Synonyms and Antonyms of order

Instruction implies superiority of knowledge, direction of authority on the part of the giver; a teacher gives instructions to his pupils, an employer more.. Instruction implies superiority of knowledge, direction of authority on the part of the giver; a teacher gives instructions to his pupils, an employer gives directions to his workmen. Order is still more authoritative than direction; soldiers, sailors, and railroad employees have simply to obey the orders of their superiors, without explanation or question; an order in the commercial sense has the authority of the money which the one ordering the goods pays or is to pay. Command is a loftier word, as well as highly authoritative, less frequent in common life; we speak of the commands of God, or sometimes, by polite hyperbole, ask of a friend, "Have you any commands for me?" A requirement is imperative, but not always formal, nor made by a personal agent; it may be in the nature of things; as, the requirements of the position. Prohibition is wholly negative; it is a command not to do; injunction is now oftenest so used, especially as the requirement by legal authority that certain action be suspended or refrained from, pending final legal decision. Compare ARRAY; CLASS; LAW; PROHIBIT; SYSTEM. (prep)

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (noun.attribute)

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (noun.group)

a condition of regular or proper arrangement (noun.state)

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (noun.communication)

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (noun.communication)

a formal association of people with similar interests (noun.group)

a body of rules followed by an assembly (noun.communication)

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy (noun.state)

a group of person living under a religious rule (noun.group)

the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (noun.act)

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)

issue commands or orders for (verb.communication)

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (verb.social)

appoint to a clerical posts (verb.social)

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (verb.cognition)

assign a rank or rating to (verb.cognition)

a condition in which things are not in their expected places (noun.state)

lift the regulations on (verb.social)

bring disorder to (verb.change)

a disturbance of the peace or of public order (noun.state)

the style of a particular artist or school or movement (noun.attribute)

animal or plant group having natural relations (noun.group)

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something (noun.communication)

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (noun.state)

prescribed guide for conduct or action (noun.communication)

a document of or relating to commerce (noun.communication)

a state at a particular time (noun.state)

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) (noun.attribute)

a formal organization of people or groups of people (noun.group)

a subdivision of a larger religious group (noun.group)

a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body (noun.communication)

the verbal act of requesting (noun.communication)

provide with power and authority (verb.social)

cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea (verb.social)

form a critical opinion of (verb.cognition)

reach, make, or come to a decision about something (verb.cognition)

the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

ask (a person) to do something (verb.communication)

impose something unpleasant (verb.communication)

an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging (noun.group)

express the need or desire for; ask for (verb.communication)

put into a proper or systematic order (verb.contact)

the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically (noun.act)

the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base (noun.attribute)

the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls (noun.attribute)

the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves (noun.attribute)

a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order (noun.attribute)

a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft (noun.attribute)

the order of animals (noun.animal)

the order of protoctists (noun.animal)

the order of plants (noun.plant)

the order of fungi (noun.plant)

an order from a superior officer for troops to depart (noun.communication)

an order to appear in person at a given place and time (noun.communication)

a verbal command for action (noun.communication)

someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church bu more.. someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches (noun.person)

a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic more.. a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) (noun.person)

a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders (noun.person)

the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders (noun.person)

a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppres more.. a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)

(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy (noun.communication)

a rule of order permanently in force (noun.communication)

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body (noun.communication)

a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure (noun.communication)

a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly (noun.communication)

an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date (noun.communication)

an order for goods to be exported or imported (noun.communication)

an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price (noun.communication)

an order that initiates the manufacturing process (noun.communication)

a repeated order for the same merchandise (noun.communication)

an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level (noun.communication)

a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check (noun.communication)

a purchase negotiated by mail (noun.communication)

careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military) (noun.state)

in working order (noun.state)

the habit of being tidy (noun.state)

a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning (noun.group)

a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices (noun.group)

a local branch of some fraternity or association (noun.group)

a club of people to play chess (noun.group)

a suburban club for recreation and socializing (noun.group)

a social club for male undergraduates (noun.group)

a club organized to sing together (noun.group)

a club of people to play golf (noun.group)

