Definitions

well-kept

ADJECTIVE

clean

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blank bright clear elegant fresh graceful hygienic immaculate neat orderly pure simple spotless squeaky clean tidy unblemished washed

STRONG

cleansed laundered shining sparkling speckless stainless trim vanilla

WEAK

delicate dirtless faultless flawless neat as a button neat as a pin sanitary snowy spick-and-span taintless unpolluted unsmudged unsoiled unspotted unstained unsullied untarnished

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cluttered dirty disorderly disorganized filthy foul sloppy slovenly soiled tainted unclean unsterile untidy

STRONG

complicated contaminated

WEAK

adulterated besmirched incomplete indefinite muddled polluted stained tarnished

ADJECTIVE

neat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate elegant immaculate orderly precise sleek slick smart spotless tidy

WEAK

apple-pie order chic 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 turned out well-groomed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless dirty disorganized rough unfashionable untidy

WEAK

disorderly messy sloppy slovenly unkempt

ADJECTIVE

shipshape

Synonyms

WEAK

businesslike chipper clean in good shape in tip-top condition neat ordered orderly spick-and-span trim uncluttered well-groomed

ADJECTIVE

tidy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

orderly sleek snug

STRONG

ordered spruce trim uncluttered

WEAK

apple-pie order businesslike chipper cleanly in good shape methodical neat as a pin shipshape spick-and-span systematic to rights well-groomed well-ordered

Antonyms

STRONG

unkempt

WEAK

chaotic dirty disordered disorganized inconsequential inconsiderable littered little messy sloppy slovenly small unclean unsubstantial untidy

ADJECTIVE

trig

Synonyms

STRONG

dainty nice orderly regular slick smart snug spruce tidy trim

WEAK

accurate apple-pie order correct dapper elegant exact fastidious finical finicky immaculate in good order in good shape methodical natty neat as a pin precise prim proper shipshape sleek spick-and-span spotless systematic taut well-groomed

Antonyms

STRONG

bad clumsy coarse disordered disorderly disorganized dull rough sloppy stupid unfashionable unintelligent unkempt unstylish untidy

ADJECTIVE

unsoiled

Synonyms

WEAK

antiseptic cleanly cleansed clear delicate dirtless elegant faultless flawless fresh graceful hygienic immaculate laundered neat neat as a button neat as a pin orderly pure sanitary shining snowy sparkling speckless spick-and-span spotless squeaky clean stainless taintless tidy trim unblemished unpolluted unsmudged unspotted unstained unsullied untarnished vanilla washed white

Example Sentences

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“Today I hit it well, kept it around the hole where it needed to be, I just couldn’t get the ball to go to its home,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

Tall deciduous trees line the lightly trafficked streets of their hilly subdivision and, like the Gendron house, most of the homes are well kept, two stories and set back from the road by big yards.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022

They’re definitely studio clothes, but they’re still well kept.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

"They mixed it up well, kept us off balance."

From Fox News • Dec. 29, 2021

The lawn’s cut, the bushes are shaped, and the house itself looks well kept and inviting.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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