Antonyms for tidy
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : tahy-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ di |
Definition of tidy
Origin :- mid-13c., probably originally "in season, timely, opportune, excellent," from tide in the sense of "season, time" (see tide). Cf. Old High German zitig, German zeitig, Dutch tijdig, Danish tidig "timely." Meaning "neat and in order" first recorded 1706.
- adj clean, neat
- adj considerable
- verb make neat and orderly
- Before her, instead of the tidy supper-table, she was seeing the medicine-tray as she had left it.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She brushed some dust from her habit, and made sure that her hair was tidy.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- So I had to put on her peignoir, and tidy her up, and arrange her hair just as I have done.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- It was Madame Raquin who had to arrange the rooms and tidy up the shop.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- "If we teach them to be particular when they are young, they will be tidy when they are old," we were informed.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- The cross-stitch "tidy" on the back was his mother's handiwork, she had made it when she was fifteen.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The houses are clean and tidy, and the people have a well-to-do look.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- There is a daughter and she ought to have a tidy little pile.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- Was it not odious of Fred to go and smoke in the parlour, the only place we can have tidy?
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
- He noticed that everything about the room was plain, but neat and tidy.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
Synonyms for tidy
- ample
- apple-pie order
- businesslike
- chipper
- clean
- cleanly
- clear the decks
- fair
- fix up
- frame
- generous
- get act together
- good
- goodly
- groom
- handsome
- healthy
- in good shape
- large
- largish
- methodical
- neat as a pin
- neaten
- order
- ordered
- orderly
- police
- pull together
- put in good shape
- put in order
- put in shape
- put to rights
- respectable
- shape up
- shipshape
- sizable
- sleek
- snug
- spick-and-span
- spruce
- spruce up
- straighten
- straighten up
- substantial
- systematic
- tauten
- to rights
- trim
- uncluttered
- vast
- well-groomed
- well-kept
- well-ordered
- whip into shape
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