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disorder

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of disorder

1 a state in which everything is out of order

  • the general disorder of the room after the guests finally left the party
Synonyms of disorder

chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Words Related to disorder

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Near Antonyms of disorder

method, pattern, plan, system
Antonyms of disorder

order, orderliness

2 an abnormal state that disrupts a plantʼs or animalʼs normal bodily functioning

  • afflicted all her life with a nervous disorder
Synonyms of disorder

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Words Related to disorder

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms of disorder

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

fettle, shape
Antonyms of disorder

health, wellness

disorder

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disorder

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

  • be careful not to disorder the carefully arranged contents of the dresser
Synonyms of disorder

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Words Related to disorder

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of disorder

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of disorder

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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