Disorderly — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Disorderly (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. not restrained by or under the control of legal authority

   "disorderly mobs roamed the streets after the fall of the city"

   similar: anarchic, lawbreaking, lawless, unruly
   related: defiant, insubordinate, mutinous, rebellious, refractory, riotous, undisciplined, criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful, disobedient, froward, intractable, recalcitrant
   opposite: law-abiding, orderly
   near: lawful, legal, legalized, legitimate, amenable, compliant, docile, obedient, submissive, tractable

2. lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness

   "disorderly piles of clothes on various tables about the room"

   similar: chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, disordered, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down, at sixes and sevens, out of joint
   related: bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty (chiefly British), grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly, dowdy, frowsy, shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed, wrinkled, adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted, knotted, snarled, tangled, seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid, neglected, neglectful, negligent
   opposite: bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered
   near: antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied, methodical, regular, systematic, systematized, careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous, combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed, taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome