tidy
receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
• Hypernyms:
receptacle
put (things or places) in order
- Tidy up your room!
• Syn:
tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
• Hypernyms:
order
• Hyponyms:
make, make up, houseclean, clean house, clean
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
- a tidy person
- a tidy house
- a tidy mind
• Ant:
untidy
• Similar to:
clean-cut, trig, trim, neat, orderly,
orderly, shipshape, well-kept, slicked up, straight,
uncluttered, unlittered
• See Also:
clean, fastidious, groomed
• Derivationally related forms:
tidiness
2. (of hair) neat and tidy
- a nicely kempt beard
• Syn:
kempt
• Similar to:
groomed
• Derivationally related forms:
tidiness
3. 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
• Similar to:
considerable
• Derivationally related forms:
sizeableness (for: sizeable), heftiness (for: hefty)
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