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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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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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?
As a woman and as the wife of a leader, I have to look made up, neat and take care of my appearance. It is also embarrassing for Malaysians when other countries make fun of the sloppy wife of Malaysia's prime minister.
Growth in this business is driven by exposure to emerging markets, and we'd plan to keep expanding that. One of the neat things about this company is that it's very diversified already in terms of geography, with a significant presence in Latin America, China and the Middle East. In many of those regions there is an increasing use of pharmaceutical and dietary products, so we see a long-term secular uplift from that.
You know what? If he would like to come and the organization is on board, we will take him, he was awesome. I never met him before, but that was pretty neat. To point on everything. He was awesome.
It was really neat to see the photos after four years.
This study is particularly neat because it takes advantage of errors that are known to occur during culture of XY cells, which lead to loss of the Y chromosome and subsequent gain of a second X chromosome, resulting in XX cells that are capable of generating live offspring.
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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