Definition for Neat:

• According to Wedgwood, any brute animal, from A. S. ne witeen, like the Gr. alogon, an irrational creature. The Greek word is now limited to horses, the English to cattle. Skeat, Etym. Eng. Dict., refers neat to A. S. niotan, to use, employ, enjoy.

Synonyms for Neat:

• adj.

  •admirable (adjective)
  • more aok,
  • most a ok,
  • more copacetic,
  • more super-duper,
  • out of world,
  • more superduper,
  • most aok,
  • de-serving,
  • de serving,
  • out sight,
  • un-real,
  • most super duper,
  • most meritable,
  • most a-ok,
  • more super duper,
  • out world,
  • cat pajamas,
  • most crackerjack,
  • more meritable,
  • most superduper,
  • super duper,
  • more a-ok,
  • a ok,
  • dreamest,
  • cats pajamas,
  • more crackerjack,
  • more a ok,
  • most super-duper,
  • out this world,
  • A 1.
  •adroit (adjective)
  • quick on uptake,
  • quick the trigger,
  • quick trigger,
  • most up,
  • more up,
  • quick uptake,
  • quick the uptake,
  • whizest,
  • quick witted,
  • quickwitted,
  • most wizard,
  • more wizard,
  • whizer,
  • up speed.
  •all (adjective)
  • neat.
  •arranged well, uncluttered (adjective)
  • prim,
  • spruce,
  • well-kept,
  • finicky,
  • fastidious,
  • spotless,
  • chic,
  • dapper,
  • tidy,
  • slick,
  • trim,
  • in good order,
  • exact,
  • smart,
  • finical,
  • apple-pie order,
  • regular,
  • sleek,
  • neat as a pin,
  • precise,
  • in good shape,
  • systematic,
  • accurate,
  • nice,
  • correct,
  • proper.
  •attractive (adjective)
  • pretty.
  •becoming (adjective)
  • more well chosen,
  • more wellchosen,
  • more acceptable,
  • neater,
  • most well chosen,
  • most enhancing,
  • more well-chosen,
  • wellchosen,
  • most well-chosen,
  • most wellchosen,
  • be-coming,
  • more enhancing.
  •chaste (adjective)
  • more intemerate,
  • most intemerate,
  • re-strained,
  • re strained,
  • impotent,
  • in nocent,
  • quietest,
  • un-contaminated,
  • prudish,
  • un contaminated,
  • un-wed,
  • most monogamous,
  • unwed,
  • un-blemished,
  • Quieter,
  • un blemished,
  • un wed,
  • more uncontaminated,
  • re-fined,
  • in experienced,
  • un stained,
  • more monogamous,
  • un sullied,
  • un-defiled,
  • un-affected,
  • de cent,
  • most uncontaminated,
  • un-stained,
  • de-cent,
  • un-sullied,
  • in-experienced,
  • in-nocent,
  • un defiled,
  • un affected,
  • re fined.
  •clean (adjective)
  • unstained,
  • unsmudged,
  • unsullied,
  • spic and span,
  • hygienic,
  • refined,
  • unsoiled,
  • Taintless,
  • uncluttered,
  • readable,
  • speckless,
  • sanitary,
  • clear cut,
  • unpolluted,
  • dirtless,
  • neat as a button,
  • unspotted,
  • stainless,
  • sterile.
  •clever, practiced (adjective)
  • efficient,
  • apt,
  • agile,
  • able,
  • expert,
  • finished,
  • proficient,
  • effortless,
  • artful,
  • quick,
  • ready,
  • stylish,
  • nimble,
  • adept,
  • graceful,
  • well-judged,
  • speedy.
  •cool (adjective)
  • hunky-dory.
  •crisp (adjective)
  • more well-pressed,
  • more well pressed,
  • most wellpressed,
  • most well pressed,
  • most well-pressed,
  • well pressed,
  • more wellpressed,
  • cleancut,
  • wellpressed,
  • clean cut.
  •dainty (adjective)
  • sweetest,
  • more darling,
  • sweeter,
  • rarest,
  • more recherche,
  • most darling,
  • well-made,
  • wellmade,
  • palatable,
  • well made,
  • de-lightful,
  • most recherche,
  • de lightful.
  •dandy (adjective)
