| ADJECTIVE | all | tidy | marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits |
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| all | tidy, kempt | (of hair) neat and tidy | |
| all | tidy, goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable | large in amount or extent or degree | |
| NOUN | artifact | tidy | receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials) |
| VERB | change | tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away | put (things or places) in order |
| Sounds | tay'diy | |
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| Rhymes | already ... yesterday: 132 rhymes with diy... | |
| Meaning | marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | clean-cut, trig, trim | Neat and smart in appearance |
| neat, orderly | clean or organized | |
| neat | showing care in execution | |
| ruly | Neat and tidy | |
| shipshape, trim, well-kept | Of places | |
| slicked up | Having been made especially tidy | |
| straight | neatly arranged | |
| uncluttered, unlittered | Having nothing extraneous | |
| See also | clean | Free from dirt or impurities |
| fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail | |
| groomed | Neat and smart in appearance | |
| Opposite | untidy | not neat and tidy |
| Spanish | limpio, ordenado | |
| Nouns | tidiness | the trait of being neat and orderly |
| tidiness | the habit of being tidy | |
| Adverbs | tidily | in a tidy manner |
| Meaning | (of hair) neat and tidy. | |
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| Synonym | kempt | |
| Broader | groomed | Neat and smart in appearance |
| Spanish | peinado | |
| Nouns | tidiness, neatness | the trait of being neat and orderly |
| Meaning | large in amount or extent or degree. | |
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| Example | "a tidy sum of money" | |
| Synonyms | goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable | |
| Broader | considerable | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree |
| Spanish | considerable, grande, importante | |
| Meaning | receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials). | |
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| Broader | receptacle | A container that is used to put or keep things in |
| Meaning | put (things or places) in order. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Tidy up your room!" | |
| Synonyms | tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away | |
| Narrower | houseclean, clean house, clean | clean and tidy up the house |
| make, make up | put in order or neaten | |
| Broader | order | Bring order to or into |
| Spanish | arreglar, asear, limpiar | |
| Catalan | agençar, arranjar, arreglar, endreçar, netejar | |
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