Antonyms of adj disorderly

3 senses of disorderly

Sense 1
disorderly (vs. orderly) -- (undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct")

orderly (vs. disorderly) -- (devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd confronted the president")

Sense 2
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy -- (in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes")

INDIRECT (VIA untidy) -> tidy -- (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind")

Sense 3
chaotic, disorderly -- (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing)

INDIRECT (VIA wild) -> tame -- (very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed")

Similarity of adj disorderly

3 senses of disorderly

Sense 1
disorderly (vs. orderly) -- (undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct")
       => boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly -- (noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class")
       => mobbish, moblike -- (characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless; "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"; "moblike mentality")
       => raucous, rowdy -- (disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers")
       => rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled -- (characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism")

Sense 2
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy -- (in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes")
       => untidy (vs. tidy) -- (not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money")

Sense 3
chaotic, disorderly -- (completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing)
       => wild (vs. tame) -- (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties")

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