| Main Entry: | businesslike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, professional |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, disciplined, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, well-ordered, workaday |
Antonyms: |
amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unbusinesslike, unprofessional |
| Main Entry: | systematic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | orderly |
Synonyms: |
analytical, arranged, businesslike, complete, efficient, logical, methodic, methodical, ordered, organized, out-and-out, precise, regular, standardized, systematized, thoroughgoing, well-ordered |
| Notes: | systemic means 'deep-seated, integral, built into the system'; systematic means 'periodic, occurring with regularity' |
Antonyms: |
chaotic, confused, disorderly, mixed up, unmethodical, unsystematic |
| Main Entry: | tidy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clean, neat |
Synonyms: |
apple-pie order, businesslike, chipper, cleanly, in good shape, methodical, neat as a pin, ordered, orderly, shipshape, sleek, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, systematic, to rights, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed, well-kept, well-ordered |
Antonyms: |
chaotic, dirty, disordered, disorganized, littered, messy, sloppy, slovenly, unclean, untidy |