ORDERS Synonyms: 314 Similar and Opposite Words

orders 1 of 2

noun

plural of order

as in sequences

the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another you always keep your books in perfect alphabetical order we haven't found out the order of the speeches yet

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as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a religious order

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as in types

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common collects movie posters, photographs and autographs of the stars, and other memorabilia of that order

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as in medals

a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement a book with full-color illustrations of British orders and decorations

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as in instructions

a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned the commander issued an order that the number of guards for the prisoner be doubled

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as in classes

one of the segments of society into which people are grouped the lower orders were once expected to be content living out their lives as servants to the upper classes

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as in categories

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic regards draftees as an entirely different order of soldier and less desirable than volunteers

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orders

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verb

present tense third-person singular of order

as in arranges

to put into a particular arrangement I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises

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as in requests

to give a request or demand for the players ordered hamburgers for lunch

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as in demands

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet

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as in instructs

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of orders

Noun

The evacuation orders have since been lifted. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026 Smart911 will also send out alerts about water shutoffs, boil orders, road closures and other emergency situations. —

Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 15 June 2026 In lieu of medication, Pantoliano followed doctor's orders by stepping outside for a casual walk every day. —

Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 An exclusive code will also offer 10% off online orders of $99 or more from Snake River Farms. —

Finch Walker, USA Today, 15 June 2026 It’s called the Zeigarnik effect, first studied by the Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927, after her professor observed that waiters remembered the details of unpaid orders but forgot orders whose bills had been settled. —

Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 At the register, those with Crawl Passes can tap to receive $5 off their coffee orders. —

Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026 The issuance was upsized from $20 billion after receiving more than $85 billion in orders by early afternoon in New York, according to people familiar with the deal. —

ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026 Costco describes the Plainfield building as a distribution center that would process online orders. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026

Verb

Sometimes, the company finds out about celebrities wearing its shirts when a film company orders them, Weil writes. —

Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 8 June 2026 So the Devil orders the father to cut off his daughter’s offending hands. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 If the other person orders you to bring them a lemonade, don’t do it. —

Attia Qureshi, Time, 1 June 2026 Aunt Lydia orders Agnes to mentor her. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026 Beaulah orders Joaquin to clean up the mess, which involves dragging his brother to rehab and possibly intimidating Wes’s highly suspicious widow, Whitney (Olivia Rose Keegan), into leaving town. —

Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 May 2026 The system also surfaces items a customer usually orders but forgot to mention — reducing the leakage that happens when a store’s shelf label goes missing or a product gets moved. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026 Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was always expected to live a quiet life — but she’s sent on an entirely different path when her mother, a general in the military, orders her to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become dragon riders, the elite of Navarre. —

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 May 2026 The story centers on Violet Sorrengail, whose plans for a quiet life are upended when her mother, a military general, orders her to join the brutal Basgiath War College and become one of several hundred candidates vying to become dragon riders. —

Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for orders

Noun

What truly sets it apart, however, is its vibrant and colorful universe, where imagination can suddenly burst onto the screen in musical-like dance sequences.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
The early retirement years are when a portfolio is most vulnerable to bad market sequences, and starting five years earlier means five more years exposed to that vulnerability.

— Jon Sabes, Fortune, 7 June 2026