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Synonyms & Antonyms for tidy
Synonyms: Adjective
antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt, neat, orderly, picked up, prim, shipshape, smug, snug, tidied, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed
Antonyms: Adjective
disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy
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Examples of tidy in a Sentence
Adjective
He has always been a tidy person. She earns a tidy salary. They paid a tidy sum for the house.Verb
I tidied the house before they arrived.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are compact, tidy, and get exquisitely squishy when packed ahead of time. — Bon Appétit, "Top 10 Beach Snacks According to Me," 22 Aug. 2019 His recalibration necessitated a huge clothing and accessories purge—for one thing, Glassman whittled down his sneakers from 50 to 25 pairs—that has resulted in a hyper-tidy duo of town and country closets. — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, "Oprah's Style Guru Adam Glassman Has Closets of Your Dreams," 16 Apr. 2019 Your response doesn’t have to be scripted or tidy or on anyone’s terms but your own. — Washington Post, "Carolyn Hax: How to act around friends who didn’t even acknowledge your grief," 2 Aug. 2019 Your response doesn't have to be scripted or tidy or on anyone's terms but your own. — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, "Carolyn Hax: Only answer to uncertainty around friend’s grief is to find some way to show up," 1 Aug. 2019 Leaf vacuums are also helpful for keeping porches, patios, and decks tidy as trees shed their last leaves of the season. — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, "The 7 Best Leaf Vacuums to Make Yard Work Easy," 26 July 2019 But there is one tidy bit of date-keeping, and that is the end of the 1960s. — D.b., The Economist, "How James Taylor captured America’s post-sixties blues," 23 July 2019 To heat meals, the crew used a food warmer tray, a tidy contraption with separate compartments that used conduction to heat meal packages. — Sarah-grace Mankarious, CNN, "Floating food: The history of eating in space," 19 July 2019 Here, in one tidy post, are the trailers for all of the key movies and television projects that debuted at Comic-Con, which takes place from July 18-22. — Dan Snierson, EW.com, "See all the big movie and TV trailers revealed at Comic-Con," 18 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Getty Images Remember those halcyon days when Kim Kardashian was Paris Hilton's best friend who also sometimes tidied up her closet? — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, "Kim Kardashian on Her Former Bestie Paris Hilton: "She Literally Gave Me a Career"," 19 Aug. 2019 Rent at the deluxe Argyle House completed in Hollywood last year includes package shipping service and weekly hotel-style tidying up by a housekeeper. — Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles apartment owners race to add luxury amenities," 11 Aug. 2019 Weekends are for sleeping in, tidying up your home, and enjoying a delicious brunch. — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, "This Florida Restaurant Wants You to Bring Your Dog to Brunch for a Mimosa," 26 July 2019 There is not much to identify this as the East Cut, except a sign here and there and East Cut Ambassadors, who wear spiffy vests and tidy the street. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, "Hey old San Francisco, meet new San Francisco: the East Cut and Thrive City," 13 July 2019 Aides ordered to vacuum and tidy up their bosses’ apartments for private parties. — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, "U.K. Parliament Workers Face ‘Unacceptable’ Abuse, Report Says," 11 July 2019 One tidied the lawn while another sat on the porch, waiting for news to come. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Family mourns ‘very loving’ 6-year-old San Jose boy killed at Gilroy Garlic Festival," 29 July 2019 Symonds went on to become the youngest-ever director of communications at the party, at 29, and analysts say she's been crucial in tidying up Johnson's famously disheveled persona during the leadership campaign. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "Boris Johnson's girlfriend is moving into 10 Downing Street with him," 29 July 2019 Rasmussen’s blithe staging doesn’t concern itself too much with tidying up or clarifying the story, content to clip along with sitcom-style energy. — Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, "Review: ‘Stinkers’ has some sweet moments, but has some growing-up to do," 20 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Volunteer for Clean Valley Council’s annual spring cleanup to keep the forest tidy for resident turtles and salamanders. — Caitlin Etherton, National Geographic, "Visit the real-life forests that inspired these famous books," 15 Apr. 2019 The appeal of my WeWork space is fairly obvious: Someone else maintains the free coffee, waters the plants, and tidies up the sun dappled work spaces. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Data Sheet—Why WeWork Has to Pay Up for Rapid Growth," 25 Apr. 2018 The most popular affordable robot vacuum A good robot vacuum can help you keep your home tidy between deep cleanings, and the Eufy RoboVac 11+ is the #1 best-selling robot vacuum on Amazon right now. — Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, "These are the 5 best Amazon deals for the first day of spring," 20 Mar. 2018 The truth escapes them that within a month, their designer efforts will be covered in old pizza boxes and dirty clothes exactly like the other rooms -- until mom shows up a day early for homecoming and tidies things up a bit. — Beth Thames, AL.com, "Oprah for president? She's served her country already," 10 Jan. 2018 YOUR PROPERTY TIDY Have the lawn mowed, the plants watered and the pool cleaned. —