TIDY UP Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

tidy (up)

verb

Definition of tidy (up)

as in to clean (up)

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff just give me a minute to tidy up before you bring company over

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as in to trim

to make neat we'll work more efficiently if we tidy up our work area after completing the first phase of our experiment

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Remove dense fuels, trim overhanging branches, and carefully plan your landscaping within 30 feet of homes.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
This relaxed-but-polished organic cotton sweater has a classic crew neckline and ribbed trimming to elevate the look.

— Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trim

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Those ideas say some people are superior to others, and the inequality that exists in the world around us reflects those innate differences, and inequality is a good thing, and a necessary thing, and the only real way to organize social life.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The president is organizing a Republican midterm convention in Dallas next month that will serve as much a two-day rally for him as a boon to party candidates nationwide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of organize

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Palestinians and Lebanese displaced by the 1967 war were joining relatives or acquaintances in Dearborn, and residents arranged food and medical services for the new arrivals.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Solano also arranged for 30 Jackson patients to go to the 14-bed Dulce Hogar ALF on Northwest 26th Avenue between 2016 and the end of 2023.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

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