Antonyms of verb disorient

1 sense of disorient

Sense 1
disorient, disorientate -- (cause to be lost or disoriented)
       Antonym of orient (Sense 2)
      => orient, orientate -- (determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disorient

1 sense of disorient

Sense 1
disorient, disorientate -- (cause to be lost or disoriented)
       => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher")

Antonyms of adj disoriented

2 senses of disoriented

Sense 1
confused, disoriented, lost -- (having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented")

INDIRECT (VIA unoriented) -> oriented, orientated -- (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout")

Sense 2
alienated, anomic, disoriented -- (socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people")

INDIRECT (VIA unoriented) -> oriented, orientated -- (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout")

Similarity of adj disoriented

2 senses of disoriented

Sense 1
confused, disoriented, lost -- (having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented")
       => unoriented (vs. oriented) -- (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map")

Sense 2
alienated, anomic, disoriented -- (socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people")
       => unoriented (vs. oriented) -- (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map")

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