| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modernized |
| Synonyms: | clean, contoured, sleek, slick, smooth, trim, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | centralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw toward a point |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, compact, concenter, condense, consolidate, converge, focus, gather, incorporate, integrate, organize, rationalize, streamline, systematize, unify |
| Antonyms: | decentralize, disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | industrial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related to manufacturing |
| Synonyms: | automated, business, factory-made, in industry, industrialized, machine-made, manufactured, manufacturing, mechanical, mechanized, modern, smokestack, streamlined, technical |
| Antonyms: | domestic |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, assign, catalogue, class, classify, codify, conduct, control, dispose, distribute, establish, file, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, line up, locate, manage, marshal, methodize, neaten, normalize, pattern, place, plan, put away, put to rights, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, set guidelines, set in order, settle, sort out, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle |
| Main Entry: | shape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form, create |
| Synonyms: | assemble, block out, bring together, build, carve, cast, chisel, construct, crystallize, cut, embody, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, hew, knead, make, mint, model, mold, pat, pattern, produce, roughhew, sculpture, sketch, stamp, streamline, throw together, trim, whittle |
| Antonyms: | deform, destroy |
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, boil down, break down, break it down, chasten, clarify, clean it up, clean up, clear up, cut down, cut the frills, decipher, disentangle, disinvolve, draw a picture, elucidate, explain, facilitate, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, interpret, lay out, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, order, put in a nutshell, put one straight, reduce, shorten, spell out, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neat, orderly |
| Synonyms: | apple-pie order, clean, clean-cut, compact, dapper, fit, in good shape, neat as a pin, nice, shipshape, slick, smart, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, streamlined, symmetrical, tidy, to rights, uncluttered, well-groomed |
| Antonyms: | disorderly, rough, sloppy, unkempt |
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shapely |
| Synonyms: | beautiful, clean, comely, fit, graceful, in fine fettle, in good shape, sleek, slender, slick, slim, statuesque, streamlined, svelte, well-balanced, well-proportioned, willowy |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, overweight |
| Main Entry: | simplified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made simple |
| Synonyms: | abstract, conventionalized, streamlined, stylized |
| Antonyms: | complicated |