Order
Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.
Shambles
Shambles noun - A state in which everything is out of order.
Usage example: the earthquake left the whole town in a shambles
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
-
Just Before the End: The prologue reveals that EarthGov is in shambles, with law and order across the whole of human space breaking down.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space 3 - Witches can create a tool known as a Shambles in order to discover impending danger and other information.
Source: Crazy Prepared / Literature - Then Ghostbusters II opens up five years later with their reputation in shambles, the partnership dissolved, a court order preventing them from offering their services, and some of them even being so desperate that they have taken to performing at birthday parties.
Source: Happy Ending Override
Cite this Source
Shambles and Order. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/shambles
Order & Shambles. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/shambles>.
Shambles or Order. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/order/shambles.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "order" and "shambles" have occurred on timeline