disorder
#6866chaos
#7453confusion
#8756allowance
#20477inversion
#52905disarray
#193007disarrangement

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