NEAT

adj. 1 tidy, orderly, clean, uncluttered, trim, spruce, natty, fastidious, spick and span, shipshape (and Bristol fashion), organized, well-organized, well-ordered, systematic, Brit dialect trig, Colloq neat as a pin, Brit dinky His room was always neat - very odd for a teenager 2 straight, unadulterated, unmixed, undiluted, uncut, unblended, pure; on the rocks He drinks his whisky neat 3 unembellished, unadorned, unornamented, simple, elegant, graceful, smart, uncomplicated, regular, precise, copperplate; calligraphic An invitation in her neat handwriting awaited my return from abroad 4 deft, adroit, clever, efficient, ingenious, expert, practised, skilful, dexterous He contrived a neat plan to avoid paying taxes 5 fine, wonderful, marvellous, great, splendid, excellent, exceptional, capital, grand, first-class, Colloq cool, smashing, keen, nifty, top-notch, A1 or A-1 or A-one, Brit top-hole, Chiefly US A-OK or A-okay, Slang swell, far-out, boss, Brit topping, US and Canadian spiffy She found a really neat way to get boys to ask her out Gordon has a neat new car.