Synonyms of kempt

kempt

adjective

ˈkem(p)t 

as in tidy

being clean and in good order

a distinguished-looking gentleman with a kempt beard and an old-world manner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tidy
• tidied
• neat
• trim
• orderly
• groomed
• uncluttered
• well-groomed
• shipshape
• prim
• crisp
• antiseptic
• picked up
• smug
• immaculate
• organized
• trig
• snug
• dapper
• spiffy
• spotless
• sleek
• bandbox
• natty
• spick-and-span
• taut
• spruce
• saucy
• streamlined
• rakish
• systematic
• smart
• straight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unkempt
• disheveled
• untidy
• slovenly
• disorderly
• messy
• disordered
• shabby
• scruffy
• dirty
• sloppy
• filthy
• slipshod
• mussed
• seedy
• sloven
• mussy
• sordid
• squalid
• foul
• rumpled
• nasty
• dowdy
• disorganized
• tumbled
• unsystematic
• tousled
• frowsy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kempt

The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023

There was a whiff of mystery, a sense that something more was going on behind those well-kempt exteriors. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2018