'Tidy' definitions:
Definition of 'tidy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" [ant: untidy]
adjective
(of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: kempt, tidy]
adjective
Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy]
noun
Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
verb
Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away]
Definition of 'Tidy'
From: GCIDE
- Tidy \Ti"dy\, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]
- 1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If weather be fair and tidy. --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy. [1913 Webster]
- A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tidy'
From: GCIDE
- Tidy \Ti"dy\, n. (Zool.) The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tidy'
From: GCIDE
- Tidy \Ti"dy\, n.; pl. Tidies.
- 1. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tidy'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tidy'
From: GCIDE
- Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- I have tidied and tidied over and over again. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tidy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- admissible,
- all right,
- ample,
- anal,
- arrange,
- better than nothing,
- big,
- bleach,
- bowdlerize,
- bowdlerized,
- bumper,
- chipper,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleaned,
- cleaned up,
- cleanse,
- cleansed,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- considerable,
- decent,
- delouse,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- dinky,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- expurgate,
- expurgated,
- fair,
- fairish,
- fix up,
- freshen,
- generous,
- good,
- good enough,
- goodish,
- goodly,
- grand,
- great,
- groom,
- healthy,
- large,
- large-scale,
- lustrate,
- man-sized,
- methodical,
- moderate,
- neat,
- neaten,
- not amiss,
- not bad,
- not half bad,
- not so bad,
- numerous,
- OK,
- okay,
- orderly,
- organize,
- organized,
- passable,
- police,
- police up,
- presentable,
- pretty good,
- purge,
- purged,
- purified,
- purify,
- put in order,
- put in trim,
- rearrange,
- refined,
- reform,
- reformed,
- reorganize,
- respectable,
- satisfactory,
- scavenge,
- shipshape,
- significant,
- sizable,
- sizeable,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smart,
- snug,
- spick and span,
- spick-and-span,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- steam-clean,
- straighten out,
- straighten up,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- systematic,
- tall,
- tidy up,
- tight,
- tolerable,
- trig,
- trig up,
- trim,
- trim up,
- uncluttered,
- unexceptionable,
- unobjectionable,
- well-cared-for,
- well-groomed,
- well-kept,
- well-ordered,
- whiten,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up,
- workmanlike