TIDY (tidied, tidier, tidiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does tidy mean?
• TIDY (noun)
The noun TIDY has 1 sense:
1. receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
Familiarity information: TIDY used as a noun is very rare.
• TIDY (adjective)
The adjective TIDY has 3 senses:
1. marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
2. (of hair) neat and tidy
3. large in amount or extent or degree
Familiarity information: TIDY used as an adjective is uncommon.
• TIDY (verb)
The verb TIDY has 1 sense:
1. put (things or places) in order
Familiarity information: TIDY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TIDY (noun)
Meaning:
Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tidy" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
• TIDY (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
Context examples:
a tidy person / a tidy house / a tidy mind
Similar:
uncluttered; unlittered (having nothing extraneous)
straight (neatly arranged; not disorderly)
slicked up (having been made especially tidy)
shipshape; trim; well-kept (of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder)
ruly (neat and tidy)
orderly (marked by or adhering to method or system)
neat (showing care in execution)
neat (clean or orderly)
clean-cut; trig; trim (neat and smart in appearance)
Also:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)
groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)
Antonym:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Meaning:
(of hair) neat and tidy
Synonyms:
kempt; tidy
Context example:
a nicely kempt beard
Similar:
groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)
Meaning:
Large in amount or extent or degree
Synonyms:
goodly; goodish; sizable; sizeable; hefty; respectable; tidy
Context examples:
it cost a considerable amount / a goodly amount / received a hefty bonus / a respectable sum / a tidy sum of money / a sizable fortune
Similar:
considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)
• TIDY (verb)
Meaning:
Put (things or places) in order
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
clean up; neaten; square away; tidy; tidy up; straighten; straighten out
Context example:
Tidy up your room!
Hypernyms (to "tidy" is one way to...):
order (bring order to or into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tidy"):
make; make up (put in order or neaten)
clean; clean house; houseclean (clean and tidy up the house)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
