Neat

//ˈniːt//

Synonyms for "neat" (341 found)

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Closest matches (69)

tidy adroit orderly cattle dainty absolute ace-high adept all ataunto anal apt artistic ascetic ataunt attic austere authoritative bad bald bang up

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Adjective(1 words)

awesome

Adjective(4 words)

bang-up bully clean corking

Noun(2 words)

cattle cattle beast

Strong matches (102)

Related words (170)

nice nifty no mean nobby ok okay on the rocks open order organized out of sight out of this world ox peachy peachy-keen pellucid perspicuous plain plain spoken plain-speaking

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plain-spoken polished politic posh precise prim professional proficient prosaic prosing prosy pure purified quick quite some ready recherche rectified refined regular resourceful restrained ripping ritzy round rum rustic scrumptious scrupulous severe shapely sharp sheer shipshape sight simple simple-speaking skillful slap-up sleek slick smart smashing smug snazzy snug sober soigne soignee solid some something else sophisticated spare spartan spic and span spick and span spiffing spiffy splendid spruce stark statesmanlike steer straight straight up straightforward stunning style-conscious stylish super swank swanky swell systematic tactful tasteful taut terse the compleat the complete tight top-hole top-notch topping tough tricksy trifling trig trim unadorned unadulterated unaffected unalloyed unblended uncluttered uncombined uncomplicated uncompounded uncorrupted uncut undiluted unembellished unfortified unimaginative unlabored unleavened unmingled unmixed unornamented unpoetical unsophisticated untinged unvarnished virtuoso well done well dressed well-cared-for well-done well-dressed well-favored well-formed well-groomed well-kept well-made well-ordered well-proportioned well-shaped wizard wonderful workmanlike yak yearling

Adjective(10 words)

nifty not bad old orderly peachy slap-up slick smashing straight swell

Noun(2 words)

nolt ox

Adjective(5 words)

outstanding rad righteous safe wondrous

Related word relations

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9 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

disorganized on rocks untidy

Synonyms

6 entries

bang up facile full strength orderly spic and span tidy

Related terms

1 entries

geneat

coordinate

3 entries

straight straight up up

derived

28 entries

in neat neat and tidy neat as a button neat as a new pin neat as a pin neat as ninepence neat freak neat line neat weight neat-freakery neat-handed neat-house neatbeast neaten neatfoot neatherd

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

note

has context

2 entries

chemistry north american

related to

29 entries

adjective alcohol allowance and clean artificial intelligence being being tidy bull clean cleanliness cleanness contaminant cow deduction dirt geneat

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similar

8 entries

adroit good straight up superficial tidy undiluted

Translations

172 translations across 41 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κόσμιος adj (tidy, free from dirt)
χαλίκρητος adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
ἄκρατος adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)

Arabic

2 entries

اَنِيق adj (tidy, free from dirt)
نَظِيف adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Armenian

2 entries

կոկիկ adj (tidy, free from dirt)
կոկիկ adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)

Basque

1 entries

txukun adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Bulgarian

4 entries

без разтворител adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)
добре направен adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
изискан adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
изкусен adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)

Catalan

4 entries

enginyós adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
net adj (archaic: with all deductions or allowances made)
pulcre adj (tidy, free from dirt)
pur adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

رێکوپێک adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

整齐 adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Czech

4 entries

bezvadný adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
fajnový adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)
neředěný adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
tip-top adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)

Danish

3 entries

ordentlig adj (tidy, free from dirt)
ryddelig adj (tidy, free from dirt)
velordnet adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Dutch

4 entries

net adj (tidy, free from dirt)
netjes adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
proper adj (tidy, free from dirt)
puur adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Esperanto

2 entries

pura adj (tidy, free from dirt)
bovo noun (cow, bovine)

Finnish

4 entries

etevä adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
puhdas adj (tidy, free from dirt)
puhdas adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)
puhdas adj (archaic: with all deductions or allowances made)

French

4 entries

net adj (tidy, free from dirt)
ordonné adj (tidy, free from dirt)
pur adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)
pure adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)

Friulian

1 entries

net adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Galician

2 entries

curiosa adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
curioso adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)

German

4 entries

adrett adj (tidy, free from dirt)
akkurat adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
genau adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
gepflegt adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Greek

1 entries

σκέτος adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)

Hebrew

2 entries

בקר noun (cow, bovine)
שור noun (cow, bovine)

Hungarian

4 entries

hatásos adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
hígítatlan adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
hígítatlan adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)
klassz adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)

Irish

2 entries

cúirialta adj (tidy, free from dirt)
pioctha adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Italian

4 entries

liscio adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
ordinato adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
pulito adj (tidy, free from dirt)
puro adj (chemistry: with no solvent or cosolvent)

Japanese

1 entries

きちんとした adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Korean

1 entries

단정한 adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Latin

4 entries

concinnus adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
cōmptus adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
lautus adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
merus adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)

Latvian

4 entries

glīts adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
glīts adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
glīts adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)
tīrs adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Malay

1 entries

kemas adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Māori

4 entries

pīhangaiti adj (tidy, free from dirt)
pūhangaiti adj (tidy, free from dirt)
pūhangaiti adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)
tau adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ryddig adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ryddig adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

krakjt adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Polish

1 entries

fajny adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)

Portuguese

4 entries

asseado adj (tidy, free from dirt)
caubói adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
cowboy adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
leve adj (having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful)

Romanian

1 entries

bovină noun (cow, bovine)

Russian

4 entries

опря́тный adj (tidy, free from dirt)
чи́стый adj (tidy, free from dirt)
бык noun (cow, bovine)
коро́ва noun (cow, bovine)

Scots

1 entries

dink adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Spanish

4 entries

bien hecho adj (well-executed or delivered; clever, skilful, precise)
bien hecho adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)
derecho adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
limpio adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Swedish

1 entries

prydlig adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Tagalog

2 entries

havey adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)
mahusay adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)

Turkish

3 entries

katkısız adj (undiluted, particularly of alcoholic drinks)
muntazam adj (tidy, free from dirt)
temiz adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Ukrainian

4 entries

акура́тний adj (tidy, free from dirt)
оха́йний adj (tidy, free from dirt)
чепурни́й adj (colloquial: good, excellent, desirable)
чи́стий adj (tidy, free from dirt)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat.

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Keep your room neat and tidy.

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I want to keep my room as neat as possible.

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Keep your room as neat as you can.

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