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spruce (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spruce (up)

to make neat

hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up

Synonyms of spruce (up)

neaten, pick up, redd (up or out) [chiefly dialect], straighten (up or out), tidy (up), trim

Words Related to spruce (up)

arrange, array, classify, codify, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize

Near Antonyms of spruce (up)

disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset

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