  • most five star,
  • five star,
  • firstrate,
  • more paragon,
  • more five-star,
  • most five-star,
  • flyest,
  • famous,
  • exemplary,
  • most famous,
  • most fivestar,
  • most paragon,
  • grandest,
  • more fivestar,
  • more five star,
  • fivestar,
  • first rate,
  • most first rate.
  •deft (adjective)
  • having know how,
  • fleet,
  • more skilled,
  • having knowhow.
  •dexterous (adjective)
  • more nimble-fingered,
  • more nimble fingered,
  • most nimblefingered,
  • most nimble fingered,
  • most nimble-fingered,
  • nimble fingered,
  • more nimblefingered,
  • having the knowhow,
  • nimblefingered,
  • having the know how.
  •dinky (adjective)
  • mini,
  • small fry,
  • minor-league,
  • second rate,
  • small-fry,
  • small time.
  •elegant (adjective)
  • cultured,
  • decorous,
  • exquisite,
  • classical,
  • charming,
  • ostentatious,
  • dignified,
  • well-bred,
  • sophisticated,
  • suave,
  • cultivated,
  • civil,
  • tasteful,
  • tactful.
  •excellent (adjective)
  • way-out.
  •exciting (adjective)
  • agitative,
  • riproaring,
  • zestful,
  • Commoving,
  • Exhilarant,
  • rousing,
  • rip-roaring,
  • hectic.
  •far-out (adjective)
  • ultamodern,
  • rad,
  • modernistic,
  • hippie,
  • very unconventional,
  • out in left field.
  •felicitous (adjective)
  • in-spired,
  • in spired,
  • more telling,
  • pertinent,
  • re levant,
  • welltimed,
  • most telling,
  • inspired,
  • re-levant.
  •fine (adjective)
  • more firststring,
  • most first-string,
  • more first-string,
  • more first string,
  • most firststring,
  • most gilt edged,
  • good looking,
  • top-pest,
  • firststring,
  • out standing,
  • most first string,
  • most giltedged,
  • more giltedged.
  •flattering (adjective)
  • becoming.
  •good (adjective)
  • up to snuff,
  • Supereminent,
  • unmarred,
  • de-luxe,
  • De Luxe,
  • more super excellent,
  • more super eminent,
  • most tip top,
  • bullier,
  • tip top,
  • most supereminent,
  • bulliest,
  • most super excellent,
  • more tip top,
  • more supereminent,
  • most super-eminent,
  • most tip-top,
  • most super eminent,
  • tip-top,
  • super-eminent,
  • most super-excellent,
  • super-excellent,
  • more super-eminent,
  • super excellent,
  • super eminent,
  • Superexcellent,
  • more tip-top.
  •graceful (adjective)
  • more aesthetic,
  • limber,
  • more poised,
  • lithe,
  • most balletic,
  • most poised,
  • more balletic.
  •handy (adjective)
  • more utile,
  • most utile,
  • utile,
  • manageable,
  • wieldiest,
  • wieldier.
  •hot (adjective)
  • up to the minute,
  • sought after,
  • more sought-after,
  • just out,
  • most soughtafter,
  • soughtafter,
  • more soughtafter,
  • in demand,
  • re cent.
  •immaculate (adjective)
  • unexceptionable,
  • un-exceptionable,
  • un exceptionable,
  • more unexceptionable,
  • most unexceptionable.
  •legible (adjective)
  • de cipherable,
  • de-cipherable.
  •marvelous (adjective)
  • more smashing,
  • most smashing,
  • fabbest,
  • fabber,
  • re-warding,
  • re warding.
  •methodic (adjective)
  • meth odic,
  • meth-odic.
  •methodical (adjective)
  • grooved,
  • most grooved,
  • more grooved,
  • Methodic,
  • Systematical.
  •methodical/methodic (adjective)
  • more set up,
  • most disciplined,
  • more set-up,
  • more well-regulated,
  • most well-regulated,
  • more wellregulated,
  • most methodized,
  • in groove,
  • ex-act,
  • most wellregulated,