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport (noun.group)

a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly (noun.group)

a club to promote and regulate horse racing (noun.group)

club for players of racket sports (noun.group)

a club for rowers (noun.group)

a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) (noun.group)

a social club for female undergraduates (noun.group)

a club of tumblers or gymnasts (noun.group)

club that promotes and supports yachting and boating (noun.group)

a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services (noun.group)

any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine (noun.group)

a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities (noun.group)

a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century (noun.group)

an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084 (noun.group)

a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century (noun.group)

a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century (noun.group)

a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the h more.. a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship (noun.group)

an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without ad more.. an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt (noun.communication)

an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited (noun.communication)

a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date (noun.communication)

a decree issued by a sovereign ruler (noun.communication)

a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart (noun.communication)

an edict that has been publicly posted (noun.communication)

a decree that prohibits something (noun.communication)

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted (noun.communication)

a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) (noun.communication)

an order for food that can be prepared quickly (noun.communication)

arrange or represent events so that they co-occur (verb.cognition)

divide, combine, or mark into phrases (verb.communication)

place in a superior order or rank (verb.cognition)

put someone or something on a short list (verb.cognition)

distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds (verb.cognition)

rank or order as less important or consider of less value (verb.cognition)

assign a priority to (verb.cognition)

arrange in a sequence (verb.cognition)

rate lower; lower in value or esteem (verb.cognition)

rate higher; raise in value or esteem (verb.cognition)

cause to conform to standard or norm (verb.change)

regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns (verb.social)

put (things or places) in order (verb.change)

arrange according to a system or reduce to a system (verb.change)

to assemble in proper sequence (verb.contact)

extricate from entanglement (verb.contact)

the form of government of a social organization (noun.state)

a state of order in which events conform to the law (noun.state)

an untroubled state; free from disturbances (noun.state)

a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole (noun.state)

a stable order (especially of society) (noun.state)

the state prevailing during the absence of war (noun.state)

command with authority (verb.communication)

give instructions or directions for some task (verb.communication)

make someone do something (verb.communication)

order, request, or command to come (verb.communication)

ask to go away (verb.communication)

make mandatory (verb.communication)

an order of bacteria (noun.animal)

the order of words in a text (noun.communication)

the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells (noun.group)

the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism (noun.group)

similar things placed in order or happening one after another (noun.group)

to arrange for (verb.communication)

order or request or give a command for (verb.communication)

order politely; express a wish for (verb.communication)

place an order for (verb.social)

an arrangement according to rank (noun.act)

the act of arranging in a graduated series (noun.act)

the action of following in order (noun.act)

the act of laying out (as by making plans for something) (noun.act)

the act of putting in alphabetical order (noun.act)

a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions (noun.person)

(biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order (noun.group)

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group)

someone who is a member of a club (noun.person)

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group)

appoint to a clerical posts (verb.social)

gather and spend time together (verb.social)

befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior (adj.all)

decide with authority (verb.cognition)

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb.communication)

issue commands or orders for (verb.communication)

issue a decree (verb.communication)

the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders (noun.act)

(religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God (noun.act)

a formal association of people with similar interests (noun.group)

a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders (noun.person)

the act of arranging in grades (noun.act)

the act of arranging in a graduated series (noun.act)

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (noun.attribute)

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) (noun.cognition)

an item on a list or in a sequence (noun.communication)

a judge who assigns grades to something (noun.person)

a relative position or degree of value in a graded group (noun.state)

relative position in a graded series (noun.state)

relative status (noun.state)

the act of controlling or directing according to rule (noun.act)

the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular (noun.act)

a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) (noun.artifact)

(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed (noun.cognition)

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior (noun.cognition)

an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest (noun.person)

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (verb.social)

clean or organized (adj.all)

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (noun.communication)

a formal command or admonition (noun.communication)

a guiding principle (noun.cognition)

directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions (noun.communication)

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something (noun.communication)

a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner (noun.person)

pertaining to giving directives or rules (adj.all)

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (verb.cognition)

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (noun.communication)

someone who places an order to buy (noun.person)

the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (noun.act)

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (noun.group)

an organizer who puts things in order (noun.person)

place in a certain order (verb.change)

assign a rank or rating to (verb.cognition)

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings (noun.cognition)

the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion (noun.person)

the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication)