Synonyms of in order

in order

phrase

as in good

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

I believe a round of applause is in order.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• good
• suitable
• proper
• appropriate
• happy
• fitting
• right
• fit
• fitted
• pretty
• applicable
• needed
• becoming
• apt
• adequate
• required
• acceptable
• just
• felicitous
• befitting
• balanced
• deserved
• able
• satisfactory
• decent
• capable
• meet
• justified
• competent
• cut out
• requisite
• correct
• respectable
• qualified
• serviceable
• condign
• rightful
• tolerable
• decorous
• trained
• harmonious
• consonant
• kosher
• pitch-perfect
• seemly
• congruous
• companionate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improper
• unhappy
• wrong
• inappropriate
• unsuitable
• unfit
• incapable
• inapplicable
• unbecoming
• incompetent
• unseemly
• inadequate
• incongruous
• infelicitous
• indecent
• unskilled
• unfitting
• unqualified
• untrained
• intolerable
• inept
• unsatisfactory
• inapposite
• unacceptable
• misbecoming
• unbeseeming
• incorrect
• unskillful
• inexpert
• inapt
• unmeet
• unapt
• malapropos
• incompatible
• graceless
• indecorous
• uncongenial

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of in order

Beyond that, many of the fMRI experiments involve simplifying the process of emotional regulation in order to get consistent data. — ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

But then, the work generally has to be pretty good in order to live inside a story; critique trumps narrative. — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Parents or caregivers who practice covert food restriction, on the other hand, may choose to not buy bags of candy at all in order to encourage more balanced food choices. — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026

But, in order to explore logic and whimsy and wonder and paradox, Carroll invented characters like the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts, and situations like the Mad Tea Party and the Caucus Race. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026