disorder synonyms

disorder

n.

  1. Physical confusion

    disarray, confusion, jumble, shambles; see confusion 2.

  2. Social confusion

    disturbance, tumult, uproar, bustle, discord, turbulence, misrule, turmoil, upheaval, complication, chaos, mayhem, terrorism, rioting, mob rule, anarchy, anarchism, lawlessness, disorderliness, rowdiness, imbroglio, entanglement, commotion, agitation, insurrection, revolution, rebellion, strike, disorganization, riot, state of violence, reign of terror, mobocracy, ochlocracy, tangled skein, ruckus*; see also disturbance 2, trouble 2.

    Antonyms order*, peace*, tranquility.

  3. An illness

    ailment, sickness, malady, dysfunction; see disease. See syn. study at confusion.

disorder

v.

disarrange, clutter, scatter; see confuse, disorganize.

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