  • wellregulated,
  • most setup,
  • most set-up,
  • most methodic,
  • more well regulated,
  • re-gular,
  • de-liberate,
  • most set up,
  • more structured,
  • most well regulated,
  • well regulated,
  • more methodized,
  • de liberate,
  • more disciplined,
  • ex act,
  • more setup,
  • more methodic,
  • most structured,
  • re gular,
  • by book.
  •natty (adjective)
  • dressed nines,
  • dressed kill,
  • dressed the nines.
  •ordered (adjective)
  • in order,
  • peaceable,
  • well-organized,
  • law-abiding.
  •orderly (adjective)
  • ordered,
  • in shape,
  • to rights,
  • neat as button,
  • neat as pin,
  • in apple-pie order.
  •pat (adjective)
  • to the point,
  • the point.
  •pretty (adjective)
  • dis-hier,
  • dis hier,
  • cherrest,
  • looker,
  • dishier,
  • dishiest,
  • more looker,
  • dis-hiest,
  • dis hiest,
  • more picture,
  • most dreamboat,
  • most looker,
  • more eyeful,
  • cherrer,
  • more dreamboat,
  • most picture,
  • most eyeful.
  •pure (adjective)
  • unalloyed,
  • unmingled,
  • unadulterated,
  • pure and simple,
  • twenty-four carat,
  • out and out.
  •shapely (adjective)
  • more well turned,
  • most wellturned,
  • well turned,
  • more fullfigured,
  • more full figured,
  • more proportioned,
  • most well-turned,
  • more well-turned,
  • most well-formed,
  • more sylphlike,
  • most fullfigured,
  • fullfigured,
  • shapely,
  • well formed,
  • most well formed,
  • most sylphlike,
  • pro portioned,
  • more full-figured,
  • wellformed,
  • most full figured,
  • most wellformed,
  • more wellturned,
  • more well formed,
  • most well turned,
  • most full-figured,
  • more wellformed,
  • pro-portioned,
  • more well-formed,
  • full figured,
  • Proportioned,
  • wellturned,
  • most proportioned.
  •shipshape (adjective)
  • in tip top condition,
  • in tip-top condition,
  • in tiptop condition.
  •smart (adjective)
  • well turnedout.
  •snug (adjective)
  • snug as a bug in rug,
  • snug as a bug a rug,
  • snug as bug rug,
  • snug as bug a rug,
  • snug as bug in a rug,
  • well off,
  • snug as a bug rug,
  • most homelike,
  • welloff,
  • more homelike.
  •spick-and-span (adjective)
  • most spic and span,
  • most cleaned,
  • brandspanking new,
  • spick and span,
  • very clean,
  • clean tidy,
  • most spic-and-span,
  • more spic-and-span,
  • more cleaned,
  • more spic and span.
  •straight (adjective)
  • unmodified,
  • put to rights.
  •super (adjective)
  • topnotch.
  •terse (adjective)
  • in nutshell,
  • more breviloquent,
  • more compendiary,
  • cut bone,
  • epigrammatic,
  • more gnomic,
  • more clipped,
  • short sweet,
  • most breviloquent,
  • most clipped,
  • cut the bone,
  • boiled down,
  • most gnomic,
  • most compendiary.
  •unblended (adjective)
  • un blended,
  • un-blended.
  •undiluted (adjective)
  • un diluted,
  • un-diluted.
  •unmarred (adjective)
  • most uninjured,
  • uninjured,
  • un-damaged,
  • most unbroken,
  • un-harmed,
  • un-injured,
  • un hurt,
  • un-hurt,
  • more uninjured,
  • in-tact,
  • un damaged,
  • in tact,
  • un impaired,
  • more unbroken,
  • un marred,
  • un broken,
  • un harmed,
  • un-marred,
  • un injured,
  • un-broken,
  • un-impaired.
  •unsoiled (adjective)
  • anti septic,
  • anti-septic,
  • cleanliest,
  • cleanlier,
  • un-soiled,
  • un soiled.
  •way-out (adjective)
  • wayout.
  •well-groomed (adjective)
  • well groomed,
  • wellgroomed.

