spruce

/spɹˈus/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
   “a dapper young man”

noun

1. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
2. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

verb

1. make neat, smart, or trim
   “Spruce up your house for Spring”
2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
   “He spruced up for the party”

Synonyms for spruce

• dapper
• dashing
• jaunty
• natty
• raffish
• rakish
• spiffy
• snappy
• fashionable
• spruce up
• titivate
• tittivate
• smarten up
• slick up
• spiff up

Words that rhyme with spruce

• reduce
• loose
• use
• introduce
• excuse
• produce
• abuse
• diffuse
• goose
• induce
• sluice
• deuce
• juice
• mousse
• noose
• obtuse
• reproduce
• caboose
• deduce
• nous
• overproduce
• prepuce
• recluse
• seduce
• abstruse
• disabuse
• disuse
• duce
• footloose
• moose