well-ordered

[wel-awr-derd] / ˈwɛlˈɔr dərd /

ADJECTIVE

businesslike

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diligent disciplined earnest expeditious matter-of-fact methodical orderly practical purposeful serious thorough

WEAK

accomplished careful concentrated correct direct effective enterprising hardworking industrious intent organized painstaking practiced regular routine sedulous skillful systematic workaday

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganized flippant thoughtless trivial unimportant unserious

WEAK

amateur inefficient unbusinesslike unprofessional

ADJECTIVE

systematic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

efficient methodical organized precise standardized

WEAK

analytical arranged businesslike complete logical methodic ordered out-and-out regular set-up systematized thoroughgoing

Antonyms

WEAK

chaotic confused disorderly mixed up unmethodical unsystematic

ADJECTIVE

tidy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

orderly sleek snug well-kept

STRONG

ordered spruce trim uncluttered

WEAK

apple-pie order businesslike chipper cleanly in good shape methodical neat as a pin shipshape spick-and-span systematic to rights well-groomed

Antonyms

STRONG

unkempt

WEAK

chaotic dirty disordered disorganized inconsequential inconsiderable littered little messy sloppy slovenly small unclean unsubstantial untidy

Example Sentences

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It should be possible—and it is essential to a well-ordered society—to call out morally reprehensible behavior by your own side as well as by your opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Local resident Reka told me she couldn't understand how an attack like this could have happened in her well-ordered city.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Three years later, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture whisked them off to a quaint fictional village in the west of England, zigzagging through arable fields and well-ordered front gardens.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

If the material is charged slowly, everything proceeds in a well-ordered way.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

It was an ordinary day in the quiet, well-ordered place.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

well-ordered

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