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snappy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of snappy

1 being in the latest or current fashion

  • that snappy outfit really should impress your date
Synonyms of snappy

à la mode (also a la mode), au courant, chic, cool [slang], exclusive, fashionable, fresh [slang], happening, hip, in, modish, sharp, smart, stylish, supercool, swell, swish, trendy, voguish
Words Related to snappy

downtown, edgy, funky

dapper, dashing, dressy, kicky, natty, rakish, sassy, saucy, spiffy, spruce

chichi, classy, flossy, haute (also haut), nobby, posh, ritzy, soigné (or soignée), swank (or swanky)

elegant, graceful, handsome, majestic, refined, sophisticated, stately, tasteful, understated

doggish, doggy, flashy, gallant

dandyish, dudish, foppish

ultrachic, ultracool, ultrahip, ultraposh, ultrasmart, ultrasophisticated
Near Antonyms of snappy

cheesy, tacky, unattractive, unbecoming

graceless, inelegant, tasteless, trashy, unhandsome

frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

disheveled (or dishevelled), messy, mussy, rumpled, wrinkled

shabby, sleazy
Antonyms of snappy

dowdy, out, outmoded, styleless, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unmodish, unstylish

2 easily irritated or annoyed

  • we tried to avoid her when she was acting snappy, which was all too often
Synonyms of snappy

choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish
Words Related to snappy

bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly

argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy

hot-blooded, passionate
Phrases Synonymous with snappy

out of humor, out of sorts
Near Antonyms of snappy

affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable

agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed

carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed

forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding

3 having a low or subnormal temperature

  • typically snappy weather for March
Synonyms of snappy

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, wintry (also wintery)
Words Related to snappy

cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold

cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp

bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous

chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
Near Antonyms of snappy

lukewarm, tepid

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical
Antonyms of snappy

ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot

4 having much high-spirited energy and movement

  • much snappy repartee at the party celebrating the new art gallery's opening
Synonyms of snappy

active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
Words Related to snappy

dapper, dashing, spiffy

agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake

agile, nimble, spry

bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat

eager, enthusiastic, keen

frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful

boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

high-strung, nervous, skittish
Phrases Synonymous with snappy

on the go
Near Antonyms of snappy

indolent, lazy, unambitious

inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary

apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

boring, dull, irksome, tedious
Antonyms of snappy

dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid

5 moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

  • bring us some more french fries, and make it snappy!
Synonyms of snappy

blistering, breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy
Words Related to snappy

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed

breathtaking

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

high-speed

rush

ultrafast, ultrarapid
Phrases Synonymous with snappy

at speed [chiefly British]
Near Antonyms of snappy

crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried

deliberate, leisurely, measured

dilatory, late, tardy

ultraslow
Antonyms of snappy

slow

6 being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance

  • the snappy outfits worn by the young, attractive staff at the hotel
Synonyms of snappy

dapper, natty, sharp, smart, spruce
Words Related to snappy

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

orderly, tidy

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 snappy

messy, mussed, rumpled, uncombed, untidy, wrinkled

shabby, sleazy

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

dowdy, inelegant, unfashionable, unstylish
Antonyms of snappy

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

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