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neat

/nˈit/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

  1. clean or organized
    “her neat dress”
  2. showing care in execution
    “neat homework”
  3. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
    “he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek”
  4. superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
    “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”
  5. very good
    “he did a bully job”
  6. (of an alcoholic drink) without water
    “took his whiskey neat”

Synonyms for neat

Words that rhyme with neat

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