Meaning & use
organized person
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Meaning
nouncountable
someone who plans their work and keeps things tidy, so they rarely forget or lose things
Grammar: Countable; you can say 'an organized person' or 'very organized people'.
Patterns
- a very organized person
- be an organized person
My sister is such an organized person that she plans every meal a week ahead.
As an organized person, he never misses a deadline.
She became a more organized person after starting her first job.
Word forms
| plural | organized people |
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Common combinations
- a highly organized person
- A highly organized person can manage several projects at once.
- a naturally organized person
- He is a naturally organized person and keeps his desk spotless.
- become an organized person
- Using a calendar helped her become a more organized person.
Synonyms and how they differ
- tidy
- Only about keeping things neat, not about planning and managing time.
- methodical
- More formal and suggests doing things in a careful, step-by-step way.
- efficient
- Focuses on getting results quickly with little wasted effort, not on personal orderliness.
Opposites
Word family
- organize verb
- to arrange or plan something
- organized adjective
- planned well or keeping things in order
- organization noun
- a group such as a company, or the act of arranging things
Commonly confused: organized person or organist?
organized person vs organist
An organist plays the organ in a church or concert; it has nothing to do with being tidy or well planned.
Practice
Choose the sentence that correctly describes someone who plans well and keeps things tidy.
Choose one answer.
The adjective 'organized' describes a person who plans and keeps order. 'Organizing' describes an action, 'organize' is a verb, and 'organization' is a noun, so none of the others fit before 'person'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “organized person”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.