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Synonyms for neat
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
neat
That which is clean is simply free from soil or defilement of any kind. Things are orderly when in due relation to other things; a room or desk is orderly when every article is in place; a person is orderly who habitually keeps things so. Tidy denotes that which conforms to propriety in general; an unlaced shoe may be perfectly clean, but is not tidy. Neat refers to that which is clean and tidy with nothing superfluous, conspicuous, or showy, as when we speak of plain but neat attire; the same idea of freedom from the superfluous appears in the phrases "a neat speech," "a neat turn," "a neat reply," etc. A clean cut has no ragged edges; a neat stroke just does what is intended. Nice is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, coarse dress may be perfectly neat, but would not be termed nice. Spruce is applied to the show and affectation of neatness with a touch of smartness, and is always a term of mild contempt; as, a spruce serving man. Trim denotes a certain shapely and elegant firmness, often with suppleness and grace; as, a trim suit; a trim figure. Prim applies to a precise, formal, affected nicety. Dapper is spruce with the suggestion of smallness and slightness; natty, a diminutive of neat, suggests minute elegance, with a tendency toward the exquisite; as, a dapper little fellow in a natty business suit.
Synonyms:
clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, nice, orderly, prim, spruce, tidy, trimAntonyms:
dirty, disorderly, dowdy, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, slovenly, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy
Princeton's WordNet
neat, orderlyadjective
clean or organized
"her neat dress"; "a neat room"
Synonyms:
slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, neat, clean, nifty, swell, orderly, keen, tasteful, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, refined, great, bully, dandy, peachyneatadjective
showing care in execution
"neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
Synonyms:
slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, clean, nifty, swell, orderly, keen, tasteful, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, refined, great, bully, dandy, peachyneat, refined, tastefuladjective
free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
"a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
Synonyms:
urbane, slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, neat, clean, svelte, nifty, swell, graceful, orderly, keen, tasteful, processed, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), elegant, corking, groovy, polished, refined, great, bully, dandy, peachyclean, neatadjective
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
"he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
Synonyms:
uninfected, neat, straight, nifty, not bad(p), tasteful, dandy, clean-living, sportsmanlike, full-strength, uncontaminating, white, smashing, unclouded, bully, clean, slap-up, light, clear, keen, sporty, fresh, orderly, refined, corking, groovy, fair, unobjectionable, blank, swell, sporting, cracking, great, peachy, bang-upbang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
neat, straight, full-strengthadjective
without water
"took his whiskey neat"
Synonyms:
unbent, slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, square(a), clean, nifty, swell, true, orderly, keen, consecutive, tasteful, neat, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), corking, groovy, refined, square, uncoiled, unbowed, great, bully, dandy, peachy, straightforward
Editors Contribution
scrawled
neat because when you scrawled on a paper you used messy hand writing. there for the opposite word is neat
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#209 | great | |
#348 | white | |
#613 | light | |
#831 | true | |
#907 | clear | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1209 | super | |
#1457 | cool | |
#1667 | fair | |
#1809 | clean | |
#1834 | square | |
#1975 | sec | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2442 | straight | |
#2507 | dry | |
#3150 | sporting | |
#3337 | pure | |
#3961 | blank | |
#5016 | processed | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6109 | elegant | |
#8332 | consecutive | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9513 | polished | |
#10056 | owl | |
#10534 | neat | |
#11925 | straightforward | |
#15244 | spruce | |
#15269 | cracking | |
#16522 | swell | |
#17616 | nifty | |
#18848 | tidy | |
#18998 | groovy | |
#19228 | smashing | |
#19860 | graceful | |
#20349 | orderly | |
#20516 | bully | |
#23717 | sporty | |
#24896 | dandy | |
#30301 | tasteful | |
#33359 | prim | |
#36999 | cleanly | |
#52162 | peachy | |
#57569 | dapper | |
#64241 | natty | |
#68486 | urbane | |
#69738 | uninfected | |
#96818 | svelte | |
#180643 | unbowed | |
#219755 | unobjectionable | |
#224550 | unclouded | |
#252858 | corking | |
#271082 | sportsmanlike | |
#302471 | unbent | |
#326723 | uncoiled |
How to use neat in a sentence?
When they flee persecution... they don't flee with a neat binder of documents.
It’s unbelievable how Marvin Lewis can manage all that and shows Marvin Lewis capacity. It’s been really neat to be a part and see all that, but it’s unbelievable the way that Marvin Lewis deals with the players and the level of confidence that Marvin Lewis brings to our guys, marvin Lewis’s really made great strides from 2019 to now. It's been a credit to Marvin Lewis how Marvin Lewis's really evolved and developed.
People kind of tell me they happen, that's pretty cool, i keep some jerseys and stuff like that, but yeah, it's pretty neat. It's just amazing to have so many people share in all those great accomplishments that, obviously to me, I feel like they're all team awards anyway, so anyone who ever caught a touchdown pass, they're part of something pretty cool in NFL history, anyone that had a completion for that matter.
Are they as clean as they claim? Or are they only presenting a very neat and falsely polished front?
H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920:
There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong.
Translations for neat
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- نظيف, انيقArabic
- net, sol, pulcre, pur, enginyósCatalan, Valencian
- elegantní, čistýCzech
- ordentlich, sauber, adrett, Hausrind, nettGerman
- σκέτοςGreek
- limpio, bovino, res, pura, puro, ordenado, bien hecho, pulcro, derechoSpanish
- شسته و رفتهPersian
- etevä, raaka, tyylikäs, siisti, nauta, taitava, puhdasFinnish
- pure, ordonné, soigné, pur, bétail, netFrench
- בקר, שורHebrew
- स्वच्छHindi
- rendesHungarian
- կոկիկArmenian
- rapiIndonesian
- pulito, ordinato, puroItalian
- נקיHebrew
- きちんとしたJapanese
- 단정한Korean
- رێکوپێکKurdish
- tīrs, tīrīgs, glītsLatvian
- pūhangaitiMāori
- kemasMalay
- net, puurDutch
- ryddigNorwegian
- fajnyPolish
- asseado, bovino, limpado, levePortuguese
- бык, чистый, опрятный, короваRussian
- prydligSwedish
- temizTurkish
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