ORDERLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does orderly mean?
• ORDERLY (noun)
The noun ORDERLY has 2 senses:
1. a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
2. a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
Familiarity information: ORDERLY used as a noun is rare.
• ORDERLY (adjective)
The adjective ORDERLY has 6 senses:
1. devoid of violence or disruption
2. according to custom or rule or natural law
3. not haphazard
4. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
5. marked by or adhering to method or system
6. marked by system or regularity or discipline
Familiarity information: ORDERLY used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDERLY (noun)
Meaning:
A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the orderly laid out the general's uniform
Hypernyms ("orderly" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Meaning:
A male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hospital attendant; orderly
Hypernyms ("orderly" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
• ORDERLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Devoid of violence or disruption
Context example:
an orderly crowd confronted the president
Similar:
law-abiding; peaceful ((of groups) not violent or disorderly)
Antonym:
disorderly (undisciplined and unruly)
Meaning:
According to custom or rule or natural law
Synonyms:
rule-governed; lawful; orderly
Similar:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Meaning:
Not haphazard
Synonyms:
systematic; orderly
Context example:
a series of orderly actions at regular hours
Similar:
nonrandom (not random)
Meaning:
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Synonyms:
coherent; logical; consistent; ordered; orderly
Context example:
a coherent argument
Similar:
seamless (perfectly consistent and coherent)
Also:
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
Meaning:
Marked by or adhering to method or system
Context examples:
a clean orderly man / an orderly mind / an orderly desk
Similar:
tidy (marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)
Meaning:
Marked by system or regularity or discipline
Synonyms:
regulated; ordered; orderly
Context examples:
a quiet ordered house / an orderly universe / a well regulated life
Similar:
organized (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function)
