Definition of NEAT

neat

Plural: neat, neats

Adjective Satellite

  • clean or organized
    • "her neat dress"
    • "a neat room"
  • showing care in execution
    • "neat homework"
    • "neat handwriting"
  • free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
    • "a neat style"
    • "a neat set of rules"
    • "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
  • free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
    • "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
  • very good
    • "a neat sports car"
  • without water
    • "took his whiskey neat"

Adj

  • Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
  • Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
  • Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
  • With all deductions or allowances made; net.
  • Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
  • Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
  • Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
  • Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
  • Obsolete form of net (“remaining after expenses or deductions”).

Intj

  • Used to signify a job well done.
  • Used to signify approval.

Noun

  • A bovine animal; cattle.
  • An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
  • A bull or cow.
  • Cattle collectively.

Adjective

  • Arranged in an orderly, tidy way; clean and organized.

Examples

  • Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules.
  • Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.
  • Her Scrabble board was always neat, with words perfectly aligned and no messy overlaps.
  • Hey, neat convertible, man.
  • I like my whisky neat.
  • My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.  She has very neat hair.
  • Playing NEAT might not win you the game, but it’s a perfectly valid word.
  • The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.  The molecular beam was neat acetylene.
  • The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette (“clean, clear, pure”), from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), derived from nitēre (“to shine”). Doublet of net and nitid. Cognate with German nett (“nice, kind”). Compare also nait.

Synonyms

bang-up, bully, clean, corking, cracking, dandy, full-strength, great, groovy, keen, nifty, not bad, orderly, peachy, refined, slap-up, smashing, straight, swell, tasteful, nolt

Antonyms

on the rocks

Scrabble Score: 4

neat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
neat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
neat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

neat: valid Words With Friends Word