Englishneat
adjective
1 the bedroom was neat and scrupulously clean:
tidy, neat and tidy, as neat as a new pin, orderly, well ordered, in (good) order, well kept, shipshape (and Bristol fashion), in apple-pie order, immaculate, spick and span, uncluttered, straight, trim, spruce;
archaic tricksy.
▷antonyms disorderly, untidy.
2 he's very neat:
smart, spruce, dapper, trim, well groomed, well turned out, besuited;
organized, well organized, tidy, methodical;
fastidious;
informal natty;
dated as if one had just stepped out of a bandbox;
archaic trig.
▷antonyms shabby.
3 her neat, italic script | the neat white contours of the building:
well formed, regular, precise, crisp, clean-cut, elegant, well proportioned, simple, unadorned, unornamented.
4 this neat little gadget:
compact, well designed, well made, handy, easy to use;
British, informal dinky.
5 his neat footwork:
skillful, deft, dexterous, adroit, adept, expert, practiced, accurate, precise, nimble, agile, graceful, stylish;
informal nifty.
▷antonyms clumsy.
6 a neat solution to the problem:
clever, ingenious, inventive, resourceful, good, apt, efficient;
slick;
informal genius.
7 a small glass of neat gin:
undiluted, straight, unmixed, unadulterated, unblended, pure, uncut;
North American, informal straight up.
8 North American, informal we had a really neat time:
excellent, very good, superb, outstanding, magnificent, of high quality, of the highest quality, of the highest standard, exceptional, marvelous, wonderful, sublime, perfect, eminent, preeminent, matchless, peerless, supreme, first-rate, first-class, superior, superlative, splendid, admirable, worthy, sterling, fine;
informal super, A1, ace, great, terrific, tremendous, fantastic, fab, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, top-notch, tip-top, class, awesome, magic, wicked, cool, out of this world, too good to be true, mind-blowing;
British, informal brilliant, brill, smashing, champion, bosting;
North American, informal badass;
US, informal awesomesauce, on fleek;
Australian, informal beaut, bonzer;
British, informal , dated spiffing, ripping, topping, top-hole, wizard, capital;
North American, informal , dated swell;
Australian, New Zealand, informal , dated bosker;
vulgar slang shit hot;
rare applaudable.
▷antonyms poor, inferior.