Synonyms for disorder
dɪsˈɔr dərdis·or·der

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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

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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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Condition
   • Physical Condition
   • Upset

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1. disordernoun

   Synonyms:
   confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, irregularity, jumble, want of order

2. disordernoun

   Synonyms:
   tumult, disturbance, commotion, turbulence, tumultuousness, riotousness

3. disordernoun

   Synonyms:
   distemper, complaint, malady, sickness, disease, ail, ailment, indisposition

4. disorderverb

   Synonyms:
   derange, disarrange, disturb, discompose, confuse, unsettle, disorganize, throw into confusion, turn topsy-turvy, put out of place

5. disorderverb

   Synonyms:
   impair the functions of, produce disease in

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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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1. List of paraphrases for "disorder":

   disorders, unrest, chaos, mess, disarray, turmoil, disruption, disturbance, post-traumatic, clutter, trouble, strife, impairment, lawlessness, upheaval, cloudy, confusion, mayhem, disease, illness, condition, affection, disturbs, dislocation, anarchy, turbulence

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1. Neal Sher:

   No one will be the same, the people who have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) -- both those who were hit by bullets and others who were in that area -- that is a very, very debilitating condition. And they're suffering on a daily basis. And as I said, families have been broken apart.

2. Colin Morgan:

   This work forms an important part of policing football and reducing the risk of violence and disorder at football matches both at home and abroad, violence and racism have no place in football and we will continue to put offenders before the courts as part of our efforts to make football a safer environment for everyone.

3. The Byers:

   I was completely devastated, to know that your child has a terminal disorder and that there’s no treatment … you don’t even want to get out of bed in the morning.

4. Anne Scott:

   I was threatened not to tell anyone. If I told anyone he would come after me and I would be in trouble, i said nothing to anyone. I developed an eating disorder, I developed post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorder, major anxiety and depression.

5. Steven Crawford:

   It’s a disordered pattern of eating that can put a genetically vulnerable person at high risk for developing an eating disorder.