Entry Word: neat

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being clean and in good order <keep the kitchen neat so the cook doesn't have to work around piles of dirty dishes>

Synonyms crisp, groomed, orderly, picked up, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered

Related Words dapper, natty, prim, saucy, smart, spiffy, spruce; immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless; rakish, sleek, streamlined, taut; organized, straight, systematic

Near Antonyms seedy, shabby, slipshod, sloppy; dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, sordid, squalid; frowzy, rumpled, tousled, tumbled; disorganized, unsystematic

Antonyms disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

2 free from added matter <I like my soda neat, so skip the ice cubes> — see pure 1
3 of the very best kind <that new skateboard park is neat> — see excellent