neatest

ADJECTIVE

arranged well, uncluttered

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate elegant immaculate orderly precise sleek slick smart spotless tidy well-kept

WEAK

apple-pie order chic correct dainty dapper exact fastidious finical finicky in good order in good shape methodical natty neat as a pin nice prim proper regular shipshape spick-and-span spruce systematic trim well-groomed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless dirty disorganized dull false inaccurate questionable rough stupid unclean unfashionable unintelligent untidy

WEAK

disorderly messed up sloppy slovenly unkempt unpracticed

ADJECTIVE

clever, practiced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

efficient effortless elegant graceful handy precise quick stylish

WEAK

able adept adroit agile apt artful deft dexterous expert finished nimble proficient ready skillful speedy well-judged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awkward careless hard inept unfashionable unhandy

WEAK

disorderly disorganized messed up sloppy slovenly unkempt unpracticed

Example Sentences

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Even the neatest gray flannel shift had a hunk of hairy shearling flapping down one leg.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022

“My mother kept it for Amelia. She thought it was the neatest thing. It was never about that boy she wouldn’t even name,” Twiggs said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022

The new study is “one of the neatest papers, ever” for revealing this overlooked anatomical feature, says Brock Fenton, a retired bat biologist and echolocation expert at the University of Western Ontario.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 26, 2022

“We would listen to the NBC News roundup,” he later said in a Channel 4 profile, “and I just thought that sounded like the neatest thing in the world to do.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021

Until then Joey Peterson’s room had been the neatest room I had ever seen.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli