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 disorienting

1 sense of disorienting

Sense 1
disorienting (vs. orienting) -- (causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting")

orienting (vs. disorienting), orientating -- (positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees")
        => aligning, positioning -- (causing to fall into line or into position)
        => dimensioning -- (indicating or determining size and position in space; "the ultrasonic dimensioning measurement"; "an ultrasonic dimensioning arrangement of the heart")
        => familiarizing, familiarising -- (serving to make familiar)
        => homing -- (orienting or directing homeward or to a destination; "the homing instinct"; "a homing beacon")

Similarity of adj disorienting

1 sense of disorienting

Sense 1
disorienting (vs. orienting) -- (causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting")
       => confusing -- (causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child")
       => estranging -- (making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape was estranging")
       => stunning -- (causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke")
       => stupefying -- (making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp")
          Also See-> unoriented#1

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