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Synonyms for disorder
dɪsˈɔr dərdis·or·der

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. disordernoun

    Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

    After playing the children left the room in disorder.

    Synonyms:
    entropy, chaos

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. disorder

    Disease is the general term for any deviation from health; in a more limited sense it denotes some definite morbid condition; disorder and affection are rather partial and limited; as, a nervous affection; a disorder of the digestive system. Sickness was generally used in English speech and literature, till the close of the eighteenth century at least, for every form of physical disorder, as abundantly appears in the English Bible: "Jesus went about ... healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people," Matt. iv, 23; "Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died," 2 Kings xiii, 14. There is now, in England, a tendency to restrict the words sick and sickness to nausea, or "sickness at the stomach," and to hold ill and illness as the only proper words to use in a general sense. This distinction has received but a very limited acceptance in the United States, where sick and sickness have the earlier and wider usage. We speak of trifling ailments, a slight indisposition, a serious or a deadly disease; a slight or severe illness; a painful sickness. Complaint is a popular term, which may be applied to any degree of ill health, slight or severe. Infirmity denotes a chronic or lingering weakness or disability, as blindness or lameness.

    Synonyms:
    affection, ailment, complaint, disease, distemper, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

    Antonyms:
    health, robustness, soundness, strength, sturdiness, vigor

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. disorder, upsetnoun

    a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

    "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

    Synonyms:
    perturbation, overturn, disorderliness, swage, turnover, overthrow, disturbance, derangement, upset

    Antonyms:
    orderliness, order

  2. disorderliness, disordernoun

    a condition in which things are not in their expected places

    "the files are in complete disorder"

    Synonyms:
    rowdiness, upset, disorderliness, rowdyism, disarray, roughness

    Antonyms:
    orderliness, order

  3. disorderverb

    a disturbance of the peace or of public order

    Synonyms:
    upset, disorderliness

    Antonyms:
    order, orderliness

  4. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorderverb

    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

    "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

    Synonyms:
    distract, unhinge, perturb, inconvenience oneself, upset, inconvenience, ail, discommode, disquiet, bother, cark, deflect, put out, incommode, disoblige, pain, disarray, throw out of kilter, trouble, disturb, trouble oneself, derange

    Antonyms:
    order, orderliness

  5. disorder, disarrayverb

    bring disorder to

    Synonyms:
    cark, trouble, disquiet, unhinge, disarray, perturb, distract

    Antonyms:
    order, orderliness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. disordernoun

    Synonyms:
    confusion, disarray, disarrangement, disorganization, jumble, chaos, litter, irregularity, disturbance, tumult, riot, turmoil, bedlam, fracas, pandemonium

  2. disorderverb

    Synonyms:
    disarrange, confuse, jumble, disorganize, tousle, derange, discompose

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1351disease
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#4709cloudy
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#8009mess
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#9936bother
#10189turnover
#10997impairment
#12255clutter
#13000sickness
#14374disturbance
#14785inconvenience
#15079disruption
#15988affection
#16672mayhem
#17215anarchy
#17490entropy
#19647turbulence
#23324turmoil
#23336disturb
#24114unrest
#24177strife
#25991perturbation
#27471overthrow
#30316distract
#33513roughness
#34106dislocation
#34999overturn
#43008upheaval
#43329ail
#44754deflect
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#52905disarray
#56724lawlessness
#63046disturbs
#65670malady
#72653infirmity
#79014distemper
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#104507cark
#109190derangement
#112349perturb
#179003swage
#204672indisposition
#280703unsoundness
#303218rowdiness

How to use disorder in a sentence?

  1. Christian Hart:

    It turned out that the majority of them don’t have another psychological disorder. And so it seems like lying is their principal problem.

  2. Arthur Lurigio:

    Shootings can leave victims with permanent physical and emotional disabilities, including symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, the survivors of homicide never move on completely from their devastating loses. Bullets in the air leave permanent pain in the heart and create ripples of sorrow in families and communities that affect generations to come.

  3. Hesiod:

    It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

  4. Tom Quinn:

    We are very concerned that this will have a detrimental impact on people with or at risk of developing an eating disorder, we are already starting to hear from people who are very distressed, [... ] who think these measures will increase their eating disordered behaviors.

  5. Ulf Bjereld:

    The Sweden Democrats may either be punished for creating chaos and disorder, or they could be rewarded for showing courage and standing up for their values.


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