• n.

  •
  • order,
  • painstaking,
  • cautious,
  • careful,
  • thorough,
  • provident.
  •
  • exceptional,
  • ability,
  • wonder,
  • incredible.
  •
  • midget,
  • plain,
  • microscopic,
  • little,
  • slight,
  • small,
  • discreet,
  • unblended,
  • diminutive,
  • tiny,
  • minute,
  • strong,
  • minuscule.
  •
  • fantastical,
  • ripping,
  • fantastic,
  • cool,
  • superb,
  • super.
  •bang-up (noun)
  • bang-up.
  •bully (noun)
  • bully.
  •corking (noun)
  • corking.
  •cracking (noun)
  • cracking.
  •full-strength (noun)
  • full-strength.
  •great (noun)
  • great.
  •keen (noun)
  • keen.
  •neat (noun)
  • slap-up,
  • not bad,
  • straight,
  • peachy,
  • swell,
  • undiluted,
  • smashing.
  •nice (noun)
  • pleasing.
  •tidy (noun)
  • just so.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • trig,
  • trenchant,
  • unmixed.
  •
  • taut,
  • tremendous.
  •
  • fabulous,
  • dreamy,
  • wonderful,
  • sensational.
  •
  • glorious,
  • skillful.
  •
  • splendid,
  • divine,
  • terrific.
  •
  • tight.
  •bang-up
  • bang up.
  •first class
  • excellent.
  •tidy
  • Manicured.

Paraphrases for Neat:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    clean, terrific, pretty, cool, net, pure, awesome, brilliant, careful, fantastic, clear, beautiful, wonderful, own, attractive, clever, exciting, amazing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    CES, CRS, CMS.
  • Interjection
    terrific, net, awesome, fantastic, beautiful, wonderful, amazing.
  • Verb, past tense
    broke, dried.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    great, nice, elegant, lovely, tidy, sweet, handsome, orderly, fancy, ingenious, fine, nifty, straightforward, good-looking, spotless, nice-looking, magnificent.
  • Interjection
    great, nice, sweet, cool, brilliant.

Antonyms for Neat:

• adj.

  • arranged well, uncluttered
    inaccurate, slovenly, questionable, stupid, careless, unclean, false, rough, unintelligent, dirty, unfashionable, disorderly, untidy, unkempt, messed up, sloppy, unpracticed, disorganized, dull.
  • clever, practiced
    hard, awkward, Unhandy, inept.
  • Other antonyms:
    compounded, shabby, haphazard, shambolic, rotten, improper, mixed, debased, execrable, low-grade, middling, pathetic, Commingled, second-rate, dilute, unordered, rumpled, intermingled, indecent, indecorous, linked, awful, negligent, defiled, intermixed, incorporated, blended, unsuitable, unsystematic, fouled, joined, uncared-for, corrupted, coalesced, slipshod, unfit, fused, slouchy, planless, squalid, hit-or-miss, scruffy, conjoined, united, combined, rude, irregular, spoiled, unbecoming, amalgamated, terrible, unseemly, merged, patternless, vile, nonsystematic, seedy, Immethodical, maladroit, watered-down, atrocious, mediocre.

Neat Sentence Examples:

• " That was very neat.

• " This is a very neat room for a single gentleman," remarked Mrs. Schlessinger.

Homophones for Neat:

• nada, nitweed, needed, net, 32nd, nt, nominated, natta, nematoda, natty, need, nett, n-th, ninetieth, nematode, notate, not yet, not, naiant, numididae, nudity, nude, ninety-two, netted, NEET, nominate, node, nitwitted, nutty, note, nomad, nit, noted, numdah, nitwit, ninety, nad, name day, nandu, nammad, needy, nonwoody, numida, noonday, no-hit, Numidia, nth, nonentity, non-white, nitid, nato, new-made, nutate, 42nd, nantua, ninth, newt, nuda, nd, 2nd, nimiety, nintu, 22nd, named, not due, naiad, nut, neonate, nod, nintoo, noontide.