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dapper

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dapper

being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance

the dapper gentleman drew admiring glances from all over the ballroom

Synonyms of dapper

natty, sharp, smart, snappy, spruce

Words Related to dapper

dolled up, dressy, elegant, formal, spiffed-up

à la mode (also a la mode), chic, fashionable, in, modish, stylish

careful, fastidious, fussy, meticulous

combed, groomed

clean, immaculate, pristine, spotless, squeaky-clean

Near Antonyms of dapper

messy, mussed, rumpled, uncombed, untidy, wrinkled

dingy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, nasty, scroungy, scrubby, scruffy, scuzzy [slang], smirched, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, unclean

dowdy, inelegant, unfashionable, unstylish

Antonyms of dapper

disheveled (or dishevelled), frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt

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