neat
1. clean or organized (Freq. 9)
- her neat dress
- a neat room
• Syn:
orderly
• Similar to:
tidy
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: orderly), neatness
2. showing care in execution (Freq. 1)
- neat homework
- neat handwriting
• Similar to:
tidy
• Derivationally related forms:
neatness
3. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming (Freq. 1)
- a neat style
- a neat set of rules
- she hated to have her neat plans upset
• Syn:
refined, tasteful
• Similar to:
elegant
• Derivationally related forms:
tastefulness (for: tasteful), neatness
4. free from clumsiness;
precisely or deftly executed (Freq. 1)
- he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek
- a clean throw
- the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
• Syn:
clean
• Similar to:
adroit
5. without water
- took his whiskey neat
• Syn:
straight, full-strength
• Similar to:
undiluted
6. very good
- he did a bully job
- a neat sports car
- had a great time at the party
- you look simply smashing
• Syn:
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy,
great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, peachy,
slap-up, swell, smashing
• Similar to:
good
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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