well-groomed

adjective

ˈwel-ˈgrümd 

-ˈgru̇md

1

: well-dressed and scrupulously neat

well-groomed men

2

: made neat, tidy, and attractive down to the smallest details

a well-groomed lawn

Synonyms

• antiseptic
• bandbox
• crisp
• groomed
• kempt
• neat
• orderly
• picked up
• prim
• shipshape
• smug
• snug
• tidied
• tidy
• trig
• trim
• uncluttered

Examples of well-groomed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additionally, hair on all students must be clean, well-groomed, geometrical and not an unnatural color or variation. —Cheyenne Mumphrey, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023

Additionally, hair on all students must be clean, well-groomed, geometrical, and not an unnatural color or variation. —Cheyanne Mumphrey and Juan Lozano, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023

Be well-groomed, tastefully dressed and conscious of your posture. —Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023

And for Douglass, his own picture — the serious, dignified grace of it, always well-groomed, stoic, and finely dressed — was a weapon of war. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023

The trail was well-groomed, though bumpy here and there from wind drifts. —John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1