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orders - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, organization |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, array, assortment, cast, classification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, form, harmony, layout, line, management, method, neatness, pattern, placement, plan, procedure, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, regulation, rule, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, structure, succession, symmetry, system, tidiness, uniformity, aligning, categorization, codification, grouping, lineup, ordering, orderliness |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | confusion, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command, authorize |
| Synonyms: | adjure, bid, book, buy, call for, call the shots*, charge, decree, dictate, direct, enact, engage, enjoin, hire, instruct, obtain, ordain, prescribe, request, require, reserve, rule the roost*, secure, tell, warn, apply for, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, send away for |
| Antonyms: | disallow, prevent, rescind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness |
| Synonyms: | calm, control, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, law, niceness, peace, probity, propriety, quiet, rectitude, suitability, tranquility, uprightness, decorousness, law and order, orderliness, peacefulness, properness, rightness, seemliness |
| Antonyms: | lawlessness, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, assign, catalogue, class, classify, codify, conduct, control, dispose, distribute, establish, file, fix, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, locate, manage, marshal, neaten, pattern, place, plan, put away, range, regiment, regulate, right, routine, settle, space, standardize, systematize, tabulate, tidy, formalize, line up, methodize, normalize, put to rights, regularize, set guidelines, set in order, sort out, streamline |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
| Synonyms: | bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kind, line, nature, pecking order*, pigeonhole*, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, type, kidney, subclass, taxonomic group |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | authorization, behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, regulation, rule, stipulation, word*, say-so, ukase |
| Antonyms: | answer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request; purchase agreement |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, purchase, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, shipment, stipulation, materials |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
| Synonyms: | association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union |
| Main Entry: | Holy Orders |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament of ordination |
| Synonyms: | minister's rank, orders, priest's rank, rite of ordination, sacraments |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
| Synonyms: | amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Main Entry: | adjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, doctor*, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, habituate, harmonize, modify, order, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, tailor, tune, acclimatize, do as Romans do, fiddle with, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, make conform, quadrate, swim with the tide, tailor-make |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of an organization or effort |
| Synonyms: | agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, control, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, supervision, surveillance, administering, conducting, directing, overseeing, superintendence |
| Main Entry: | align |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line up, arrange next to |
| Synonyms: | adjust, coordinate, even, fix, order, range, regulate, straighten, allineate, even up, make parallel |
| Antonyms: | divide, mess up, separate |
| Main Entry: | alignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lining up |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, arrangement, order, sequence, calibration, positioning, sighting |
| Main Entry: | alphabetize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order of a writing system |
| Synonyms: | index, order, systematize |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, considerable group |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, design, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, host, lot, multitude, order, parade, pattern, set, show, supply, throng, lineup |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, crave, demand, entreat, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch*, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge, contend for, file for |
| Antonyms: | answer, claim, command, insist, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group with common interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, ring, society, sodality, sorority, syndicate, tribe, troupe, union, zoo, combo, confederation, hookup, rat pack, tie-in, tie-up, troops |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, citation, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, gift, gold, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict, bestowal, conferment, conferral, feather in cap, gold star |
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