adj. 1 neat, dapper, smart, trim, well turned out, well-groomed, elegant, Colloq natty Peter Thornton turned up for dinner looking as spruce as can be
v. 2 spruce up. tidy (up), neaten (up), primp, clean (up), straighten out or up, smarten (up), titivate or tittivate Some people are coming to dinner, so first spruce up your room and then spruce yourself up