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How does the verb systematize contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of systematize are arrange, marshal, methodize, order, and organize. While all these words mean "to put persons or things into their proper places in relation to each other," systematize implies arranging according to a predetermined scheme.

systematized billing procedures

When is it sensible to use arrange instead of systematize?

The words arrange and systematize are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, arrange implies a setting in sequence, relationship, or adjustment.

arranged the files numerically

In what contexts can marshal take the place of systematize?

In some situations, the words marshal and systematize are roughly equivalent. However, marshal suggests gathering and arranging in preparation for a particular operation or effective use.

marshaling the facts for argument

Where would methodize be a reasonable alternative to systematize?

While in some cases nearly identical to systematize, methodize suggests imposing an orderly procedure rather than a fixed scheme.

methodizes every aspect of daily living

When can order be used instead of systematize?

While the synonyms order and systematize are close in meaning, order suggests a straightening out so as to eliminate confusion.

ordered her business affairs

When is organize a more appropriate choice than systematize?

The synonyms organize and systematize are sometimes interchangeable, but organize implies arranging so that the whole aggregate works as a unit with each element having a proper function.

organized the volunteers into teams

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of systematize So, the organization systematized the collection of data about drivers of employee motivation. Harvard Business Review, 18 Mar. 2025 The program systematized and scaled reciprocal play and offered members consistent privileges across a growing portfolio which set the template for the programs that followed suit. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 The government will need to systematize civil documentation; establish transparent legal mechanisms to resolve disputes over land and property; and provide protection and support for vulnerable groups, including minorities, women and children, and the disabled. Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025 In a bid to systematize the valuation of buildings, assessors were known to count the size and number of windows in a structure. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for systematize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for systematize
Verb
  • The situation has become so desperate that locals organized their own firefighting efforts when professional resources couldn't reach their area.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Because the core hasn’t changed: how care is organized, how people are incentivized, how trust is built.
    Rajan Kohli, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gu classifies premium as cars over 40,000 Euros ($47,000).
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The expert group, which classifies global hunger crises for the UN, said that all of Gaza’s two million people were suffering severe hunger, with at least a quarter of them facing starvation.
    Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ruth is arranged in a series of almost-irreverent vignettes, which date from Ruth’s early childhood in the 1960s through her middle age.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
  • By that time, the government had arranged for two more planes to transport detainees to the same Salvadoran prison.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the week, the coastal counties of Dare and Hyde – located in North Carolina's Outer Banks region – ordered residents and tourists to evacuate the vulnerable Ocracoke and Hatteras islands, which see swelling populations during the summer months.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore had ordered the removal of the intersection weeks ago, but a majority of city commissioners decided to save it and defy the state.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Systematize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/systematize. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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