The Meaning of neat

• (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
• (n.) Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
• (a.) Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
• (a.) Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
• (a.) Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.
• (a.) Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
• (a.) With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]

Synonyms

orderly , refined , tasteful , clean , bang-up , bully , corking , cracking , dandy , great , groovy , keen , nifty , not bad , peachy , slap-up , swell , smashing , straight , full-strength

Homophones

neet

Rhymes

amit , athlete , backseat , beat , beet , bittersweet , bleat , bradstreet , breit , bridgette , browbeat , buckwheat , bufete , cheat , cleat , cliett , compete , complete , conceit , concrete , crabmeat , crete , deadbeat , deceit , defeat , delete , deplete , discreet , discrete , downbeat , drumbeat , eat , effete , elite , excrete , feat , feet , fleet , freet , gamete , gleet , greet , grete , heartbeat , heat , incomplete , indiscreet , jobete , keitt , kriete , lalit , lanete , leet , leete , leite , longstreet , margarete , marguerite , marquerite , meat , meet , mesquite , mete , mincemeat , mistreat , murveit , neet , noncompete , obsolete , offbeat , overeat , overheat , parakeet , peat , peet , peete , pete , petite , piet , piette , pleat , puneet , quiett , receipt , repeat , replete , retreat , seat , secrete , sheet , shumeet , skeat , skeet , skeete , sleet , spreadsheet , st , street , suite , sweatt , sweet , swete , teat , teet , threatt , threet , thweatt , treat , tweet , uncomplete , unseat , upbeat , vanvliet , veit , vliet , wheat , worksheet