I. noun
1.
Synonyms: association 2, brotherhood, club, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, society, sodality, union
2.
Synonyms: type , breed, description, feather, ilk, kidney, kind, nature, sort, stripe
Related Word: bracket, branch, pigeonhole, set; estate, grade, rank, status
3.
sequential occurrence in space or time
changed the order of the books on the shelf
Synonyms: arrangement, disposal, disposition, distribution, ordering, sequence
Related Word: array, arrayal, collocation; allocation, allotment, apportionment, arrayment, proration
Contrasted words: disarrangement, disordering; chaos, confusion, disorder, mix-up, muddle
4.
general or approximate size or amount
a loss on the order of seven million dollars
Synonyms: extent, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, range, tune, vicinity
Related Word: approach, approximation, closeness, nearness, proximity
5.
manner of being arranged in space or of occurring in time
tell everything in the order in which it happened
Synonyms: consecution, procession, sequence, succession
Related Word: consecutiveness, following, successiveness; chain, progression, series, train
6.
Synonyms: succession 2, alternation, chain, consecution, progression, row, sequel, sequence, series, train
7.
orderly conduct
about to call the meeting to order when the interruption occurred
Synonyms: correctitude, correctness, decorousness, decorum, orderliness, properness, propriety, seemliness
Related Word: goodness, niceness, rightness; fitness, suitability; integrity, probity, rectitude, uprightness
Contrasted words: impropriety, indecorousness, indecorum, unseemliness
Antonyms: disorder
8.
orderly arrangement or disposition
troubled by the lack of order in their daily lives
Synonyms: method, orderliness, pattern, plan, system
Contrasted words: anarchy, chaos, confusion, muddle, ||snafu
Antonyms: disorder
9.
state with respect to quality, functioning, or status
the equipment was in very poor order
Synonyms: case, condition, estate, repair, shape
Related Word: fettle, fitness, kilter, trim
10.
a state of soundness
had her car put in order for spring
Synonyms: condition, fettle, fitness, kilter, repair, shape, trim
Related Word: adjustment, amendment, correction, gear, rectification
Idioms: working order
Contrasted words: disrepair
11.
the state of being appropriate to or required by the circumstances
that remark is definitely out of order
Synonyms: appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, expediency, fitness, meetness, propriety, rightness, suitability, suitableness
Related Word: opportuneness, seasonableness, timeliness; auspiciousness, favorableness; felicity, grace
Contrasted words: inappropriateness, unfitness, unsuitability, unsuitableness
12.
Synonyms: command 1, behest, bidding, charge, dictate, injunction, mandate, word
Related Word: authorization, permission
II. verb
1.
to bring about an orderly disposition of individuals, units, or elements
ordered his affairs in preparation for marriage
Synonyms: arrange, array, dispose, marshal, methodize, organize, systematize
Related Word: adjust, fix, regulate, right; align, line, line up, range; classify, codify, hierarchize; regiment, routine, routinize; streamline
Idioms: put ( or set) in order, put in shape, put ( or set) to rights, reduce to order, whip into shape ( or order)
Antonyms: disorder
2.
Synonyms: command , bid, charge, direct, enjoin, instruct, tell, warn