in shape

ADJECTIVE

orderly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

businesslike formal neat precise regulated scientific systematic thorough tidy

STRONG

clean regular trim uniform

WEAK

alike all together arranged careful conventional correct exact fixed framed in apple-pie order in good shape in order methodic neat as button neat as pin set-up shipshape spick-and-span systematized to rights together uncluttered

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chaotic confused disorderly disorganized sloppy slovenly

STRONG

changing inconsistent rough

WEAK

complicated misbehaving unmethodical unruly unsystematic untidy

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in shape

Have breakout star in shape of Elijah Just.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

“I was so exhausted,” said Mboladinga, who stays in shape by holding the pose for 30 to 40 minutes on non-match days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The fancy vivid blue-green diamond is triangular in shape and "the size of the nail on your smallest finger" according to Fawcett.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

“Always in shape, always was ready to go wherever he got that call,” Wilson wrote on X. “One of the things I respected most about him. You could depend on him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

She’s short, and oblong in shape, so that her iron- gray cardigan falls straight from shoulder to hip with no pause in between for a waist.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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