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Neat meaning in English

Meaning of Neat in English

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Neat

see synonyms of neat

Adjective

1. neat, orderly

clean or organized

Example Sentences:
'her neat dress'
'a neat room'

2. neat

showing care in execution

Example Sentences:
'neat homework'
'neat handwriting'

3. neat, refined, tasteful

free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

Example Sentences:
'a neat style'
'a neat set of rules'
'she hated to have her neat plans upset'

4. clean, neat

free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

Example Sentences:
'he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek'
'a clean throw'
'the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife'

5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell

very good

Example Sentences:
'he did a bully job'
'a neat sports car'
'had a great time at the party'
'you look simply smashing'

6. full-strength, neat, straight

without water

Example Sentences:
'took his whiskey neat'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Neat

see synonyms of neat
adjective
1. 
clean, tidy, and orderly
2. 
liking or insisting on order and cleanliness; fastidious
3. 
smoothly or competently done; efficient
a neat job
4. 
pat or slick
his excuse was suspiciously neat
5. 
(of alcoholic drinks) without added water, lemonade, etc; undiluted
6.  a less common word for net2
neat profits
7. slang, mainly US and Canadian
good; pleasing; admirable
nounWord forms: plural neat
archaic or dialect
a domestic bovine animal

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Neat

see synonyms of neat
adjective
1. 
unmixed with anything; undiluted; straight
said esp. of liquor drunk without a mixer or chaser
2.  Rare
free of deductions; net
3. 
a. 
clean and in good order; trim; tidy
b. 
characterized by tidiness, skill, and precision
a neat worker
c. 
without anything superfluous; simple
4. 
well-proportioned; shapely
5. 
cleverly or smartly phrased or done
6.  Slang
nice, pleasing, fine, etc.
a generalized term of approval
nounWord forms: plural neat
Rare
a bovine animal; ox, cow, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Neat

see synonyms of neat
adj. neat·er, neat·est
1.
a. Orderly and clean; tidy: a neat office; a neat desk.
b. Habitually tidy or well-organized: was lucky to have a neat roommate.
2. Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit: a neat turn of phrase.
3. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: neat whiskey.
4. Left after all deductions; net: neat profit.
5. Slang Wonderful; terrific: That was a neat party.
n. pl. neat
Archaic
A cow or other domestic bovine animal.

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