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being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance<dressed in their smart new uniforms, the cadets proudly paraded around the grounds of the military school>Synonymsdapper, natty, sharp, spruceRelated Wordsdressy, elegant, formal; neat, orderly, tidy; fashionable, modish, stylish; careful, fastidious, fussy, meticulous; clean, immaculate, spotlessNear Antonymsmessy, untidy; shabby, sleazy; dingy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, nasty; dowdy, inelegant, unfashionable, unstylishAntonymssloppy, slovenly
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being in the latest or current fashion<boutiques specializing in smart clothes for cosmopolitan women>— see stylish
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causing intense mental or physical distress<administered a smart reproof>— see sharp 2
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given to or marked by mature intelligent humor<something one sees so rarely on TV: a smart sitcom>— see witty
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making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred<just joked and made smart comments during the ceremony>— see flippant
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having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment<a smart investment that has really paid off>— see shrewd
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having or showing quickness of mind<a smart child who will do well in school>— see intelligent 1
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having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience<a novelist who got much of the material for his works by hanging out with the smart set>— see worldly-wise
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