Meanings
organized1
comparative more organized · superlative most organized · alternative British English organised · alternative deliberate misspelling organizized
- Of things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
Your desk is so organized!
Antonyms: disorganized, cluttered, disarrayed, messy, chaotic
- Of a person, characterized by efficient organization.
Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!
Antonyms: disorganized, messy
- labourUnionized.
If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies
1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292Synonyms: unionized · Antonyms: unorganized, ununionized
alternative British English organised · alternative deliberate misspelling organizized
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of organize
organized2
comparative more organized · superlative most organized · alternative British English organised · alternative deliberate misspelling organizized
- rareentertainmentOf a musical instrument, having keys (like an organ); keyed.
1 more example
The original concert advertisement including his name mentions “An Aria with accompaniment of organized trumpet, sung by Mlle. Gassmann, the words of which are by Herr Lieutenant [Giovanni de] v. Gamerra, poet of the Imperial Royal Court Theatre, the music by Herr Franz Xaver Süssmayer [sic], Kapellmeister of the I.R. Court Theatre.”
2015, Bryan Proksch, “Anton Weidinger’s Repertoire for the Keyed trumpet”, in Historic Brass Society Journal, volume 27, →DOI, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
adjectiveOf a person, characterized by efficient organization.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveformed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Germanorganisierte/organisirte
- Englishorganized
From organ (“musical instrument”) + -ize, calque of German organisierte/organisirte.
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Catalan organitzat
- organitzatcharacterised by efficient organization
Czech organizovaný
- organizovanýcharacterised by efficient organization
Finnish järjestelmällinen
- järjestelmällinencharacterised by efficient organization
French organisé
- organisécharacterised by efficient organization
German ordentlich
- ordentlichcharacterised by efficient organization
Greek οργανωμένος
- οργανωμένος (organoménos)characterised by efficient organization
Hindi व्यवस्थित, संगठित
- व्यवस्थित (vyavasthit)characterised by efficient organization
- संगठित (saṅgṭhit)characterised by efficient organization
- सुसंगठित (susaṅgṭhit)characterised by efficient organization
Italian organizzato
- organizzatocharacterised by efficient organization
Latin ordinātus
- ordinātuscharacterised by efficient organization
Māori nahanaha
- nahanahacharacterised by efficient organization
Persian ارگانیزه
- ارگانیزه (orgânize)characterised by efficient organization
Polish zorganizowany, rozgarnięty
- zorganizowanycharacterised by efficient organization
- rozgarniętycharacterised by efficient organization
- ogarniętycharacterised by efficient organization
- przytomnycharacterised by efficient organization
- kumatycharacterised by efficient organization
Portuguese organizado, arrumado
- organizadocharacterised by efficient organization
- arrumadocharacterised by efficient organization
Romanian organizat
- organizatcharacterised by efficient organization
Russian организованный
- организованный (organizovannyj)characterised by efficient organization
Spanish organizado
- organizadocharacterised by efficient organization
Turkish organize
- organizecharacterised by efficient organization
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Cite this entry
organized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organized
“organized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organized. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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