'NEAT' definitions:
Definition of 'neat'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room" [syn: neat, orderly]
adjective
Showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
adjective
Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" [syn: neat, refined, tasteful]
adjective
Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: clean, neat]
adjective
Very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]
adjective
Without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, straight, full-strength]
Definition of 'Neat'
From: GCIDE
- Neat \Neat\, a. [See neat, n.] Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Neat'
From: GCIDE
- Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. Neater; superl. Neatest.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty.]
- 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. [1913 Webster]
- If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.) Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. "Our old wine neat." --Chapman. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. [1913 Webster]
- 5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Note: [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.] [1913 Webster]
- neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed.
- Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Neat'
From: GCIDE
- Neat \Neat\ (n[=e]t), n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG. n[=o]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS. ne['o]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zool.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called neat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A neat and a sheep of his own. --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'neat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- ace-high,
- adept,
- adroit,
- all ataunto,
- anal,
- apt,
- artistic,
- ascetic,
- ataunt,
- Attic,
- austere,
- authoritative,
- bad,
- bald,
- bang-up,
- bare,
- bonzer,
- boss,
- bravura,
- braw,
- brilliant,
- bully,
- bungup and bilge-free,
- but good,
- calligraphic,
- candid,
- capital,
- chaste,
- chic,
- chipper,
- Ciceronian,
- clarified,
- classic,
- classy,
- clean,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clever,
- clothes-conscious,
- comely,
- common,
- commonplace,
- cool,
- coordinated,
- copperplate,
- corking,
- cosmopolitan,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- dandy,
- dapper,
- dashing,
- deft,
- delicious,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- dinky,
- diplomatic,
- direct,
- distilled,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- dry,
- ducky,
- dull,
- easy,
- efficient,
- elegant,
- excellent,
- exceptional,
- expert,
- exquisite,
- fab,
- fancy,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- fine and dandy,
- finished,
- first-class,
- frank,
- gear,
- genteel,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- grand,
- great,
- groovy,
- handy,
- heavy,
- homely,
- homespun,
- hot,
- hunky-dory,
- ingenious,
- jam-up,
- jaunty,
- just dandy,
- keen,
- lean,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- magisterial,
- marvy,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- matter-of-fact,
- mean,
- naked,
- natty,
- natural,
- nifty,
- no mean,
- nobby,
- OK,
- okay,
- on the rocks,
- open,
- orderly,
- organized,
- out of sight,
- peachy,
- peachy-keen,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- polished,
- politic,
- posh,
- precise,
- prim,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- purified,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- recherche,
- rectified,
- refined,
- regular,
- resourceful,
- restrained,
- ripping,
- ritzy,
- round,
- rum,
- rustic,
- scrumptious,
- severe,
- shapely,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shipshape,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- skillful,
- slap-up,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smart,
- smashing,
- smug,
- snazzy,
- snug,
- sober,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- solid,
- some,
- something else,
- sophisticated,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- spick and span,
- spiffing,
- spiffy,
- splendid,
- spruce,
- stark,
- statesmanlike,
- straight,
- straightforward,
- stunning,
- style-conscious,
- stylish,
- super,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- systematic,
- tactful,
- tasteful,
- taut,
- terse,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- tidy,
- tight,
- top-hole,
- top-notch,
- topping,
- tough,
- tricksy,
- trig,
- trim,
- unadorned,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unalloyed,
- unblended,
- uncluttered,
- uncombined,
- uncomplicated,
- uncompounded,
- uncorrupted,
- uncut,
- undiluted,
- unembellished,
- unfortified,
- unimaginative,
- unlabored,
- unleavened,
- unmingled,
- unmixed,
- unornamented,
- unpoetical,
- unsophisticated,
- untinged,
- unvarnished,
- virtuoso,
- well-cared-for,
- well-done,
- well-dressed,
- well-favored,
- well-formed,
- well-groomed,
- well-made,
- well-ordered,
- well-proportioned,
- well-shaped,
- wizard,
- wonderful,
- workmanlike
Acronyms for 'neat'
From: V.E.R.A.
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