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

Scans of the windshield shape were sent to a specialist supplier in order to recreate the unique profile of the M6GT’s bespoke design. — New Atlas, 11 July 2026

As business brokers tell it, the type of companies that millennials are now eagerly snapping up are smaller firms with recurring revenue, a solid customer base, expertise in a niche market, and books that are in order. — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Taub avoids a triumphalist conclusion in her generally optimistic show by acknowledging the work that must continue, generation after generation, in order to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

The deal allows Isar to design and operate the pad infrastructure based on the company's needs, in order to launch its Spectrum rocket. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 July 2026