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spruce

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of spruce

being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance

a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit

Synonyms of spruce

dapper, natty, sharp, smart, snappy

Words Related to spruce

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 spruce

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 spruce

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

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