neat

neat is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun sing & plural, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun sing & plural. Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
2. noun. Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
3. adjective. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
4. adjective. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
5. adjective. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.
6. adjective. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
7. adjective. With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]
8. adjective. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

   "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"

   "a clean throw"

   Synonyms: clean

9. adjective. without water

   "took his whiskey neat"

   Synonyms: straight

10. adjective. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

    "a neat style"

    "a neat set of rules"

    Synonyms: refined, tasteful

11. adjective. very good

    "he did a bully job"

    "a neat sports car"

    Synonyms: bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, peachy, smashing, swell

12. adjective. clean or organized

    "her neat dress"

    "a neat room"

    Synonyms: orderly

13. adjective. showing care in execution

    "neat homework"

    "neat handwriting"

Synonyms

clean, straight, refined, tasteful, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, nifty, peachy, smashing, swell, orderly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in neat:

anet, ante, aten, etna, nate, taen, tane, tean

Common word forms

neats, neaten, neater, neatly, neatest, neatness

Words from these letters

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