neatadjective
uk/niːt/us/niːt/neat adjective (TIDY)
B1 tidy, with everything in its place:
Your house is always so neat - how do you manage it?
She likes everything neat and tidy.
You have such neat handwriting.
They did a very neat job stitching up your knee - there's hardly a scar there.
Neat people like to keep themselves, their house, and their possessions tidy and in good order:
Hassan is the neatest child I've ever met - even his shoes are clean!
I try to be neat, but my husband is a slob.
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- She coiled her hair into a neat bun on top of her head.
- The castle has trim lawns and neat flower beds.
- Her garden is always very neat.
- We arranged the chairs in neat rows.
- His office is very neat.
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Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pin idiom
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie order idiom
- manicured
- neatly
- neatness
- ordered
- potable
- span
- spick
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- straight
- tidy
- trim
- unmarked
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neat adjective (GOOD)
mainly US informal good:
That video game is really neat!
More examples
- We saw a really neat film last night.
- That was a really neat party!
- I saw a neat pair of shoes in that shop.
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Informal words for good
- A-OK
- ace
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- champion
- jim-dandy
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots off sth idiom
- magic
- rule
- serious
- some
- splendiferous
- steal the show/scene idiom
- stupendous
- suck
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neat adjective (CLEVER)
clever and simple:
It would be a neat solution to the problem.
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Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- at the push of a button idiom
- at the stroke of a pen idiom
- be (all) downhill idiom
- be child's play idiom
- breeze
- convincing
- foolproof
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
- rocket science
- sail
- sb could do sth with one arm/hand tied behind his/her back idiom
- self-explanatory
- semi-skilled
- simple
- simplicity
- sweat
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Wise and sensible
neat adjective (NOTHING ADDED)
(of a strong alcoholic drink) without anything, such as water or ice or another drink, added to it:
I'll have a neat gin, please.
She likes her whisky neat.
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Alcohol - general words
- alcopop
- Angostura
- aperitif
- bevvy
- booze
- kick
- libation
- liquid lunch
- liquor
- long drink
- nip
- sake 1
- sauce
- slug
- sly grog
- snifter
- something
- something a little stronger idiom
- stiff
- tequila
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